BENGALURU: Two days back, a 22-year-old youth was stabbed to death in the city in a road rage case. The motorbikes of the victim and the accused had collided, sparking a war of words that ended in the killing of the daily-wage labourer.
Such murder cases where fatal attacks are triggered by sudden provocations are recorded by police under the category, ‘Murder due to sudden quarrel’. According to state police records, 441 people were murdered during spur-of-the-moment skirmishes between January 1, 2021 and February 28, 2022 in Karnataka.
