Particle.news
Download on the App Store

Bengaluru Police Arrest Dagger-Wielding Rider After Whitefield Road-Rage Threat Caught on Dashcam

The scooter’s registration captured in the widely shared dashcam clip on X led investigators to the suspect.

Overview

  • Police arrested 25-year-old Sayed Arbaz Khan after a dashcam video showed him threatening a car’s occupants with a dagger at a Whitefield traffic signal on January 16 near Nexus Shantiniketan Mall.
  • The scooter’s registration number KA53JB3274, visible in the footage posted to X, was used to identify and track the rider.
  • An FIR at Kadugodi Police Station cites the Arms Act and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 126 (wrongful restraint), 351 (criminal intimidation) and 352 (intentional insult to provoke a breach of peace).
  • According to the FIR and video, the biker blocked the car, abused the driver, brandished the weapon and fled before being traced by police.
  • Authorities said Khan has four prior cases, and the Whitefield DCP publicly reiterated a zero-tolerance stance on road-rage and public threats.