Bengaluru: City police Tuesday arrested three youths for allegedly assaulting a 32-year-old woman and damaging her car during a road rage incident in Koramangala 3rd Block on Oct 28.The arrests followed a complaint filed by the victim, identified as Akshita Jain, a resident of RR Nagar. The accused have been identified as Shiva Kumar, Prahshant Kumar and Ismail, all in their early 20s and residents of slum settlements in Rajendranagar and Neelasandra.According to police, the incident occurred when a Honda Dio scooter ridden by Shiva Kumar brushed against Akshita’s car while travelling between the BDA Complex and Water Tank signal in Koramangala. Three people were riding on the scooter at the time. Akshita reportedly asked Kumar to ride carefully, but he abused her. She chose not to retaliate. However, the three men moved alongside her car and began banging on its body, police said.When the car stopped at the traffic signal, Shiva Kumar allegedly used his helmet to damage the bonnet and break the left rear-view mirror before fleeing the scene.The incident was captured on the helmet camera of another rider, who later uploaded the footage on social media. The video subsequently went viral. Akshita had also recorded Kumar’s actions and taken photographs of his vehicle.“The videos and photographs helped us trace the vehicle as well as the accused persons,” an officer said.BOXThree men attack cab driver over road rageA cab driver has lodged a police complaint alleging that three men assaulted him following a road rage incident near Viveknagar Sunday night.Venkatesh told police that he was travelling with his family when a motorcycle carrying three men allegedly overtook his car in a rash manner. He called out to the rider and asked him to drive carefully, triggering a heated argument.The three men then allegedly assaulted Venkatesh with a helmet before fleeing the spot.
