The son of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councillor was among four people arrested on Monday for allegedly taking a cab driver hostage and robbing him of cash, his mobile phone and car in Rewari, police said on Tuesday.
Police said questioning revealed that the four had allegedly planned the robbery to raise money for a birthday party for one of Jatin’s friends. Police identified the suspects as Jatin, son of Rekha, a BJP councillor in Rewari; Kapil Kumar of Bhima Kharkhari in Prahladpura; Tushar of Punshika in Rewari; and Pardeshi Babu alias Baba, a native of Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh who currently lives with his aunt’s family in Titarpur Masani, Rewari. Joint teams from Model Town police station and the crime branch were formed and subsequently traced and arrested the four suspects in Rewari. Rekha added that police should take appropriate legal action if her son’s involvement in the robbery was established.
An FIR was subsequently registered at Model Town police station in Rewari under sections 309(6) (voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery) and 3(5) (common intention) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
Deepika Agarwal, additional superintendent of police, Rewari, said the suspects attacked the driver as the cab reached an underpass on a secluded stretch near Bhawadi village, and tightened a piece of cloth around his neck while he was driving. Investigators said Ashish sought help from passersby and alerted his family and the police control room. Agarwal said the four were produced before a court and remanded in police custody for two days. “The four suspects have no criminal antecedents,” she added. Jatin told me that he and his friends had a birthday party. They had borrowed money and the car from the complainant for a day,” she said.
Police recovered the cab some of the stolen cash and the driver’s mobile phone on Tuesday. “My son had returned home late on Sunday.
