Tribune News Service Amritsar December 31 The police have cracked the carjacking case in which a car was snatched from the posh Ranjit Avenue area at gunpoint by some armed youths on December 19. The police on Wednesday arrested one person identified as Manpreet Singh alias Manu of Patti Balol in Sultanwind village while his accomplices are still on the run. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Sandeep Malik told mediapersons on Thursday that the police recovered the car which the accused were running after fixing a fake number plate. The police also recovered a mobile phone which they used to operate with the help of an internet dongle in order to operate his gang for snatching. During Manpreets interrogation the police identified one of his accomplices as Bobby of Shaheed Udham Singh Nagar area. Besides two unknown persons were nominated in the FIR registered with the Ranjit Avenue police station here. The accused also confessed to have committed three more carjackings in the holy city. Malik said raids were on to nab Bobby and their other two unknown accomplices who were still on the run. The police were yet to recover the pistol used in the crime. Three unknown persons armed with fire weapons snatched the car of a Bathinda-based trader Satnam Singh Walia. Satnam along with his general manager had gone inside the hotel in the posh Ranjit avenue locality on December 19 while his driver identified as Vikas was sitting in the car (PB-03-BB-0211) parked outside when the robbers took it away at gunpoint.

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