A road rage incidence at a busy Bangalore road was reported yesterday at 10.30 pm. A viral video on social media shows a disturbing incident in Bengaluru where a man named Naveen Reddy furiously confronts a couple inside their car, smashing the windscreen in the middle of the road. The couple can be heard desperately pleading with the man, telling him they have a baby in the car, but he continues his aggressive behaviour.
The victim, Soumyashankar, 36, was returning home from a weekend trip. Around 10.30 p.m., he applied sudden break in a bid to avoid a bad patch of road. The accused, who was riding a scooter behind, crashed into the car. He started shouting at Soumyashankar for applying sudden brake .
After a heated argument, the man forced the car to stop and, in an attempt to get the driver out, smashed the windshield using the car’s wiper blade.
The couple kept on pleading that there is an nine month old baby inside but it had no impact on Naveen Reddy, and he continued to hurl abuses.
Passers-by gathered at the scene and alerted the police who arrested the accused, Naveen Reddy, who was charged under Sections 126 (wrongful restrain), 324 (mischief), 351 (criminal intimidation) and 352 (intentional insult to provoke breach of peace) of the BNS.
