Bid to hijack tipper lorry foiled

Bid to hijack tipper lorry foiled

The Hindu

The police foiled an attempt to hijack a tipper lorry near here on Tuesday. The tipper lorry driver N. Johnson, 30, of Sawyerpuram near Pudukottai in Thoothukudi district, parked his vehicle near a roadside eatery at Kaansaapuram near Ettaiyapuram, along with the key, for supper on Tuesday even as he was on his way to a stone quarry to take blue-metal.
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