Delhi cab driver found murdered on Solan-Shimla highway

Tribune News Service

Solan, October 26

The blood-soaked body of a 40-year-old Uber cab driver was found in an Ertiga (HR-38Y-0410) car near Dhiyarighat on the Solan-Shimla National Highway this morning.

The deceased was identified as Bashid Khan, a resident of Khanpur Dhani, Delhi, said Additional SP, Solan, Ashok Verma.

As per the initial probe, Bashid was on his way to Shimla and had entered Himachal yesterday. He was hit by a blunt weapon behind his head and grievously injured.

The police are trying to ascertain who was travelling in his taxi to Shimla.

A sale-purchase document found in the car stated that Bashid bought the vehicle from Sanjay Jain.

Some locals noticed the car and the body in it this morning and informed the Kandaghat police.

A case under Section 302 of the IPC has been registered and the police are probing the incident. The post-mortem examinationon the body was conducted at the Regional Hospital here.