A 40-year-old biker was beaten up for honking at a car parked in the middle of a road in Sanpada, Navi Mumbai. The victim claimed that two men and a woman, who were in the car, chased him and beat him up with his own helmet till he was unconscious. Turbhe police have booked the trio, but no arrest has been made yet. The victim, Gauresh Chikhlikar, claimed it took him two days to gather the courage to approach the police.

The incident took place around 6.30 pm on October 16 when Chikhlikar, a Bhandup resident, was on his way to visit a relative in Sanpada, Sector 19. He said, “I was riding my bike on Palm Beach Road when I saw a red and white Tata Nexon car parked in the middle of the road. After I honked four-five times, the driver took the car to the side of the road and I left.”