Owing to a drunken brawl between two groups, two men were crushed to death by a luxury SUV taxi inside the no-vehicle zone at Gangtok’s MG Marg in the wee hours on Thursday outside a hotel in the area, wherein one group worked as staff at the hotel.
The hotel staff group was allegedly taking selfies near the Red Panda structure at the far end of MG Marg, when a group of 4 men allegedly came from the Thado Line area near Lal Bazaar.
Sikkim Police said the two groups got into a quarrel. The two men from the group of four, reportedly drivers, were quarrelling with the other group. The other two had allegedly left the spot.
Sometime later, police said, once the quarrel was settled, the two men who had fled the scene came back in a luxury taxi SUV from the Tibet Road side, above MG Marg and zoomed towards the group.
The vehicle bearing registration number SK 01Z 1079, entered MG Marg and sped towards the eight people gathered there, including their two friends.
“Looking at the crime scene, it appears others were able to move away from the zooming vehicle. But three of them were injured while two were crushed to death by the vehicle, including one of his own friend,” Additional SP Sonam Dechu said.
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