Mohali: Two car-jacking cases solved, three men arrested

The SSP added that during investigations of the complaint it had come to light that Gaurav was drunk and was not in a condition to drive on the night of the alleged car snatching.

“When he reached the entry point of Mohali from Chandigarh, at the roundabout in Phase VII, he saw two men standing. Gaurav was drunk and requested the men to drive him home.

However, the men after getting into the vehicle, threw Gaurav out of the vehicle and drove away,” the SSP said.

According to the SSP, the arrested accused was identified as Sandeep Kumar, a resident of Haridwar in Uttrakhand. Sandeep’s aide, identified as Dinesh, was at large and a manhunt had been launched to nab him.

In a second case, the police on Tuesday said they had arrested two men and recovered a car from their possession, which too had been snatched. The arrested men in this case were identified as Jashanpreet Singh and Karanbir Singh.

In the second case, the SSP said that one Gurwinder Singh, a resident of Mauli Baidwan village, had filed a complaint at at Phase VIII police station alleging that his Maruti Swift car had been snatched in Industrial Area Phase-8B.