Cab driver murdered in Mohali

Our Correspondent

Mohali, June 27

A cab driver was murdered with sharp weapons here today. The deceased has been identified as Manoj Kumar, a resident of Rajpura.

The victim, who was an Ola cab driver, had rung up the Police Control Room after he was attacked. The police took him to a hospital from his Tata Indica cab from Phase V where he was declared dead on arrival.

According to reports, the crime probably took place around 2.30 am. It is suspected that the attackers were passengers in the cab. The police suspect that looting could be the motive behind the murder and at least two persons may have been involved in the attack.

The victim is reported to have sustained deep injuries on the neck, probably inflicted with a sharp weapon. It was not immediately clear where the crime took place and how the cab driver reached Phase V.

The SHO of the Phase I police station, Sukhwinder Singh, said a case had been registered on a statement of the victim’s brother-in-law, Jawahar Lal.

A postmortem examination was carried out after which the body was handed over to members of the family.