Another car snatching incident rocks holy city

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, December 20

Five armed persons snatched a car from a Jammu and Kashmir resident when he was going from Amritsar to Uttar Pradesh for some work. The accused hit his car from the rear and attacked him before snatching the car.

The victim was identified as Anees Mohammad. He told the police that on Sunday morning, he was going from Amritsar to UP in his car (Hyundai i-10) when the accused hit his car from in the Khilchian area.

He said he came out of his car to have a look at it. In the meantime, the five accused also came out their car. He said before he could understand, one of the suspects attacked him with a sharp-edged weapon on his arm and fired a couple of gunshots in the air.

The victim said after snatching his car, they fled the spot. He said his mobile phone was also there in the car. The police have registered a case under Sections 323, 379-B, 336 and 506 of the IPC and Sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act was registered against unidentified persons.

This is third such incident in the past three days. Earlier, unidentified robbers snatched a car from Gurinderjit Singh, a resident of Manawala Kalan, when he had gone to the Manawala bus stop in his car (PB-53-B-3456) for some work.

He said he stopped his car near Anjali dhaba. He said suddenly a Verna car stopped behind his car and two unidentified persons with covered faced came and pointed a pistol at him. He said they pulled him out of his car and took it towards the Tarn Taran side. He said their third accomplice who remained seated in their Verna car also followed them.

In another instance, miscreants snatched a car from a Jalandhar resident, identified as Vijay Jassal, on Friday evening. He had come to pick up his friend from Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport here. He said he had stopped the car near True Value showroom when the accused pushed him and fled in his car.

Modus Operandi

The victim said he stopped his car near Anjali dhaba. He said suddenly a Verna car stopped behind his car and two unidentified persons with covered faced came and pointed a pistol at him. He said they pulled him out of his car and took it towards the Tarn Taran side. He said their third accomplice who remained seated in their Verna car also followed them.