SANGHAR: Taxi hijacked

Published April 21, 2005

SANGHAR, April 20: A taxi driver was deprived of his car by three armed men near Khipro on Monday. Driver Jan Mohammad Baladi told police that two persons came to him when he was waiting for passengers in Gari Khata, Hyderabad and hired him for Khipro.

He said a patient, with one leg plastered, was also picked from the Hyderabad Civil Hospital.

He said when they reached the Hathungo road near Khipro, the passengers whipped out pistols and tied his hands and feet.—Correspondent

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