SUV taken away at knifepoint on Siswan-Baddi road

Mohali, January 10

Five unidentified youths forcibly took away an SUV from a Sector 47 resident at knifepoint on the Siswan-Baddi road on the night of January 8. Complainant Ravi Sharma, a businessman, was coming from Baddi to Chandigarh with his friend when five unidentified car-borne youths waylaid him. One of the youths snatched the keys of the vehicle at knifepoint and pushed him away. The snatchers fled with the vehicles towards Majri.

The victim took the help of a passerby to reach the police station. A case under Sections 379-B and 34 of the IPC has been registered at the Mullanpur police station. Mullanpur SHO Simarjeet Singh said, “A case has been registered. The police are working on the case and arrests are likely to be made soon.” The police said the suspects were in the 25-30 age group. — TNS