The driver attacked him with a sharp object and the victim alleges that he intended to kill him

Road rage is sadly a common occurrence in Bengaluru. Angry voices, shaking of fists, holding someone by the collar and boisterous threats being levelled until a cop comes to the scene are far too common. But seldom does a road rage incident escalate to a situation where one person chases another for more than a kilometre and attacks him with the intention to kill.This happened to techie Thirumal Kumar (42) on September 11 at around 7.30 p.m. Kumar, an employee at a private firm, had left office on his Royal Enfield Bullet and was riding back home in HSR layout. When Kumar reached the T-Junction road opposite Apollo Pharmacy in HSR layout, an auto suddenly came in his path from the wrong side of the road and was about to collide with Kumar’s bike.Luckily for Kumar and the auto driver, the latter says he braked before the two could collide. Stunned by the auto’s careless driving, Kumar yelled at the auto driver and an argument broke out between the two of them. When the fight got intense, a crowd started gathering and traffic started piling up. That’s when Thirumal says he drove away, not wanting to engage with the auto driver anymore.But the auto driver was not willing to give up. When Kumar reached the vegetable vendor junction near IOC petrol bunk, the auto driver caught up with Kumar and had tried to bump into his rear wheel. It did not stop here. The auto driver seemed to want to finish the fight with Kumar and continued to chase him.When Kumar reached the service road, he saw that the accused was waiting for him and forced him to stop his bike. As soon as Kumar had stopped, the accused took out a dagger from under the driver’s seat and tried to attack Kumar. As panic set in, Kumar says he held his hand up and tried to defend himself from the attack. But the furious auto driver caught hold of Kumar, pinned him to the ground and started stabbing him in the chest and forehead.When Kumar started screaming for help, the auto driver escaped from the spot.Speaking to Bangalore Mirror, the victim Thirumal Kumar said, “It was entirely the auto driver’s fault. He came from the wrong direction and started abusing me when I questioned him. I told him that we could check the CCTV footage to find out whose fault it was. Soon, I left the place since traffic had started to pile up because of our argument. Later he followed my bike and stabbed me. The incident was horrifying. He was holding a dagger in one hand and stabbing me with an intention to kill me over such a small argument. The people who found me screaming for help took me to a hospital where I received treatment. Since it was dark, I could not see his registration number. I just remember the 4 digits (KA ** 1374),” said Kumar.One of the officials from the HSR Layout police station told Bangalore Mirror, “The accused has not been identified yet, but we are trying to trace the auto through the RTO and officials are verifying the CCTV footage installed on the main roads where the incident occurred.”An FIR was registered at the HSR layout police station under section 324 (Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means).