Jaipur Man Killed by SUV While Fleeing Road Rage Attack

One man, aged 24, was killed and the SUV that ran down the man was on its way for a road rage fight when it hit him, police said Thursday night.

The victim, Atul Mandal, who lived at Narayan Vihar, was driving his car on the way to his home when the crash happened.

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Mandal was driving his car near the Narayan petrol pump in Vande Mataram Road when it collided with another vehicle that was following him. Police said the other vehicle's occupants became enraged and chased Mandal, who had to brake, pulled him from his vehicle and beat him.

He tried to run the other way trying to get away from the attackers, but he ran to the other side of the road. An SUV hit him at that time. He fell on the road, and the SUV ran over him, police said. The car in the incident of allegedly road rage and the occupants in the SUV escaped in their vehicles.

The Narayan Vihar police rushed to the scene and took Mandal to Jaipuria Hospital where doctors pronounced him dead.

The family of Mandal filed a complaint on Friday saying he was a designer of computers and had recently opened a restaurant in Narayan Vihar, and left his restaurant around 11pm on Thursday for home in his Maruti Brezza.

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The body was then moved to the mortuary, at Jaipuria Hospital, for post mortem examination. Once the autopsy was done, the family was given charge of the body.

Police have registered a case and are investigating to find out who the aggressors in the road rage incident were and the identity of the driver of the SUV.

The police have started the investigation for the offenders, station house officer of Narayan Vihar police station Gunjan Soni said. Investigating officers may examine all CCTV footage in order to find the suspects.

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