Kherki Daula toll plaza attack: Two more suspects arrested

A day after two employees of Kherki Daula toll plaza on the Delhi-Gurugram expressway were injured after being attacked allegedly by a group of men during a tiff

A day after two employees of Kherki Daula toll plaza on the Delhi-Gurugram expressway were injured after being attacked allegedly by a group of men during a tiff over a Rs 5 coin, the police arrested two more suspects in the cases. The police had arrested two suspects Wednesday night near the toll while they were trying to escape.

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The police on Thursday said after the alleged incident, the injured — the toll plaza manager and a special duty officer — were rushed to a private hospital for treatment, where their condition is stated to be stable.

The suspects, Jeetu alias Jatin, Nikhil, Mohit, and Deepak, all from Ballabgarh in Faridabad, were sent to judicial custody. A knife used in the attack and a car have been seized, the police said.

According to police officers, Jeetu was arrested from a crossing near the Kherki Daula toll plaza, and Deepak was arrested from his house in Ballabgarh on Thursday morning. Nikhil and Mohit were arrested near the toll plaza on Wednesday night. All four are unemployed, they added.

According to the police, the alleged incident took place around 9pm when a car going towards Manesar side entered lane 14 of the toll plaza and was parked before the boom barrier. The police said one of the suspects paid Rs 100 to the toll collector, who charged Rs 65 as the toll and returned Rs 35. While returning the change, a Rs 5 coin fell on the ground.

Preet Pal Sangwan, assistant commissioner of police (ACP), crime, said the car driver, who appeared to be inebriated, asked the toll collector to hand him the coin. “The collector told him that he would hand him a different coin and would pick the dropped coin later and asked him to move along as several cars were lining up behind. The car driver and his friends started arguing and threatened to kill the toll collector. When the toll manager intervened, the man sitting on co-driver’s seat alighted from the car and tried to stab him in the stomach. The toll manager pushed him and was stabbed in his arm in the alleged attack,” said the ACP. A special duty officer also intervened and he was also injured in the attack. Both the injured were rushed to a hospital on Wednesday night.

ACP Sangwan said that the suspects did not have a criminal history and were on their way to Rewari when the incident took place. A case was registered against the suspects under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code at Kherki Daula police station on Wednesday, said police.