CHANDIGARH/NEW DELHI: Police in Punjab and Delhi today sounded an alert after the driver of a taxi hired by three unidentified persons was found dead in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra, in the aftermath of the terror attack on Pathankot air base.
“We have sounded an alert in our area (Pathankot). We are taking this matter very seriously and we are making efforts to locate the missing taxi,” Senior Superintendent of Police, Pathnakot, R K Bakshi said today.
The taxi driver, identified as Vijay Kumar, a resident of Gaggal village in Kangra district, was found dead on Wednesday at the Kalta bridge in Kangra and his taxi missing, police said.
However, the SSP said the white-colour Alto taxi with registration number HP 01D 2440 was not hired from Pathankot. “Neither the taxi was hired from Pathankot nor the incident (recovery of body) has happened here (Pathankot),” he said. (AGENCIES)
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