Carjacking: Three arrested

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, September 9

The police have nabbed three carjackers while their fourth accomplice who is reportedly the prime accused is still absconding.

Those arrested have been identified as Sakay Love Masih of Majitha, Manmohitdeep Singh of Majitha and Jaspal Masih of Batala. Their fourth accomplice Vishal alias Kattu, is a nephew of Jaspal.

The accused had snatched a car from Dr Parveen Devgan of Ranjit Avenue on August 21. The car was recovered.

Police Commissioner Vikram Jeet Duggal said the accused had snatched the car from Dr Devgan near Mahal village. He said following a tip-off, the police recovered the car from Love and Manmohitdeep.

During preliminary probe, they revealed that Kattu of Ekta Nagar, and his uncle Jaspal had given them the car. Kattu said he had stolen the car with Himmat Mohanbhandaria, who was the student union’s president. The accused had installed a registration number of Haryana on the car and were ready to install a VIP number for Rs1 lakh.

Following this, the police arrested Jaspal while raids were on to nab Kattu.