Two tourists from Uttar Pradesh have been arrested in Shimla after a road rage incident escalated into assault and the brandishing of a fake pistol, sparking a police investigation.
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.