Taxi driver arrested in connection with attack on JNU associate professor
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The police said that efforts are also being made to nab the other accused involved in the incident. The associate professor, Saitya Brata Das, had earlier alleged that he was attacked by six-seven men near RK Puram Marg on January 14.
Taxi driver arrested in connection with attack on JNU associate professor
A taxi driver was arrested in connection with an alleged attack on an associate professor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) last month. Shankar Devnath added that an investigation is underway to ascertain the motive behind the incident.
The police said that efforts are also being made to nab the other accused involved in the incident. The associate professor, Saitya Brata Das, had earlier alleged that he was attacked by six-seven men near RK Puram Marg on January 14.
A case was lodged at Vasant Kunj police station on the basis of a complaint from Das, who is attached to the Centre for English Studies in JNU. While narrating the incident, Das had said that "a motorcycle rammed into his car from behind at a traffic signal in RK Puram on the afternoon of January 14 and he was immediately surrounded by the six-seven men. I was coming from DPS, RK Puram on Palam Marg and had stopped at the red light at Vasant Vihar (under the flyover near the Vasant Vihar depot) around 3.20 pm. A motorcycle suddenly banged into my car from behind."
"I was shocked to see a motorcycle bang a car when the car was at a red light. Suddenly, out of nowhere, six more people surrounded my car, asked me to get out of the vehicle and demanded money. I immediately recalled a fake accident involving my colleague in the JNU, Sharad Bhaviskar, a few months ago. I did not wait for the signal to turn green and drove fast towards the JNU. I stopped only at the main gate to ask the security guards to call police," Das had said.
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