GHAZIABAD: Four men, two of them armed with modified rifles, opened fire on a 29-year-old man in the middle of a busy road in Crossings Republik in an apparent road rage incident. Police have arrested the four accused, all of them bouncers working for a developer, for attempt to murder.According to cops, Sumit Chaudhary had closed his shop in Crossings Republik around 9.30pm on Tuesday and was driving home in his WagonR via a service road near Glass Gate to avoid a traffic jam on ABES Road, when a black Scorpio pulled up from the opposite direction and blocked his car.In his police complaint, Chaudhary claimed two men stepped out and asked him to reverse the car, before abusing him and threatening to kill him.“When I stayed silent, they turned abusive and threatened me, saying: ‘Logo ko kaat kar bore mein bhar dete hain’ (we chop people up and stuff them in sacks),” Chaudhary said.The Scorpio, he claimed, then pulled near the gate of Sushant Aquapolis, about 100 metres away, where two more occupants emerged, both carrying modified rifles. The four men fired two rounds at Chaudhary from close range, but he managed to escape unhurt.Chaudhary claimed the accused were bouncers, working for a local developer, Anil Chauhan, who was a resident of GH-7 Society in Crossings.Wave City ACP Priyashri Pal said an FIR has been registered against four men under sections 109 (attempt to murder), 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and 351 (3) (punishment for criminal intimidation) of BNS at Crossings Republik police station.“The four men were later identified as Deepak, Sachin, Yogendra and Deepak and arrested. The Scorpio was also seized. Initial investigation shows Chauhan borrowed the Scorpio from a friend, and at the time of the incident, his bouncers were inside the car,” Pal said.Ghaziabad has reported several road rage cases this year. On Feb 13, a Wave City resident was allegedly beaten for 20 minutes and dragged for 50 meters after his car collided with a Brezza on NH-9 near Kavi Nagar. In Jan, a 22-year-old man suffered injuries when a Honda City driver drove right into him after their cars collided at Kailashpuram locality near Kamla Nehru Nagar.
