By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group
NOIDA: AUGUST 20 another incident of kidnapping and loot in Noida was reported by a Senior Executive of India’s top private sector Larsen & Toubro, today.
The notorious Noida Expressway has turned out to be a heaven for the gangs of Uttar Pradesh. The young executive informed that as he was waiting to board a local bus for Botanical garden metro station on the Noida Expressway at 8 to-mornings, he noticed a car reversing towards him from a distance. Before he could understand he was invited for a lift. No sooner he was accosted inside, the driver asked him to hand over his purse, mobile and valuables. In another instance one person occupying the back seat got up and sat in his lap using a cloth to gag him. Another person in the back seat started punching him all over and made him part with his purse, mobile and diamond rings. After driving on slip roads for some time he was pushed out of the moving car in which he also sustained injuries.
On being asked to report the matter to police, he said that such incidents have become a routine affair in Noida. Instead of helping out the police end up harassing the sufferer. Elaborating the incident he told that the car involved in the incident had dark window glasses which are prohibited by the police. And when such vehicles are freely moving about on the roads unhindered it shows the connivance of the police. He further told that the Expressway bus stop close to Sector 137 had turned to be an attractive point for such gangsters as it not only has a number of high end societies but also has a number of MNC offices. He informed that a large number of private buses, tempo travellers and cars are often seen picking up passengers on the road denting revenues of the UP roadways buses, and still no action is taken by the concerned authorities. On the highway one fails to find any traffic police checking such vehicles but instead booking private cars.
About the alternative modes of travel, he told that the much awaited Aqua Line Metro had not benefited the office goers to Delhi as it had failed to provide a fast access to Blue Line’s Botanical garden station for travel to Delhi.
Noida had come up as an affordable living station against Delhi but is seriously infected by such gangsters, he added.
