Carjacking case solved, three held with weapon

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana October 13

The CIA Wing 2 of the city police claimed to have cracked the case in which a car was taken away at gun point from the Sahnewal area two weeks ago. The three accused have been arrested while one is still at large.

The arrested accused have been identified as Avninder Singh, alias Manni, a resident of Jarkhar village, Gurpreet Singh, alias Gopi, a resident of Jarkhar village, and Tajinder Singh, alias Tannu, a resident of Khanpur village. The fourth accused Manpreet Singh, alias Patwari, a resident of Kabir Nagar, is yet to be nabbed by the police.

All the accused are aged between 22 to 25 years. The police have recovered the Verna car and another car, also of the same make, which was used by the accused during carjacking.

In a press conference today, DCP (Investigation) Gagan Ajit Singh along ADCP (Crime) Satnam Singh and ACP (Crime) Maninder Bedi said the arrested accused had no criminal background. They entered the crime world after getting hooked to drugs.

The DCP said the accused had snatched Verna car from Raman Ahuja of Patel Nagar, New Delhi, on the night of September 30 at 11:45 pm. The accused were nabbed when they were travelling on the snatched vehicle from Chandigarh to Ludhiana. They were cornered near Uchi Mangli village. One of the accused Manpreet managed to give a slip to the police.

Manpreet was also facing heinous crime and drug cases and wanted by the police of various districts, the DCP added. He said the Verna car, which was used in the crime, was owned by accused Avninder. Even the licenced .32 bore revolver used in the crime belonged to Avninder, he said.

 “The accused had snatched the car with a motive to commit some other crime. We are interrogating the accused to find out the exact reason. It can also be possible that the accused have already used the hijacked vehicle in some crime. Only further investigation can reveal the same,” said the DCP.

The incident

The four accused had snatched Verna car from Raman Ahuja of Patel Nagar, New Delhi, on the night of September 30 at 11:45 pm. They were nabbed near Uchi Mangli village on the Chandigarh-Ludhiana road. All the accused had taken to crime as they were hooked to drugs. Three of the four accused Avninder Singh, alias Manni, Gurpreet Singh, alias Gopi, and Tajinder Singh, alias Tannu, were arrested by the police. Their accomplice Manpreet Singh, alias Patwari, is yet to be nabbed by the police.