Man robbed of car at gunpoint in Punjab's Gurdaspur

Three motorcycle-borne armed assailants robbed a man's car at gunpoint in Punjab's Gurdaspur district, police said on Saturday. Gurdaspur Senior Superintendent of Police Rajinder Singh Sohal said an alert has been sounded in Batala and Pathankot. A case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code has been registered at Gurdaspur city police station and an investigation is underway, police said.

Three motorcycle-borne armed assailants robbed a man's car at gunpoint in Punjab's Gurdaspur district, police said on Saturday. The three masked men opened fire when the victim, Gurpreet Singh, stopped his car at a restaurant near Bariar village here, they said.

Singh, a resident of Kot Mohan Lal village, had a narrow escape but the attackers fled with his car, police said. Gurdaspur Senior Superintendent of Police Rajinder Singh Sohal said an alert has been sounded in Batala and Pathankot. A case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code has been registered at Gurdaspur city police station and an investigation is underway, police said.