A disturbing incident of road rage has surfaced in Pune city, where a 27-year-old woman was allegedly beaten by a car driver on Baner-Pashan Road on Saturday afternoon.
The victim, who was riding a two-wheeler with two children, alleged that the driver followed her for 2 kilometers before the assault, leaving her with severe injuries and bleeding from her nose. The woman has recorded a video detailing the incident and posted it on Instagram, seeking justice and raising concerns about women's safety in the city. The video has gone viral on social media. Pune police have arrested the accused driver and another woman who was with him, booking them under sections of 118(1) , 74 , 115(2), 352 and 3(5) of the BNS and the Motor Vehicle Act. The case has been registered at Chaturshrangi Police Station, and further investigations are underway. Narrating the ordeal, the victim Jerlyn Dsilva said, "He was blocking me and wouldn't let me go. When the signal was red I tried to have a dialogue with him, to which he very aggressively took his window down and started abusing me. He started speeding his car behind me, he got out of his car and punched me straight that I got blank for ten seconds. His wife came out from the car and she did not intervene". (ANI)
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