Chandigarh-based couple carjacked, five men booked

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, October 16

In yet another incident, five unidentified armed persons snatched a car from a Chandigarh couple from near Manawala here on late Thursday evening. Though the police have registered a case in this regard, there has been no breakthrough so far.

Parul Bhardwaj, a resident of Sector 42-C, told the police that around 10pm on Thursday, they reached near Manawala. He said they halted their car (CH-01-BJ-8723) for answering nature’s call and when he came back, five persons who were travelling in a car, stopped them.

He said two of them entered his car and asked them to get out. He said apart from the car, they also took away his laptop, purse and three expensive mobile phones. The car also contained a bag containing gold jewellery, purse of his wife Jaipreet Kaur.

Sawinder Singh, investigating officer, said CCTV cameras in the area were being scanned to find some clues about the suspects. The mobile phones were switched off near the Amritsar bypass road. He said further investigations were under progress.

Not the first time

Earlier, a youth Arshdeep Singh was allegedly shot dead by some carjackers on October 8. The police were yet to make any breakthrough in that case as well. He along with his friends had also stopped the car to answer nature’s call by the roadside, when unidentified robbers entered his car. Arshdeep tried to resist but he was shot dead.