Tiruchirappalli, May 18: In a daring broad day light dacoity, a gang hijacked a lorry loaded with IMFL liquor worth Rs eight lakh, after forcing the driver and cleaner out of the vehicle at pistol and knife point, at Thuvarankurichi, about 60 km from here today. Police said the gang member who had come in a car, got into the lorry under the guise of asking for spanners when the lorry was parked near a petrol bunk in the Thuvarankuruchi town. Later, they threatened the driver and the cleaner with a pistol and knife and asked the driver to drive the vehicle to a remote Kodumbalur Chattiram and then forced the driver and cleaner out of the vehicle, police said.

Bureau Report