'I can't drive in this city anymore'

Says the traumatised victim of an attempted carjacking in Rajouri Garden

Says the traumatised victim of an attempted carjacking in Rajouri Garden

Sachinu00a0Arora used to deal in cars but today he is too scared to venture out on the city roads riding his favourite set of wheels.

The 28-year-old has been through hell. Two carjackers, disguised as executives interested in buying a new car, took him on a test drive and blinded him with red chili powder and tried to take away the vehicle at gunpoint.

Arora fought back and the assailants ran away when the car hit a road divider, attracting the attention of passersby. The carjackers fled but Arora is still going through trauma.

"I had heard about the Lal Mirchi gang striking in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh but I am shocked that such a thing can happen in Delhi as well. I don't think I have the guts to drive in this city anymore," said Arora, cleaning his swollen eyes.

The young entrepreneur has eight stitches across his face for the wounds that the carjackers inflicted on him by hitting with the butt of a gun.

Arora was at his cousin's auto showroom in Vikaspuri on Sunday when two men who appeared like MNC executives asked him for a test drive of a luxury sedan.



Deadly: The carjackers left behind their pistol, a bag containing a 32-centimetre dagger and a packet of red chili powder in the car. Pics/Mid day

Later, when they neared the Rajouri Garden police station, the two beat him with pistol butt and threw chilli powder in his eyes.

"There was no police official near the spot. As it was near the police station it would have taken just 5 minutes for a cop to reach the place but they took around an hour. That too after the control room was called thrice. Had there been any police official or even a traffic cop on the road, they would not have dared to rob me in broad daylight," added Arora.