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Chandigarh: 2 booked for assaulting, snatching mobile phone of cab driver
Vanu Galhotra,29, a native of Ferozepur who is currently residing in Sector 125, Kharar told police that on October 1, he was waiting for passengers for a drive to airport following which he slept in the back seat of the car while parking it in Sector 7 market around 2 am
Mataur police have booked two unidentified persons for assaulting a cab driver and snatching his mobile and wallet in Phase 7, flower market, Mohali.
Vanu Galhotra,29, a native of Ferozepur who is currently residing in Sector 125, Kharar told police that on October 1, he was waiting for passengers for a drive to airport following which he slept in the back seat of the car while parking it in Sector 7 market around 2 am.
“When I woke up, I found two men sitting in the driving seat and passenger seat of my car. When confronted, they threatened to kill me. One of them hit me on my face with a sharp-edged weapon leaving me bleeding and fled with my phone and wallet in the car,” Galhotra said who claimed that he submitted a police complaint the same day but the case was registered now.
Mataur police booked unidentified men under Sections 379-b (snatching with hurt), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 506 (criminal intimidation), and 34 (act done by more than one person) of Indian Penal Code (IPC).
