Café owner’s car snatched near Sidhu’s residence in Amritsar
AMRITSAR: A cafeteria owner was robbed of his car at gunpoint from outside his residence in Amritsar on Saturday morning.
Victim Parwinder Singh, who lives in Amritsar’s Holy City colony, the same place where Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu resides, was returning home after dropping off his wife near Hall Gate when three men allegedly attacked him.
In his complaint, Singh said, the miscreants pointed a gun at him and snatched his car keys. Initially when the car didn’t start, they forced the victim inside the vehicle and drove safely despite security at the gate, said police, adding, they dropped Singh near Verka plant and fled with car and his mobile phone. They handed over car papers to the victim.
After returning home, the victim informed police, following which, Amritsar police commissioner SS Srivastava, ADCP Lakhbir Singh and others, reached the spot.
ADCP-II Lakhbir Singh said, “It is not a case of kidnapping. We have registered a case of carjacking.” A case has been registered against unidentified persons at cantonment police station in Amritsar. The victim, who runs a cafeteria inside Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), has claimed that two of thre three men were masked.
NO CCTV AT THE COLONY GATE
While police managed to procure the CCTV footage, its quality was not up to mark. Police sources said, no camera was installed at the only entry gate of the colony. Sidhu has been vocal about the installation of CCTV cameras in key areas of the city.
“Since VIPs live in this colony, it came as a shock that no camera was installed at the gate. If security guards were alert, the incident could have been avoided,” said a senior police official.