Mussoorie: A 36-year-old tourist from Haryana was arrested for allegedly assaulting a local couple following a road rage incident on Mussoorie’s Mall Road, police said on Tuesday.The incident occurred near Picture Palace on Sunday night when a vehicle carrying tourists allegedly came dangerously close to the couple as they were walking along the road, triggering an argument. Police said the altercation escalated and one of the tourists allegedly attacked the couple with a plastic tub.A purported video of the incident was widely circulated on social media, following which police took suo motu cognisance. Station officer Devendra Chauhan said, “We have arrested Neeraj Rawat (36), a resident of Gurgaon, Haryana, and registered a case against him under BNS section 170. The vehicle involved has also been challaned under the Motor Vehicles Act.”The case is the latest in a string of violent altercations involving tourists from different parts of Uttarakhand in recent months. On June 26, three local youths were injured after an argument over overtaking escalated into a clash with a group of tourists from Rajasthan in the Pauri Chungi area. Police said the tourists allegedly called for reinforcements after the initial altercation, following which the youths were attacked with sticks and stones.In Jan, seven people, most of them tourists from Delhi, were arrested after a dispute over overtaking turned violent in Pauri district. Police said two tourists and a local resident sustained minor injuries in the clash.