Three carjackers land in police net in Mohali

Mohali, July 28

The police have arrested three members of a carjackers’ gang involved in several incidents. The suspects, identified as Kapurthala resident Paminder Singh, Ferozepur City native Lucky, alias Kala; and Eklavya were arrested from IT City.

On May 12, three youths had snatched a taxi from the driver on the Aerocity-Zirakpur road in Mohali early in the morning. Lovepreet Singh, the taxi driver from Mohali, had parked his vehicle on the roadside when three youths asked him to drop them at Kharar. When the driver refused, one of them snatched the car keys from him while the other pointed a gun at him. They hit him with the butt of the gun and took away his car.

The victim saved his life by fleeing the spot, the police said. A case was registered at the IT City police station.