Tuk Tuk Racket In Colombo
PARK WEST APARTMENT COLOMBO 5 July 17 2021 8.00Pm
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I'm Murad from 2/4. I had a very bad experience last night down Elibank road and thought of sharing this incident with you all.
When I was driving back home at around 8 PM down Elibank Road last night, I got mugged by a three wheeler guy just a few meters away from the apartment. He suddenly appeared from nowhere and forced me to stop the vehicle.Then demanded for cash from me claiming that my vehicle hit him when he was getting into his three wheeler. He threatened and forced all the cash out of my wallet and demanded for more by asking me to go to an ATM to withdraw more cash. I then drove the vehicle to my father in law's which is in the same vicinity pretending to be going to an ATM and he was following me. When I got there he approached me again and asked what I was trying to do and quickly fled away when he figured I was trying to get help.
We informed the police and they warned us to be extra careful and vigilant as these kind of rackets and organized crimes are taking place a lot around Colombo. We could become easy targets when we are in lonely areas. Thought I'll share this so that you all will be extremely careful.
Now it will flow to the suburbs too so be very diligent even during day time.