Mumbai Viral Video | Auto Driver Assaults Elderly Man, Eknath Shinde Orders Attempt To Murder Case

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has directed the city police to register an attempt to murder case against a cab driver who allegedly assaulted an elderly man when the latter confronted him for spitting on the road. The driver who hails from outside the state allegedly assaulted the man, causing him severe injuries, when the latter objected to the driver's spitting on the road near Jupiter Hospital on Tuesday evening, said a statement from Shinde's office. In a viral video, the driver was also seen picking up a stone to hit the elderly man, the release said, adding that local workers of the Shinde-led Shiv Sena traced the driver, "taught him a lesson," and handed him over to Vartak Nagar Police Station.