Three bike-borne men allegedly executed a carjacking near municipal corporation’s Zone D office in Sarabha Nagar, during night curfew hours on Friday.
The victim Naman Garg, 20, of Bharat Nagar, said that he along with his friend Kush Verma, 20, of Cemetery Road, were waiting for a food delivery boy at the said location when the crime took place.
He said that they had gone out for dinner, and on finding all eateries closed, they had decided to order using a food delivery app. As they were waiting, three bike-borne men turned up there are brandished sharp-edged weapons at them and forced them to get off the vehicle.
“The victims did not resist and decided to hand over the keys of the car to the carjackers, who drove away the vehicle,” said sub-inspector Neeraj Chaudhary, station house officer (SHO), at Division number 5 police station.
The victims said the miscreants did not demand cash or mobile phones from them. After the miscreants left, they informed their parents and then made a complaint to the police. On being asked how the youngsters were roaming around in the city when a night curfew was imposed in the city, the SHO said the victims claimed that they assumed that the restaurants are allowed to operate till 11:30pm.