Dehradun: A 70-year-old retired Brigadier was killed in an extreme case of road rage while out for a morning walk in Dehradun on Monday morning.
Brigadier K Joshi (Retd), was not even involved in the altercation between two groups of motorists and was walking past when he was shot, the police said.
The incident happened on the Rajpur Road.
The incident occurred between 6.45 am and 7 am when Brig Joshi, a resident of Rajpur, stepped out for his routine morning walk, Dehradun SP (City) Pramod Kumar, has been quoted as saying by TOI.
“At the same time, two cars sped along the busy Rajpur Road. The occupants of one vehicle were chasing the other and opened fire during the pursuit. Brig Joshi, who had no connection to the incident, was struck by a stray bullet,” Kumar said.
The retired officer, who collapsed on the spot, was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries later.
The incident happened over a dispute related to overtaking on the Mussoorie road near Jori village in Dehradun, Kumar said.
“During the probe, it was found that the accused driving an SUV tried to overtake another Delhi-registered SUV but failed. Enraged, they then chased the Delhi SUV while opening fire from pistols targeting its tires to make it stop. During that firing, a bullet hit Brig Joshi. The Delhi SUV later crashed into a roadside tree. The accused from the other SUV then stopped their car and assaulted the two men sitting inside the Delhi car before damaging their car and fleeing the spot,” the SP said.
