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Times News Network Ludhiana: A 31-year-old man snatched a Mahindra Scorpio SUV after threatening its driver with a sharp-edged weapon on the road leading from Khanpur village to Paddi village at around 8.30pm on Friday. However, he was caught by the police within hours.
Police had organised an intensive checking drive covering all main roads and major chowks on Friday night. In the course of the drive, police recovered the SUV from near Shankar village and arrested the accused, who has been identified as Manjot Singh alias Gaggi, 31, of Khanpur village. The accused already has at least four FIRs for illicit liquor smuggling registered against him.
In this case, Dehlon police lodged an FIR against him under section 304 (2) (punishment for snatching) and 317 (2) (possessing stolen property) of BNS on the complaint of Manpreet Singh, a resident of Katari village of Payal tehsil. The victim, Manpreet Singh, said that he had a driving contract with a factory located near Paddi village. At around 8.
30pm on Friday, he said that he was on his way to the factory in the car. He said that he had stopped by the roadside to relieve himself when an unidentified man approached him, placed a sharp-edged weapon at his neck, and snatched the car key. Thereafter, the accused drove away with his car, after which he informed the police.
Head constable Karamvir Singh, investigating officer from Dehlon police station, said, "Police registered a case immediately after receiving the information and started tracing the car. Meanwhile, police established special checkpoints across the city on Saturday night, during which they recovered the snatched car from one such checkpoint near Shankar village. The accused, who snatched the car, was driving it.
He was apprehended." The head constable added, "The accused, Manjot, has FIRs for illicit liquor smuggling registered against him. Police are questioning him to determine if more people were involved in the crime.
Besides, the sharp-edged weapon he used to snatch the car has also been recovered from his possession." Spate of carjacking cases June 20, 2024 - A 19-year-old college student, Sarthak Bansal, of New Kitchlu Nagar, was carjacked by four men at gunpoint in the Ladhowal area near Sutlej river. The youngster was on his way home after performing an astrological ritual at the river when he was targeted by the assailants.
March 14, 2024 - City resident Narinderpal Singh, stopped his car outside a medical store near Middha Chowk. He went to the shop while his wife was waiting inside the car. A few men barged into the car and tried to drive it away.
Narinderpal managed to pull his wife out but the accused escaped with his i20 car. Police solved the case with the arrest of four persons but the car was not recovered as the accused sold it to a scrap dealer, who sold its parts March 15, 2024 - Three unidentified men snatched a Hyundai i20 car from Aklesh Kumar, a businessman from Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, from outside a medical store on Dhandran road. The accused approached him on the pretext of asking for directions.
When the victim pulled the window down, the accused unlocked the car and snatched it after threatening him with sharp-edged weapons Jan 28, 2024 - A Ferozepur-based woman, Mania Arora, was sitting in a car near Gill Bridge of Sidhwan Canal, while her son had gone to a shop to get an envelope for shagun. Two men barged into the car, threatened the woman with a gun, and abducted her. They robbed her of Rs 13,000 cash and a gold chain, and threw her out of the car near Amargarh village.
Then they drove away. The accused were arrested by Patiala Police MSID:: 120233265 413 |.
