People caught a man and a woman and thrashed them before handing them over to police for attempting to rob a car driver of valuables at gunpoint on Kohala-Muzaffarabad Highway, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Friday.
According to Secretariat Station House Officer Rashid Habib, the incident took place near Basnar on Kohala-Muzaffarabad Highway where the accused took a lift from the car driver on the pretext of motorcycle breakdown.
As they got a chance, the accused placed a sharp-edged instrument on a girl in the car and attempted to rob the car driver who sustained injuries for resistance.
The passersby on the road intervened. They caught the accused and beat them up before handing them over to police. The police had also arrived at the spot to arrest the accused.
Reporter: Safeer Raza Mughal