Gurgaon: A couple who run a startup were allegedly assaulted by two drunk men after objecting to reckless driving on their way home from Bawal on Saturday.The two told police the confrontation escalated near Manesar Polytechnic, where the men not only beat the husband up, but tried to push him off a flyover. They then allegedly tried to mow the couple down before fleeing.Puja Jain, who lives with her husband Sunil Raghav in The Palms in South City-2, said they were driving home when a Baleno — bearing the registration number UP14FB-5754 — nearly rammed their car. According to her complaint, the two men inside were drinking and using mobile phones behind the wheel.Puja said she and her husband signalled the Baleno to stop. After both vehicles pulled over on a flyover a little distance away, the situation quickly turned hostile. Sunil stepped out first and entered into an argument with the Baleno driver. Puja alleged that the two occupants — Ajay of Ghaziabad and Manoj Sharma from Delhi — then began assaulting him.According to the complaint, the attackers tried to throw Raghav off the flyover where they had stopped. When Puja stepped in to protect her husband, she, too, was beaten up. She further alleged that as the two men tried to escape in their car, they attempted to run them over.“After they tried to crush us under the car’s wheels, we started screaming, raised an alarm and informed police in the end,” Puja said in her complaint.Amid the chaos, Puja could not clearly identify her exact location, but remained on the call with the 1091 police helpline. An emergency response vehicle, ERV 259, tracked the couple and intercepted the Baleno as well.Police said they recovered an illegal pistol from the Baleno’s dashboard. Though the magazine was empty, the occupants could not produce a licence for the weapon.At Manesar police station, a breathalyser test found Ajay heavily intoxicated, with an alcohol level of 52mg per 100 ml. Raghav, by contrast, tested negative for alcohol consumption.Based on Puja’s complaint and the recovery of the firearm, an FIR was registered against the two under sections 281 (rash driving), 125 (act endangering life or personal safety of others), section 115 (voluntarily causing hurt) of BNS and Section 25(1B)(A) of Arms Act (possession of an illegal firearm) besides Section 185 of MV Act (drunk driving).Ajay, police said, is a property dealer in Ghaziabad while Manoj works for a private company in Delhi. “They had gone to Rajasthan for some property-related work and were returning to Delhi when the incident occurred. Ajay had taken the pistol recovered from the dashboard from a relative,” an officer said.Police said the accused were produced before a court and remanded in custody. A team led by ASI Mukesh and constable Hemant also visited the spot for forensic mapping. An officer said the couple had submitted their complaint, but were yet to reconnect with the cops for the next stage of the legal process.
