Ramesh Behl, the 64-year-old co-director of private security firm Dark's Security Consultant lost his life for raising his voice against honking outside his residence at Bakulbagan Road, Bhowanipore in the heart of south Kolkata on Thursday, 20019-10-17 afternoon. Angered by the protest, the accused who was possibly the owner-cum-driver of another car shoved and slapped the elderly man who lost his balance and fell. His head struck the kerb stone on the edge of the pavement and he lost his consciousness, never to regain it.
Behl had stepped out of his Bhowanipore residence at Bakulbagan and was about to board his grey coloured Toyota Innova SUV when the incident took place around 1.10pm.
The accused slapped and pushed him. Behl then fell down and became unconscious. He was rushed to a nursing home where he was declared brought dead.
Behl was on his way to his office at Park Towers on Ballygunge Circular Road and his driver took his Innova to the Bakulbagan Road-Ramesh Mitra Road crossing close to the Kalighat Telephone Exchange. He was about to board it when a red hatchback came up from behind and started honking. Within a second, the driver hit the mud-guard of the Innova. Behl protested.
“Gari khada hain. Dhakka kyun mara? (The car is stationary. Why did you hit it?)” he asked. “The driver of the car initially said sorry but as soon as Behl moved away, he started honking again,” Bahl’s driver told police.
Bahl protested again. “This time, the driver of the car came out and after a heated exchange, the accused slapped Behl. The 64-year-old fell on the edge of the footpath and his head hit the kerb stone at the edge of the pavement. Seeing this, the accused jumped into his car and fled. Behl’s driver rushed to inform his family, who shifted him to Heath Point Nursing Home barely less than 10 minutes away. At the hospital, he was declared dead,” said an investigating officer.
The Bhowanipore police have registered a case under IPC section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder). “Our investigation so far has revealed that the accused was practising law in a court in the city. Behl’s driver and CCTV footages have helped in identifying the accused driver. The accused is presently absconding. We are raiding several places to nab him,” said joint CP M Sharma. The last four digits of the hatchback has been identified as 5443.
Investigators said they are using the driver’s statement as the primary witness. “Based on his complaint, we have registered an FIR. We have asked our forensic team to collect blood samples from the spot,” said an officer.
Content source: The Times Of India, Kolkata edition dated 2019-10-18.
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