Overview
- The road-rage incident in Meerpet, Telangana, left a father clinging to a moving car’s bonnet for roughly 2 km before the vehicle was stopped by locals.
- Police said the clash began with a dispute over an early U-turn signal and that the car driver allegedly grabbed the bike rider’s hair during the argument.
- Victim accounts report the car hit the two-wheeler from behind, the rider fell and was injured, and the father held onto the bonnet to stop the driver from fleeing.
- Bystanders intercepted the car, the driver abandoned the vehicle and ran away, and the injured son, identified as Faisal, is receiving treatment at a private hospital.
- Meerpet Police registered a case and are reviewing CCTV and a widely shared video to track the absconding driver and reconstruct the route between local chowrastas.