Unidentified miscreants looted an Uber car (OD02AB-6629) after threatening its driver at gunpoint on the Bharatpur-Chandaka road on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday night.
A complaint in this regard has been lodged by the driver of the car with the Khandagiri police. According to reports, Dillip Kumar Pradhan, the driver hailing from Balipahada village under the Baideswar police limits in Cuttack district, picked up a passenger, one Dinesh, from near the SUM Hospital at around 11 pm.
While the car was on the way to Bharatpur, three miscreants intercepted it and threatened the driver at gunpoint. They dragged the driver out of the car and thrashed him as he protested their move.
In the meantime, passenger Dinesh, apprehending trouble, fled the spot. Two of the miscreants chased him but in vain. The driver pushed aside the other miscreant and escaped from the spot.
later, the miscreants decamped with the car. PNS