India, July 22 -- An 66-year-old auto-rickshaw driver was attacked by a passenger for delay in stopping the vehicle on 20 July at 7:20am on the old Pune-Mumbai highway.

The victim, identified as Subhash Laxman Chavan from Samata Colony, Rahatani, was stopped by an unidentified man near Pimpri station, who asked him to drop him at Prati Shirdi in Shirgaon. When the auto reached near Kendriya Vidalaya 2, the passenger asked the driver to stop as he urgently wanted to urinate. However, the driver did not halt the auto immediately as the vehicle was at high speed at the time.

While the auto driver was gradually slowing down the rickshaw to stop, the passenger reportedly pulled out a sharp object and attacked him from behind, slitting his th...