Driver, 4 friends held for carjacking, kidnapping employer at gunpoint

Panchkula, April 16

The crime branch of the local police has arrested a driver, along with his four friends, for allegedly committing a carjacking and kidnapping his employer at gunpoint near Raipur Rani in a broad daylight on April 13.

The suspects have been identified as Satwinder, alias Sonu (25), Ravi Sharma, alias Pandit (25), Kamaljeet, alias Succha, Yazur Pandey, alias Noni (26), and Jaswinder, alias Jassi (26). They were produced in a local court today, which sent them to three-day police remand.

According to the police, the driver, Sonu, had been working with Nisha Chaudhary, the victim, for the past five months. The incident took place around 3:10 pm on April 13 when the victim, along with her son’s friend Rahul and the suspect driver, were on their way to Dehradun.

According to the police, the other four suspects abruptly stopped their car near Raipur Rani on the Naraingarh road, forced the two men, including the driver, out of the victim’s vehicle after thrashing them, held the victim hostage for a while before dumping her in a forest area and fleeing with the car. Suspecting involvement of insiders, the police began monitoring the driver’s movement.

It was finally revealed during the investigation that the driver had planned the crime.

The complainant woman, who lives in Victoria Tower at Zirakpur and works in Eklavya Estate, Chandigarh, said she was sitting on the rear seat of the car while Rahul was seated on the passenger seat next to the driver’s seat. Sonu was driving the car.

Around 6 km ahead of Raipur Rani towards Naraingarh, the four suspects abruptly blocked their car with their own. “They came out of their car and slapped the driver and Rahul before forcing them out of our car. The suspects then started driving our car towards Naraingarh and threatened to shoot me. One of the suspects also slapped me,” the complainant stated.

Before throwing her out of the car and driving away, the suspects took away her five credit cards, an ATM card, two mobile phones, Rs4 lakh and gold and diamond jewellery she was wearing.

A case was registered under Sections 364, 392 and 394 of the IPC and relevant sections of the Arms Act. — TNS

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