Particle.news

Download on the App Store

Bengaluru Businessman’s Finger Severely Bitten in Road Rage as Police Hunt Suspects

Authorities have filed charges under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita after a May 26 confrontation left a businessman needing a Rs 2 lakh finger surgery.

Image
khgu
A formal complaint was lodged at the Magadi Road police station the next day. (Representational Image)

Overview

  • Jayant Shekhar was driving home with his wife and mother-in-law on May 26 when his electric vehicle splashed rainwater onto another car on Magadi Road.
  • The other vehicle overtook and blocked his path before an unidentified man bit Shekhar’s right ring finger and punched him below his left eye.
  • Doctors at a private hospital in Sheshadripuram performed a Rs 2 lakh surgery for bone damage in the finger, and Shekhar continues to experience pain.
  • Parvati Shekhar filed a complaint on May 27 at the Magadi Road police station, prompting charges under multiple provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
  • Police are investigating and searching for the man and woman involved, focusing on a car bearing registration number KA-02-MT-0512.