Passerby's head split open after mistaken for taxi driver's aide in Nagpur
A Nagpur passerby watching a street quarrel was beaten and had his head split open after being mistaken for the taxi driver's associate.
A passerby watching a quarrel in Nagpur was attacked and injured in his head after being mistaken for someone connected to the dispute. The incident took place near the NIT parking plaza at Amravati Market, Variety Chowk, in Sitabuldi.
The injured, 47-year-old Jitendra Thakre, was passing in front of the NIT parking plaza on the evening of September 22. There, the accused Shyam Tiwari (22) of Gawlipura, Dharampeth, Jayashri Ramesh Kanade (35) and Mayank Raghupathi Mishra (19) of Takiya, Dhantoli, were having an argument with a taxi driver. Seeing the quarrel, Thakre stopped there. The accused began looking towards him as the fight went on. Meanwhile, the taxi driver left the spot. Mistaking Thakre for the taxi driver's companion, the accused began hurling abuses at him. They beat him with kicks and punches. They then brought a ladle from a nearby Chinese food stall and used it to split his head open.
On Thakre's complaint, Sitabuldi police have registered a case against the accused. Shyam Tiwari has a prior case registered against him for assaulting a government employee.
