In a daring robbery on NH44 on the intervening night of 16th and 17th September 2025, a container truck travelling from Delhi to Nagpur with parcels from Amazon was robbed at gunpoint between Sagar and Narsinghpur in Madhya Pradesh. Fortunately, the driver of the container truck, although gagged and beaten up was left alive to narrate the scary tale. To avoid leaving behind any evidences, drivers and helpers of trucks getting robbed are normally not left alive.
The dacoits who were also driving in a container truck ahead of the affected truck braked on a desolate stretch of the four lane NH44 at around 2 am to block the truck behind. The truck carrying merchandise from Amazon had to abruptly stop, too. Four of the robbers armed with firearms boarded the victim's truck, gagged him, and drove along for quite a distance. The robbers stopped somewhere, cut open the metal body of the container truck and shifted the entire consignment to their own container truck.
The entire episode was captured on cameras fitted in the victim's truck.
Now visualize yourself in a similar situation in one (or even two, three or more) passenger cars with each carrying one or more female co-passenger(s) and more male members in each car (instead of the lone container with Amazon's merchandise)!
People plan road trips in passenger cars with family members late in the night supposedly to cover distances faster. They ask for suggestions from other netizens who are comfortably plonked on sofa or bed in the safety of their own homes 'if its safe to drive at night'. Some wouldn't even care to ask because they have supposedly driven desolate stretches late in the night throughout their life and are well versed with the topography of their route. These are the same people who prefer to browse Ggl to walk down to the washroom from their bedroom. It's utter stupidity to think that as a regular gym goer you will be able to physically ward off armed criminals.
Just because there are no known instances of highway heists or worse still crimes with women in a particular geography, doesn't mean that nothing untoward will happen to you. God forbid, if something terrible happens during a planned night drive, will those social media warriors come to your rescue?
There are are chapri groups whose members/ followers engage in planned night drives solo with family or in a group. God forbid, if one or more cars with ladies in them are stopped by the criminals. The other unaffected 'friendly' cars in the convoy will surely vanish from the scene of crime.
Content courtesy: MP Tak
Conclusion: Whenever on the road, always remain HIGH ON COGNITION. More importantly, take it or leave it, NO PLANNED NIGHT DRIVING. If your family izzat is robbed for your own stupidity, you will not be able to sleep in peace for the rest of your life.
