An incident of road rage in Mohali on Tuesday claimed the life of a Punjab Roadways driver after a dispute over honking turned violent near Kurali.

The deceased, Jagjit Singh (36), a contractual driver posted at the Jalandhar Roadways Depot and a resident of Malowal Tongra village (Amritsar), had left early Tuesday morning for Chandigarh with his bus.

According to another Jalandhar Roadways employee Chanan Singh, Jagjit had started his trip to Chandigarh in the morning and was returning when the clash occurred.

As per eyewitness accounts, when the bus reached the traffic lights near Kurali, Jagjit honked to take a side. The Bolero driver ahead began hurling abuses. When Jagjit tried to confront him, the Bolero driver stepped out of his vehicle and attacked Jagjit with a rod, hitting

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