Shimla, Apr 4 (PTI) Two tourists from Uttar Pradesh were apprehended for allegedly assaulting a local following a road rage in the Matiana area here on Saturday, police said.
The accused, Ujjwal Jain (36) and Sohil Arora (36) — residents of Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh — allegedly hit a resident following a road rage over wrong overtaking on National Highway-5, they said.
As more locals started to gather, they threatened them with a pistol — later found to be a Chinese lighter — and fled the scene, they added.
However, police nabbed the accused from Premghat Chowk in Theog. Further investigation is underway, SSP Shimla Gaurav Singh said. PTI COR APL APL
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