CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR : Four men in a car, livid at being warned by a motorcyclist over rash driving, chased and rammed his family on the two-wheeler from behind in Maharashtra 's Latur, killing the biker's 23-year-old wife and three-year-old daughter.
The biker and his six-year-old son have suffered serious injuries in the alleged case of road rage on Sunday night during which the inebriated assailants are also accused of hurling communal abuses at 27-year-old Shaikh Sadiq Usman and his family.
The men were arrested and identified as Digambar Pandule, Krishna Wagh, Manoj Mudame and Basavraj Dhusri. They were booked for murder, attempt to murder, rash and negligent driving and hurling abuses.
Sadiq's wife Iqra and their three-year-old daughter Nadiya died on the spot, police said. Sadiq and son Ahad are in hospital.
A video has surfaced on social media purportedly depicting one of the four accused narrating the chronology of events, how they ran over the bike-borne family from behind, the names of his fellow accomplices and the fact that they were all drunk.
According to Sadiq's statement, the suspects' car had dangerously swerved in front of his two-wheeler on Ausa-Latur road around 9pm Sunday. Sadiq objected to the rash driving, leading to an argument. Sadiq realised the men in the car were intoxicated, after which they allegedly began hurling communal slurs at him.
In an attempt to avoid a confrontation, Sadiq apologised and continued his journey. But the accused followed the family and rammed their car into the two-wheeler a few kilometres down the road, Sadiq told the cops in his statement, adding he and his son Ahad were left unconscious at the scene.
"The injured Sadiq regained consciousness only on Tuesday. Our team then recorded his statement, registered a case against the four and nabbed them," Latur SP Somay Munde said.
Inspector Sunil Rejitward said police teams reached the spot and took the victims to the hospital, where the woman and her daughter were declared brought dead.
The biker and his six-year-old son have suffered serious injuries in the alleged case of road rage on Sunday night during which the inebriated assailants are also accused of hurling communal abuses at 27-year-old Shaikh Sadiq Usman and his family.
The men were arrested and identified as Digambar Pandule, Krishna Wagh, Manoj Mudame and Basavraj Dhusri. They were booked for murder, attempt to murder, rash and negligent driving and hurling abuses.
Sadiq's wife Iqra and their three-year-old daughter Nadiya died on the spot, police said. Sadiq and son Ahad are in hospital.
A video has surfaced on social media purportedly depicting one of the four accused narrating the chronology of events, how they ran over the bike-borne family from behind, the names of his fellow accomplices and the fact that they were all drunk.
According to Sadiq's statement, the suspects' car had dangerously swerved in front of his two-wheeler on Ausa-Latur road around 9pm Sunday. Sadiq objected to the rash driving, leading to an argument. Sadiq realised the men in the car were intoxicated, after which they allegedly began hurling communal slurs at him.
In an attempt to avoid a confrontation, Sadiq apologised and continued his journey. But the accused followed the family and rammed their car into the two-wheeler a few kilometres down the road, Sadiq told the cops in his statement, adding he and his son Ahad were left unconscious at the scene.
"The injured Sadiq regained consciousness only on Tuesday. Our team then recorded his statement, registered a case against the four and nabbed them," Latur SP Somay Munde said.
Inspector Sunil Rejitward said police teams reached the spot and took the victims to the hospital, where the woman and her daughter were declared brought dead.
