Jammu:  Alert has been sounded Pathankot-Kathua regions on Punjab-J&K border after four persons carjacked a taxi on gun point in Madhopur.

Police said as per driver  Raj Kumar, resident of  district Doda, four persons hired the taxi from Jammu for Pathankot on Tuesday night and on reaching Madhopur, they pointed revolver at him and fled away with the vehicle leaving him injured.

Police said an alert has been sounded and manhunt launched in Pathankot and other adjoining areas

Rajvinder Singh,vice-president Railways Taxi Union,  said that as per the driver, who called them after an incident, said that the occupants were communicating in “pure” Punjabi language, which is often spoken in Pakistan .  The Innova was booked  in the name of Major Sarabjeet. (Agencies)