THANE: Two persons stabbed a 24-year-old truck driver to death in an incident of road rage in Maharashtra’s Thane district.
The incident took place after their two-wheeler rammed into the heavy vehicle in Kalyan taluka in the early hours of Monday, police said on Tuesday.
The police have arrested Anjala Liyat Khan (23) and Mohammad Anans Asfaque Sheikh (21).
The victim Bholakumar Mahanto and his friend were proceeding in a truck transporting gravel to Shahad when the vehicle developed a flat tyre and was halted on the bridge around 4.30 am, PTI quoted senior inspector Sunil Pawar of Bazarpeth police station as saying.
A motorcycle rammed into the stationary truck and got damaged.
The riders started arguing with the victim to pay for the damages and allegedly stabbed him to death, he said.
The accused fled the scene and were apprehended by the police in the western suburb of Bandra in neighboring Mumbai on Monday night, the official said.
With PTI inputs
The incident took place after their two-wheeler rammed into the heavy vehicle in Kalyan taluka in the early hours of Monday, police said on Tuesday.
The police have arrested Anjala Liyat Khan (23) and Mohammad Anans Asfaque Sheikh (21).
The victim Bholakumar Mahanto and his friend were proceeding in a truck transporting gravel to Shahad when the vehicle developed a flat tyre and was halted on the bridge around 4.30 am, PTI quoted senior inspector Sunil Pawar of Bazarpeth police station as saying.
A motorcycle rammed into the stationary truck and got damaged.
The riders started arguing with the victim to pay for the damages and allegedly stabbed him to death, he said.
The accused fled the scene and were apprehended by the police in the western suburb of Bandra in neighboring Mumbai on Monday night, the official said.
With PTI inputs
