Achi news desk-
The driver of the vehicle at the center of last week’s road rage incident in Brampton is speaking about the “terrifying” experience he, his wife, and a friend went through though.
Gaurav Chhabra said they were traveling along Torbram when another driver started following him and started shouting at him while driving.
He said the motorist made two attempts to stop him, succeeding on the second attempt.
At that point, four men jumped out of the vehicle and made their way over to his car.
Chabbra, who filmed the incident on his cellphone and dash cam, said one of the suspects proceeded to kick his front bumper and headlights, while another said “despicable words” at the Punjabi language towards them and tried to open the door of his locked car forward. two occasions.
That individual, he said, then “aggressively” punched the driver’s side window before using his car, a metal bracelet worn by Sikhs, to smash the vehicle’s windscreen before they all fled the scene of their vehicle.
The victim maintains that he did nothing to provoke the incident, adding that the suspects were driving in an unsafe manner which endangered everyone on the road.
“They must be caught as soon as possible,” said Chabbra, noting that this incident has upset all of them, especially his wife, who is expecting their first child.
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Peel Regional Police (PRP) issued a news release on Friday about the incident, which happened on Wednesday around 7:20 pm near Torbram Road and Eagleridge Drive, just south of Sandlewood Parkway East.
According to police, an interaction occurred between the driver and occupants of a gold colored Hyundai Sonata with Ontario license plate CXHK981.
They said that four individuals confronted the victim, threatened them, and that their vehicle was damaged.
Photos circulated on social media of the incident show four men exiting a vehicle, one of whom is seen hitting and damaging the front window of the victim’s vehicle, while another kicks the bumper and headlights. They suspect returned to their vehicle and drove away.
The situation escalated quite quickly,” the police say
Speaking to CP24’s Lindsay Biscaia on Friday evening, media officer Const. Tyler Bell-Morena said there was an interaction between the occupants of the two vehicles and at some point the person operating the gold colored vehicle pulled in front of the other and the situation “escalated pretty quickly to a point where there was damage significantly. made to the windshield of that vehicle.”
Bell-Morena said the incident was captured on a dash cam as well as cell phone footage that allowed police to get clear images of the two suspects, particularly the man who damaged the windshield of the vehicle, in as well as their vehicle’s license plate.
Calling the incident an “eye-opening interaction,” he said what is seen in the footage is a “glaring departure from regular frustration” behind the wheel that any motorist in the GTA should experience.
“When people get out of their vehicles and they come to confront you, it’s not for a good reason and so that’s obviously very concerning to the police and it’s behavior completely unacceptable,” said Bell-Morena, who urged anyone encountering a road rage situation to not engage aggressive motorists, get out of harm’s way, and call the police immediately.
Four suspects remain at large
So far, the police have identified two of the suspects as 28-year-old Akashdeep Singh and 23-year-old Ramanpreet Massih.
The third suspect is described as a South Asian man and six feet tall. He was last seen wearing a gray baseball cap, a black graffiti hoodie with “Jordan 33” written in red, dark colored pants, and red and white low top Jordan sneakers.
The fourth suspect is also described as a South Asian man and five feet eight inches tall. He was last seen wearing a black hoodie, black pants, and blue and black Jordan sneakers.
Ramanpreet Massih, 23, top left, Akashdeep Singh, 28, top right, as well as two other unidentified men are wanted in connection with a road rage incident on March 27 in Brampton. (PRP Photos)
“As investigators continue to investigate and search for the suspects who are all believed to be evading the police, they are encouraged to seek legal counsel and turn themselves in to the police,” PRP said in a statement news.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of these individuals, or anyone who saw the incident or has footage of it, is asked to contact the PRP Division 21 Criminal Investigations Bureau at 905-453-3311, ext. 2133, or Crime Stoppers anonymously.
With files from CP24’s Lindsay Biscaia.
