Taxi snatched at gunpoint

PHAGWARA

PHAGWARA : Four armed men allegedly snatched a taxi at gunpoint and threw the driver on roadside near Hadiabad on Phagwara-satnampura road here, police said.

The accused later escaped towards Jalandhar in the snatched taxi.

The four men had hired the taxi from Chandigarh for Kharar early Sunday morning, taxi driver Jaspreet Singh told the police, adding that he worked for a car rental company.

“When we reached Kharar, they told me to drive ahead for about 500 metres and drop them at their residence,” he said.

“When I drove ahead of Kharar, one of them placed a pistol at my head while another caught hold of my throat,” he further claimed.