Six miscreants near-failed to carjack a truck carrying goods worth lakhs of rupees near St Mont Fort School late in the night on Sunday; truck driver who managed to escape was assaulted after he refused to lend keys of truck, a case was registered by Bilkharia police.
The truck filled with mouth fresheners was trapped by miscreants by obstructing way using auto-rickshaw and assaulted the victim driver identified as Rajesh Merdha Singh.
In his complaint the victim stated at around 1.30 in the night when he reached near St Mont Fort school he was waylaid and the miscreants which were around 6 started to assault him, tried to snatch keys to escape with the truck carrying mouth fresheners worth around Rs 7 lakh but he escaped the miscreants with his mobile phone and informed police.
Bilkharia police station In-charge SI Mehtab Singh Thakur said that the claims made by the victim have been verified and the sequence of incident was found true. The CCTV cameras could help in the investigation; the cameras investigated have not provided much help.
The victim escaped with mobile phone and the miscreants fearing they would be caught were forced to leave the spot without the truck. The truck driver later lodged complaint with the police, he added.
The incident took place when the victim was on his way to unload mouth fresheners from Govindpura Industrial Area to Transport Nagar Kokta.
After the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 393 of the IPC and started further investigation.