Three youths assaulted by auto driver in Mumbai

Three youths were beaten up allegedly by an auto-rickshaw driver following an argument in suburban Bhandup, police said on Tuesday

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Three youths were beaten up allegedly by an auto-rickshaw driver following an argument in suburban Bhandup, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place on Monday night at Maharashtra Nagar.

The youths, aged between 20 and 25, were having ice-cream near a dairy in the area when one of them accidentally touched the driver, a senior police official said. The driver, yet to be identified, got into a heated argument with them. He then thrashed the trio and also attacked them with a knife. One of the youth, Avinsh Bhosale was critically injured and is now being treated at a hospital, the official said.

A case under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 324 and 326 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means) has been registered in this regard, police said, adding a probe is on, but no arrest has been made so far.

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