Two tourists from Uttar Pradesh have been arrested from Matiana in Shimla district following an altercation with locals which occurred due to wrong side overtaking.
The accused have been identified as Ujjwal Jain (36), a resident of Punjabi Bagh, Saharanpur, UP, and Sohil Arora (36), a resident of Vasant Vihar, Delhi Road, Saharanpur.
In Matiana market on NH-5, the accused were travelling in a car. The vehicle hit a local while overtaking. As a result, locals confronted them, which ultimately turned into an altercation. The accused pulled out an object resembling a pistol to intimidate the locals. The tourists then fled from the spot. Locals then informed the police about the incident, following which a police team intercepted the accused from Premghat Chowk in Theog.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Shimla, Gaurav Singh said that the incident was a result of a road rage and a case is being registered against the accused.
He said during the probe, it has been found that the object which they had used to intimidate the locals was not a pistol, but a Chinese-made lighter resembling a gun.
