Cab driver abducted after road rage

Road rage involving two cars that brushed past each other turned a case of kidnap for ransom, extortion and intimidation in JP Nagar on May 28.

Police arrested one person and are on the lookout for two others who abducted cab driver Lakshman (23), after his Tata Indica grazed the Innova of the accused in JP Nagar.

The arrested has been identified as Kiran. Accused Chetan alias Chaitanya and Govinda are on the run. Chetan owns and drives the Innova. Govinda is Chetan’s uncle. Kiran was their associate. According to the police, soon after the two cars brushed against each other, the men in Innova demanded Rs 28,000 from Lakshman to which Lakshman started arguing.

Chetan and Govinda then abducted Lakshman in his Indica and took him to their house in JP Nagar 7th Phase where they locked him up. They demanded Rs 28,000 from Lakshman’s family using his mobile phone for his safe release and threatened to kill him if they did not pay up. The family approached the police who rescued Lakshman.