Gang assaults student, drives off with his car

  • | Sunday | 18th November, 2018

It was around 3 am.A man tapped on his car window, signalling that he wanted to talk to him. Cops are reviewing CCTV footage various places to identify the suspects and chart their journey from Powai. The gang snatched hisand wallet.Ayush is the son of a. But the man continued to make gestures, forcing Ayush to lower the window. He was taken aback when the man pointed to the food parcel and asked if it contained drugs.

knifepoint Maruti Baleno expensive watch mobile phone pharma businessman kidnapping robbery The victim, 21, lost property worth Rs 10 lakh.Four men abducted and robbed a student from Vile Parle atbefore driving off with his blueearly on Saturday.Ayush Shah, 21, said he was kidnapped near Juhu in his own car and driven to Powai, where he was thrown out after being assaulted. The gang snatched hisand wallet.Ayush is the son of a. According to his statement to the Juhu police, he visited his friend in Andheri West on Friday night and on the way back, he stopped on Barfiwala Road to pick up some food from a restaurant. It was around 3 am.A man tapped on his car window, signalling that he wanted to talk to him. Ayush didn’t know the person so he ignored him. But the man continued to make gestures, forcing Ayush to lower the window. He was taken aback when the man pointed to the food parcel and asked if it contained drugs. Ayush said it was only pav bhaji and the person walked away.According to the statement, he returned a few minutes later with three men. The group surrounded the car and demanded water. To avoid trouble, Ayush complied with the request, but the man who had first approached him again asked if he was carrying or using drugs.The men forcibly got inside the car and one of them pulled out a knife. Ayush was then driven to Powai. On the way, he was beaten up and robbed. He has told the police that with his car, he lost property worth Rs 10 lakh.Around 4 am, Ayush sought help from a cab driver to inform his family about the robbery. He later approached the Powai police, who directed him to their counterparts in Juhu. “Since the initial incident took place in Juhu, an FIR on charges ofand assault was filed at the police station there,” an officer said.Ayush has described the men as in their twenties. Cops are reviewing CCTV footage various places to identify the suspects and chart their journey from Powai.

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