1 held for taking away Innova, vehicle seized
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, March 23
Three days after an Innova car was taken away from a taxi driver, the rural police have nabbed one of the suspects, Gurbir Singh of Mari Thehwali village in Tarn Taran, for the crime. The police have also recovered the vehicle from Ludhiana.
Two of Gurbir’s accomplices, Lovepreet Singh and his wife Anu of Bhuchar Khurd village, are still at large and raids are on to nab them, the police said. On Thursday, three persons fled with the Innova car of a taxi driver after hiring it for Chandigarh. The woman posed as a film crew member.
Victim Jatinder Singh, who is a resident of Khalra in Tarn Taran stated to the police that on Thursday, he received a call from his friend Gurpreet Singh, who is a resident of Mugal Dodhe village, who said an Innova was needed for three days for a film shooting. Gurpreet asked him to reach Amritsar and contact the woman who identified herself as Anu, he told the police.
He said on reaching Amritsar, he contacted the lady who asked him to reach Loharka road and pick two youth up from there. After picking them up, when he moved towards the city, they pushed him out of the vehicle, threatening to shoot him. Later, they had fled with the vehicle.
