Told to drive properly, man opens fire

BANGALORE: Think twice before giving an advice to any errant driver in the city. In an incident that took place at Sadashivanagar police station limits on Sunday night, a person opened fire from his airgun after another person advised him about this rash driving.  Ninga Raju, a taxi-driver attached to BESCOM was returning home after attending a funeral at Kanakapura on Sunday night with his family. After dropping one of his friends at R T Nagar, the car was going towards Ninga Raju’s home. At about 11.30 pm, the car crossed Mekhri Circle, and was near C V Raman Institute when a speeding Honda car came towards Ninga Raju’s car. Raju, in a fit of anger, asked the driver of the Honda Civic to mend his behaviour.The Honda Civic driver went further for a few metres and then turned back. He overtook Ninga Raju’s car and opened fire from an airgun. While one bullet made a dent in the car, the other bullet hit Ninga Raju’s son in the head. He was immediately taken to K C General hospital and then to NIMHANS, Ninga Raju told Express.The police said that the bullet was removed and he is now out of danger. Ninga Raju has lodged a complaint at Sadashivanagar police.The police have sent the bullets to the Forensic Science Laboratory for examination. They suspect that the miscreants might have used an airgun loaded with the ball-bearing of a cycle chain. In the meantime, the embers of Ninga Raju’s family did not note down the number of the miscreant’s car. They remember only a part of the it, the police said. A case has been registered against the unknown miscreant in this regard at Sadashivanagar police station and further investigations are on, the police said.