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Hijacked at gunpoint on Parliament road
A motorist driving from Union Place, Colombo 2 was carjacked at gunpoint on the Parliament road on Friday, police said. Talangama Police Inspector Kamal Gunawardena said Indika Wettasinghe, the driver of a Nissan Sunny car, was going back home from Colombo at around 9.45 p.m. He had stopped at the roadside on the Parliament road when three suspicious persons in a Nissan Bluebird pulled up next to his vehicle. The driver of the Bluebird remained in his seat while the other two got down from the vehicle and asked Wettasinghe for directions to Kaduwela. Wettasinghe then told them that he too was headed in that direction and said they could follow him. One of the men then pulled out a pistol and asked Wettasinghe for the keys of the vehicle. The two carjackers got into Wettasinghe’s car and drove away. Wettasinghe’s vehicle was a rented car which had been used by him for just over two-and-a-half months. He did not recall the vehicle’s number plate when he reported the incident to the Talangama Police. He then proceeded to the rental shop ‘High Drive’ to bring a representative to the police station with the necessary information to file a report. Inspector Gunawardena told The Sunday Times that the vehicle number was WP-HP-9314 and the value of the car was estimated to be Rs. 1.5 million. He also said such incidents were rare in that area and added that police were doing all they could to bring the criminals to justice. “No suspects have been taken into custody but SSP Nugegoda, SP Talangama and OIC Colombo Fort are also involved in the investigation,” he said. | ||||
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