‘Not an accident, but road rage’: Friend says SUV chased, mowed down 2 youths after tiff in Noida
Two youths were killed in Noida after their bike was allegedly rammed by an SUV following an altercation at an eatery. A friend claims the incident was not an accident but a deliberate act of road rage. Police are investigating, scanning CCTV footage to identify the vehicle, which reportedly lacked a number plate.
'Saw SUV chasing my friends. They were killed in a road rage, it was no accident' (AI image)
NOIDA: A friend of two youths found dead in front of Army Public School in Noida on Dec 30 told TOI they were chased by an SUV that hurtled into their bike at high speed, sending them flying into roadside railings and killing them on spot."It was not a hit-and-run accident but a clear case of road rage," Pushpendra told TOI on Thursday. The trigger, according to him, was an altercation at an eatery in Sector 30 where his friends Basant Khasu (23) and Rohan Mandal (27) had stopped for parathas on their way back from a party.Pushpendra, who was at the same party, said Basant and Rohan had an argument at the roadside eatery with another customer. Pushpendra subsequently went looking for them.
"I saw the SUV hit their bike. The SUV did not have a number plate. It stopped for a few seconds, then took a U-turn and sped away. I tried to chase, but lost it in dense fog," he claimed.Basant and Rohan were flung into the railings next to the school so hard that their bike got entangled in the grille. Their bodies were found next to the bike, indicating they had no opportunity to move and the impact likely immediately killed them.
Pushpendra said they had left for Rohan's cousin's birthday party around 10pm on Tuesday from Basant's house at Nithari. Basant was a hotel management student at an institute in Film City."Around 11.15pm, Basant and Rohan stepped out to drop one of our friends, Roshan. Around 11.40pm, Vikas, who was at the party with us, called Rohan to ask where he was. Rohan told him about the argument. After that, Vikas and I started for the spot on my bike.
But we could not find them at the eatery, nor were they answering their phones. I dropped Vikas at the Sector 37 gate, took a U-turn and went towards DPS school. Near Dent Star, I spotted Basant and Rohan driving their bike at high speed and a black SUV right behind them," Pushpendra said.He felt the argument at the eatery had blown up into a road rage after Vikas and Rohan's conversation. Puspendra said he followed the car but lost them at the next T-point after they took a right turn towards Army Public School.
It was densely foggy that night. "When I was approaching Army Public School, I saw a bike stuck to the grille there. The SUV, probably a Scorpio N, was right there. It reversed and sped off," he said. "When I went closer, I saw Basant and Rohan. They were bleeding."Basant, a third-year hotel student, lived with his brother Dheeraj and mother Sonam. His father Hari works as a chef in Kenya. Rohan was a contract worker with the fire department.