3 hired ‘hijacked’ taxi from Kangra, killed driver on Jan 14

The police have also issued an alert after the driver of a white Alto taxi, which was hired by three unknown people in Pathankot, was found dead.

Through its official twitter handle, the Delhi Police released photographs of three suspects and the details of a Maruti Alto vehicle, bearing registration number HP 01D2440, which was hired by them on January 20. The driver of the taxi, Vijay Kumar was from Gaggal area in Kangada. The auto is missing. Search operations are on.

In a unusual turn of events, a police officer’s auto with a beacon was also stolen from Noida on Wednesday.

When asked about the threat perception in the run-up to January 26, Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi said, “Won’t discuss security issues, but would ask people to stay alert”.

Security in the capital has been beefed up after an alert was sounded by intelligence agencies following the attack at the Pathankot Air Base. The action was taken after the security agency conducted an internal probe into how six Pakistani terrorists managed to slip in across the border.

Delhi Police has approached media houses in helping it find the vehicle and spread the alert message through retweets.

The officials also seized explosives from Nafeez of Tolichowki in Hyderabad, the report stated. They had been under surveillance for visiting ISIS propagandist sites. French President Francois Hollance is set to be the chief guest at this year’s celebrations. The letter was reportedly mailed from Chennai.

The city has been placed on very high alert ahead of the Republic Day celebration next week.