Overview

• The incident began on August 16 when a Scorpio SUV clipped another car near Khatu Shyam temple on Sikar Road and its occupants attacked the rival driver with sticks.
• As onlookers confronted the group, the vehicle accelerated to escape a growing crowd and ran over 35-year-old labourer Chandrashekhar, who was declared dead at Kanwatia Hospital.
• CCTV footage showing the driver dragging the victim beneath the SUV before fleeing has circulated widely, intensifying local anger.
• On August 17, Murlipura police seized the Scorpio and detained one occupant from Srimadhopur while three others remain at large.
• Authorities have lodged murder and negligent driving charges and are probing claims that a political party’s flag was affixed to the vehicle.