Three held for hijacking car

“Ajeet and the two students,who arrived in a white Scorpio,stopped the Bolero and shoved Tiwari into the co-driver’s seat. He then drove the Bolero to his house in Birondi village,while his accomplices came in the Scorpio,” Circle Inspector Shailendra Lal said,adding that the accused’s wife,Babli,is running for the post of village pradhan. Tiwari was identified as a resident of Swarnanagri in Greater Noida.

The police said that around 1 am,the control room received a call informing them about the hijacking. “We were told that the car had been taken to Birondi village. When we went there,we found the vehicle parked outside Ajeet’s house. We also freed Tiwari,who was held captive in the house,” SP (Rural) Atul Saxena said.

Ajeet’s accomplices were identified as second-year B Pharm students Ajay Singh and Manish Kumar. They were both residing in a paying accommodation run by Ajeet.

Stating that Ajeet was intoxicated when he hijacked the Bolero,a senior police officer said,“We have charged the trio with robbery and illegal detention. There was no enmity between the victim and the accused.”

Incidentally,Ajeet had been arrested four years ago for indulging in violence.