Hijacked explosive laden truck found
The police today recovered a hijacked 10-wheeler truck of the Indian
Explosives Ltd (IEL) carrying 15 metric tonne of powerful explosives in
Hazaribagh district.
Superintendent of Police Pankaj Kamboj said the police raided jungles of Bishnugarh following a tip-off, and found the explosive-laden truck there.
Some anti-socials hijacked the truck for selling the explosives to Maoists and other criminal elements, he said.
The khalasi of the truck was kidnapped by the armed hijackers but the driver managed to escape.
Two of the hijackers were arrested and efforts were on to trace others and rescue the khalasi, Kamboj said.
He said the truck left the IEL godown at Gomia in Bokaro district in the morning and was proceeding to Assam via Bishnugarh and Bagodar in Jharkhand.
When the vehicle crossed Bishnugarh and took turn for Bagodar at 7 AM, some people who were following the truck overtook it and forced the driver to stop at gun point and took it towards the jungle, the SP said.
After escaping from the clutches of the hijackers, the driver reached Bagodar and informed the police.
According to rule, the SP said, the IEL authorities should have informed the police about the dispatch but they did not follow norms.
This was the third incident of hijacking of explosive laden vehicle from Gomia in the last fortnight.
Source: http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_hijacked-explosive-laden-truck-found_1700409
Superintendent of Police Pankaj Kamboj said the police raided jungles of Bishnugarh following a tip-off, and found the explosive-laden truck there.
Some anti-socials hijacked the truck for selling the explosives to Maoists and other criminal elements, he said.
The khalasi of the truck was kidnapped by the armed hijackers but the driver managed to escape.
Two of the hijackers were arrested and efforts were on to trace others and rescue the khalasi, Kamboj said.
He said the truck left the IEL godown at Gomia in Bokaro district in the morning and was proceeding to Assam via Bishnugarh and Bagodar in Jharkhand.
When the vehicle crossed Bishnugarh and took turn for Bagodar at 7 AM, some people who were following the truck overtook it and forced the driver to stop at gun point and took it towards the jungle, the SP said.
After escaping from the clutches of the hijackers, the driver reached Bagodar and informed the police.
According to rule, the SP said, the IEL authorities should have informed the police about the dispatch but they did not follow norms.
This was the third incident of hijacking of explosive laden vehicle from Gomia in the last fortnight.
Source: http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_hijacked-explosive-laden-truck-found_1700409
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