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Crime
Midnight Car Theft in Ludhiana: Driver Beaten as Thieves Escape
✍️ Amar Ujala · Ludhiana
🗓 21 Aug 2026, 04:37 PM
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Around midnight, miscreants snatched a vehicle from its driver in Ludhiana, assaulting him before fleeing the scene.
Ludhiana police reported that at approximately 12:00 am, a group of unidentified individuals approached a driver on a city road and forcibly took his car. The assailants beat the driver before making a swift escape, leaving him injured on the roadside.
Witnesses said the incident occurred in a relatively quiet stretch of the city, and the perpetrators fled on foot and by vehicle. Emergency services attended to the driver, who was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
The police have launched an investigation, reviewing CCTV footage from nearby shops and urging the public to provide any information that could help identify the suspects. No further details on the stolen vehicle have been released at this stage.
Witnesses said the incident occurred in a relatively quiet stretch of the city, and the perpetrators fled on foot and by vehicle. Emergency services attended to the driver, who was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
The police have launched an investigation, reviewing CCTV footage from nearby shops and urging the public to provide any information that could help identify the suspects. No further details on the stolen vehicle have been released at this stage.