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Bike bullies terrorize techie, pregnant wife in Mumbai

MUMBAI: A biker was left with serious gashes on his face, head and neck after a woman and two of her friends attacked him with a paper-cutter in a case of road rage . The gashes were precariously close to his jugular veins. The incident occurred on the busy road near Orlem Church in Malad (West) at 11pm on Tuesday.The attack occurred when the victim, Irwin Cardozo (29), who is employed as a trade commercial specialist at World Trade Centre, was returning home after working out at a fitness centre, said Malad police.The police have booked college student Mihika Wadhone (21) and her friends Siddharth Yadav (21) and an unknown person who fled the scene for the attack.At the time of going to press, a police team had been sent to arrest the three accused on charges of endangering the life and personal safety of others as well as for intentional insult. Malad police senior inspector Shashank Sandbor confirmed the incident and also that a team was on its way to nab them.The three accused were in a white car. It braked suddenly and created a traffic jam. Cardezo who was on his bike right behind was forced to apply emergency brakes. "Somehow he managed to maneuver his bike from the left and stopped in front of the car," said Cardozo's close friend."I was not drunk. I was in my senses after working out at the gym. I was on my way home on my bike when a car suddenly stopped in front of me. I somehow managed to apply the emergency brakes. Yadav, who was in the driver's seat and the other two — all drunk — began to abuse me. When I went to ask them why they were abusing me, Yadav stepped out of the car and punched me in the chest. I was attacked with a paper-cutter by Wadhone when I tried to retaliate to Yadav's attack," Cardozo told TOI from hospital on Thursday.After the attack, Cardozo managed to call the friend who reached the spot and informed the police and his mother before taking him to hospital. Two of the three accused were still around when cops arrived.Another close friend told TOI that though he almost lost his consciousness because of the gashes, Cardozo did not allow the accused to flee. "He waited till his friend arrived at the spot and found the woman and one of the other accused. They were inebriated and unable to even stand when the cops arrived at the spot," he alleged.