Uttarakhand

Anoopsinh Rawat

driver

friends

Harendra

Anoop

A pit stop at Ahmedabad, on their way to, proved to be a horrific mistake for two 26-year-old youths from Mumbai. The men were robbed by an autorickshaw gang and one of them was stabbed to death. The gang took Rs 10,000, two cellphones and a passport from the youths. According to the police, Harendrasinh Rawat and his friendhad boarded a train from Bandra to Ajmer, from where they were to travel to their native Uttarakhand. But, the men decided to get down at Ahmedabad and take a bus to Delhi, instead.“They travelled to Geeta Mandir around 11.30 pm but as they could not find a bus to Delhi, they hired an auto to take them back to Ahmedabad Railway Station. The autotook them towards Paldi on the pretext of getting CNG filled in the vehicle. On route, two of the auto driver’salso got into the rickshaw,” police sources said. As the driver turned the auto towards Sewage farm in Danilimda,told the autodriver that he was taking the wrong route. “But the driver allegedly attacked the youths and one of his accomplices took Rs 5,000 from Harendra’s pocket.Harendra struggled and jumped out of the autorickshaw. But his friend was not so lucky. He was stabbed twice and robbed of Rs 5,000, two cellphones and a passport. Anoop’s body was dumped near the sewage farm, which is where Harendra found him. He went to a nearby house and called the cops. Butdied before cops reached the spot,” the complainant stated. Harendra told the cops that one of the men in the auto was wearing a black T-shirt while the other one was wearing a grey shirt. PI MS Sheikh said, “We are checking the CCTV footage from the CNG pump. Based on the complainant’s description, we are trying to identify the accused. We are also checking similar crimes committed in the area in order to identify the attackers.” Crime Branch has detained three persons in relation to the attack.