Hindustan Times, Jamuary 28, 2004

Carjackers shoot at driver on Gurgaon road

HT Correspondent
(New Delhi, January 27) Three hoodlums shot at the driver of a retired commandant of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and escaped with the Tata Indica he was driving on Monday night. The driver, Joginder, has been admitted to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital. He is said to be stable. K.K. Handa, deputy commandant (retd) of the ITBP, had sent Joginder from his Sector 14, Gurgaon home to the Grand Hotel in Vasant Kunj to drop some guests. “On the way back, Joginder was stopped at Rajokri by three masked men who forced their way into the vehicle,” a senior police officer said. “They put countrymade guns to Joginder’s head and asked him to keep driving towards Gurgaon.” At the IFFCO crossing, heavy traffic forced Joginder to stop the car. He grabbed the chance to open the door and jump out, provoking the carjackers to open fire. “Joginder received two gunshot injuries and collapsed on the road. A passerby took him to Kalyani Hospital. The carjackers had by then fled with the vehicle,” the officer said. The Gurgaon police were called in at 12.45 a.m., who informed the Vasant Kunj police. Joginder has told the police all the men were around 25. A hunt is on.