The incident took place in Juhapura area on Tuesday night, they said, adding the driver was suspected to be inebriated when his vehicle caused a series of accidents.
Five to six persons have been detained, the police said, adding it was yet to be ascertained if the man was lynched by a mob.
The post-mortem report was awaited to confirm the exact cause of the death, they said.
The deceased, Kaushik Chauhan (35), was rashly driving a cab which hit several vehicles along the way, Deputy Commissioner of Police (zone 7) Shivam Verma said.
As he caused a string of accidents, a group of people started chasing him and managed to catch hold of him in Juhapura, he said.
Juhapura is a minority community-dominated area.
“Police received a message that the taxi driver caused several accidents in a drunk state and was chased by a mob. They caught hold of him in Juhapura and engaged in a scuffle. Later, police found him dead,” the official said.
The body was found near the car’s bonnet at around 9 pm on Tuesday and later shifted to a hospital for post-mortem, an official from Vejalpur police station said.
A case was registered and five-six persons were detained, Verma said, adding a probe was on into the incident.
The police were waiting for the post-mortem report to ascertain the exact cause of the man’s death, Vejalpur inspector Ranjitsinh Chauhan said.
“As of now, we cannot say for certain that he was lynched by a mob. We are examining the CCTV footage and have called some persons seen in the footage for questioning,” he said. PTI KA PD GK
