Tribune News Service

Panchkula, November 17

Three unidentified persons robbed a taxi driver of his car at gunpoint in broad daylight in Barwala here yesterday.

The victim, identified as Krishan Kumar (35), a native of Bhiwani district in Haryana and currently residing at a rented accommodation in Chandigarh, told the police that he picked three passengers for Barwala from outside the Ambala Cantonment railway station in his car around 3 pm on Tuesday afternoon. Kumar sought Rs700 for the ride which they had agreed to pay.

“When I stopped my car to drop them near Barwala bus stand, they asked me to drop them at Sultanpur village. On the way near the Sultanpur underpass, one of the men pointed a pistol at my head. Another person threatened me with a blade. They forced me to get out of the vehicle and also tried to snatch my phone. They later drove away in my car, which also contained documents,” he wrote in his complaint.

A case under Section 25 of the Arms Act and Sections 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) and 392 (robbery) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered at the Chandimandir police station.

The investigating officer, Assistant Sub-Inspector Jagdish Kumar, said: “We are trying to trace the car. It seems the suspects avoided highways and main roads to evade CCTV cameras at key locations. Efforts are on to trace them and we will nab all suspects soon”.