MEERUT, June 14 -- A minor road collision turned fatal in Meerut's Partapur area on Friday evening after an e-rickshaw driver was beaten to death in a case of road rage. The accused, Nirvair Singh, a home tutor from Shradhapuri Sector 3, was arrested after allegedly attacking 49-year-old Naresh, a resident of Jeevanpuri in Rithani, with an iron rod, police said on Saturday.

Superintendent of police (SP) City Ayush Vikram Singh confirmed that a case has been filed under Section 103 (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. "The accused has been produced in court and sent to jail. Further investigation is in progress," he said.

The incident occurred near the Rithani Peer locality along Delhi Road, where culvert construction work was in pro...