In a suspected case of road rage, three men allegedly thrashed a 25-year-old madrasa teacher and passed inflammatory remarks after he asked them to drive slowly in a congested area in Outer Delhi's Bawana area on Tuesday evening.
A senior police officer said that the incident took place at around 5pm, when Maulana Irshad Rahmani was walking towards his home in J J Colony in Bawana in C block when he saw three men on a motorcycle driving rashly.
The Maulana was crossing the samosa shop lane when the three men crossed him rashly driving their bike. He asked them to be careful. On this, the three got infuriated and started hurling objectionable comments and casteist remarks. The three men took offence to the maulana's advice and thrashed him and fled from the spot.
Police on Thursday confirmed that the incident happened with one Islamic preacher. He had only advised them not to drive fast in the congested area, the police said.
Maulana Irshad works as a caretaker in a Madrassa and also heads the Jameet E Ulma. The Madrasaa has been operational since 2004 and is spread across 50 yards, where 25 children are currently enrolled.
The senior police officer said that they are probing the case but the accused have not been nabbed yet. They have recovered some footage in which the faces of the accused are visible but no arrests have been made so far.