Asked for documents, motorist slaps woman toll plaza staffer in MP

PTI, Aug 21, 2022, 6:29 PM IST

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Rajgarh: A case was registered against a motorist for allegedly slapping a woman working at a toll plaza following a dispute over paying the road tax in Madhya Pradesh’s Rajgarh district, police said on Sunday.

The incident occurred at a toll plaza on Rajgarh-Bhopal road on Saturday afternoon under the Biaora Dehat police station limits. A video of the incident has gone viral on social media.

Rajkumar Gurjar, a resident of Jarkadiyakhedi village, hit a woman staffer working at the toll plaza when she asked for his Aadhaar card as proof to show that he is a local resident to avail of the exemption in paying the road tax, said Biaora Dehat police station in-charge Ramkumar Raghuvanshi.

Gurjar’s vehicle was without a FASTag- electronic toll payment system, the officer said, adding that Gurjar told the woman that he was a villager.

Police have registered a case under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against Gurjar who is on the run, he added.