Road rage: Father is beaten to death as his kids watch

Road rage: Father is beaten to death as his kids watch

FPJ BureauUpdated: Saturday, June 01, 2019, 02:45 AM IST
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New Delhi :  A spat over yielding space in a traffic jam ended fatally for a middle-aged motorcyclist, who was beaten to death by five people even as his sons, who witnessed the entire incident, unsuccessfully tried to get police to intervene. One of the accused was arrested on Monday.

Shahnawaz was returning home to Daryaganj from a family function with his two sons on a motorbike, when the driver of the car told Shahnawaz to move his vehicle sideways, but when the victim said he was unable to do so due to heavy traffic, a heated argument ensued.

The car’s occupants then stepped out and started beating up the victim. Shahnawaz’s sons, Fahad (13) and Kaif (9), who were riding pillion, tried to help their father but were pushed aside and also attacked. They pleaded with other motorists for help but no one came to their rescue. Seeing their father being beaten up, the two rushed to the police post situated across the road and pleaded with the two policemen on duty but to no avail. They then went running to their grandparents’ house and told them about the incident.

The victim’s 50-year-old mother Noorjahan says that by the time the family reached the spot, it was too late. They rushed the heavily bleeding Shahnawaz, who was lying on the road, to the nearby Lok Nayak Jaiprakash Hospital where he was declared dead. The accused had fled by that time. Crying bitterly, the mother said: “I fed him food minutes before they killed him… those cruel people killed my son. They should be arrested.” Holding onto the blood-soaked torn black T-shirt of her son, she said: “He was on the road and foaming at the mouth…”

The incident took place around 11.30 p.m. on Sunday. Shahnawaz owned an electrical shop on Mata Sundari Road while his parents lived near Turkman Gate in the old quarter of Delhi, barely a few metres from the accident spot.

Shahnawaz’s son Fahad, who witnessed the crime, is extremely terrified after the incident and keeps muttering, “They mercilessly beat up my father… I want justice”.

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