Kolkata: Police have started an investigation after a 59-year-old resident of AJC Bose Road was attacked in a suspected road-rage incident in central Kolkata in the last week of Oct.Park Street police had registered a complaint on Friday (Nov 6) following a preliminary inquiry conducted into the Oct 27 incident.The man was attacked near 74/1 AJC Bose Road, close to the Missionaries of Charity Beatification House, under Park Street police station.The victim was returning home on his motorcycle, when two men, riding on a scooter, allegedly blocked his way and then attacked him.The men allegedly punched him with fists and then struck him with a brick, picked up from the roadside.They also threatened him of dire consequences before speeding away.The injured man went to Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital, where he was treated for the injuries and discharged later. Police said the victim had described the attack as the fallout of a road rage incident. But officers were also investigating if it was triggered over any old dispute. The police case involves charges of wrongful restraint, causing hurt, causing hurt with a dangerous object, criminal intimidation, and abetment under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).Investigators are also checking CCTV footage from the area and interrogating witnesses.
