While traffic snarls become daily life hell for commuters, in this instance a jam actually proved to be beneficial. Delhi Police arrested a member of a gang of carjackers and rescued a kidnapped man while the gang was stuck in a traffic jam in Uttam Nagar on Friday night.

The gang kidnapped the victim, identified as Rijwal when he was returning home around midnight. The gang of four men waylaid the victim in an autorickshaw. They then forced themselves inside the car after snatching the car keys from Rijwal.

The gang forced him to sit in the back seat and one of the members of the gang started driving. The victim was being taken towards Dwarka.

However, they did not anticipate the traffic jam and got stuck in it.

According to the DCP (operations) Sharat Kumar Sinha, "The incident was reported around 2 am. The victim's brother informed the police that the four men had waylaid Rijwal's car near Janakpuri and kidnapped him. He told police that the car had the word "High Lander" written on its windshield."

"A PCR team then mounted a chase and spotted the car near the Uttam Nagar crossing while the driver was frantically trying to get past the traffic jam to reach the Najafgarh Road," added Sinha.

The gang left the car and tried to flee on foot seeing no way of escaping the traffic jam. However, police caught one of them and rescued the victim. The other three managed to escape.

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