Taking advantage of the quarrel, the robbers started thrashing the auto driver, pretending to be on the scooter rider’s side before snatching the keys of the vehicle. Vijay Kumar, deputy commissioner of police (south), said that amid the commotion, Kumar and his juvenile aide started thrashing the auto driver to make it look like a road rage incident. As a number of people had gathered at the spot of the scuffle and Ismail seemed distracted, the duo got into Ismail’s auto. They switched on the ignition, and in order to speed away from the spot, started driving it on the wrong carriageway,” the DCP said. Seeing the two robbers flee, Ismail raised an alarm and ran after his auto.

Source: Hindustan Times April 02, 2019 03:00 UTC