2 days on, Jammu road rage accused still on the run

THE CASE CAME TO LIGHT AFTER VIDEO WENT VIRAL ON SOCIAL MEDIA; AFTER THE INITIAL COLLISION, THE DRIVER REVERSED THE VEHICLE AND DELIBERATELY HIT THE VICTIM AGAIN

- Ravi Krishnan Khajuria

Two days on, the “influential” accused in Jammu road rage case that left a senior citizen critically injured, is still absconding with police conducting raids to nab him.

The accused, identified as Manan Anand, 21, son of an “influential” contractor Rajinder Anand, of Nanak Nagar, hit the old man identified as Kamalkant Dutta, 68, of Gandhi Nagar twice on Sunday afternoon around 1.30 pm.

The victim is under treatment at the ICU of government medical college here and is said to be critical.

Gandhi Nagar police station station house officer, inspector Arun Prakash said, “The accused has not been arrested yet but we are conducting raids. We hope to arrest him this evening.”