Youth killed as carjacking goes wrong,five held

The accused have been identified as Ashwini,Pankaj,Praveen,Rupesh and Navin.

According to police,the five waylaid Abhishek’s Santro car while he was passing through the national highway in Bahadurgarh. After pushing him to the side,they commandeered the vehicle and drove it down the road. Their plan,however,went haywire when the victim recognised Ashwini,a local resident. Scared that he may identify them,Naveen and Pankaj allegedly shot him twice.

“Later,they drove to Daryapur in Delhi and,after finding a vacant site,they burnt his body. They threw Abhishek’s clothes and belongings in a nearby pond,” said DCP (East) Maheshwar Dayal.

Though police found the charred body,they kept it in the mortuary because it could not be immediately identified. Meanwhile,as Abhishek remained missing,villagers protested and demanded that police investigate his disappearance.

Haryana DGP R S Dalal ordered an inquiry into the incident,and transferred the case to the Crime Branch. Special teams were constituted to crack the case.

The case was solved when the gang decided to rob another vehicle near Palam Vihar on Thursday. Acting on a tip-off,police arrested the five. They were later found to be involved in Abhishek’s murder. Based on information procured from them,police also found the Santro car.

Abhishek,an only child,was studying at a technical college in Bahadurgarh.