Road rage: Four booked for brandishing pistols at driver for objecting to wrong-side driving

The complainant said that the confrontation took place when an Innova intercepted his car on the way from his residence at the National Media Centre, when was exiting the one-way service lane

The police on Tuesday booked four men for allegedly abusing and threatening a 33-year-old man with pistols when he objected to them driving on the wrong side of a one-way service lane at Shankar Chowk on Monday afternoon.

Two of the suspects allegedly threatened the drive and flashed their gun at him on the road in public view. (HT Archive/Representative photo)

The complainant, a Supreme Court lawyer, shared a picture of the vehicle’s number plate with the police on Monday, following which the police identified the vehicle owner as a city resident. The police also recovered CCTV footage of the incident from the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).

Karan Goel, the assistant commissioner of police (DLF), said that they are verifying the facts. “The suspects will be arrested soon. We are scanning the CCTV footage,” he said.

The complainant said that the confrontation took place when an Innova intercepted his car on the way from his residence at the National Media Centre, when was exiting the one-way service lane. “There were seven men inside the SUV and they wanted to go the wrong way. I politely objected and told them that it was the wrong way, but in response, I was abused and threatened with physical violence,” he said, wishing not to be named.

He drove away to avoid further confrontation but the suspects followed him and intercepted his car within 200 metres. He said that four of them got down and started banging on his window, following which he rolled it down. “They hit the car windows repeatedly. They chased my car dangerously at a high speed and two of the youths were armed with pistols and threatened to shoot and kill me. They said that I had no business to tell them to not come the wrong way. One of the men sitting in the car saw a sticker (of a Supreme Court advocate) on my car and pulled them away. I took the opportunity to leave the spot,” he said.

A case was registered under sections 341 (wrongful restraint), 34 (common intention) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code at the DLF Phase-3 police station.

The complainant also alleged that the suspects were pressurising him to withdraw his complaint.