Checkpoints on Jammu-Pathankot freeway placed on excessive alert after carjacking incident (Representational)
Jammu:
All checkpoints alongside Jammu-Pathankot freeway have been placed on excessive alert and safety strengthened following an incident of carjacking by unidentified armed individuals within the neighbouring Punjab, a police official stated at this time.
The Director Basic of Punjab Police had sounded an alert in his state, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir after three individuals snatched a non-public automotive from its proprietor after injuring him with a firearm in Dinanagar space of Gurdaspur on Friday night.
“After receipt of communication from the Punjab DGP, all of the checkpoints have been alerted and safety strengthened as a safety measure to cope with any scenario,” the police official advised information company Press Belief of India.
He stated the patrolling within the areas bordering Punjab was additionally intensified through the night time.
“A detailed vigil is being maintained to nab the assailants in the event that they attempt to enter Jammu and Kashmir,” the official stated.
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