Gurugram, Oct. 14 -- The son of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councillor was among four people arrested on Monday for allegedly taking a cab driver hostage and robbing him of cash, his mobile phone and car in Rewari, police said on Tuesday. Police identified the suspects as Jatin, son of Rekha, a BJP councillor in Rewari; Kapil Kumar of Bhima Kharkhari in Prahladpura; Tushar of Punshika in Rewari; and Pardeshi Babu alias Baba, a native of Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh who currently lives with his aunt's family in Titarpur Masani, Rewari. Police said questioning revealed that the four had allegedly planned the robbery to raise money for a birthday party. The incident took place around 7.30pm on Saturday. Cab driver Ashish Kumar, a resident of Modi village in Mahendragarh district, was in Rewari when he received a booking through a cab aggregator app and picked up the four suspects near a liquor shop at Poswal Chowk. Deepika Agarwal, additional superintendent of police, Rewari, said suspects attacked the driver as the cab reached an underpass on a secluded stretch near Bhawadi village, and tightened a piece of cloth around his neck while he was driving. "The driver lost control of the cab. They took him hostage and put him in the rear seat after tying him up," she said. Agarwal said the suspects assaulted Ashish and forced him to transfer Rs.13,000 through UPI."They snatched his mobile phone and Rs.7,000 cash from his pocket and used it to refuel the taxi, a Maruti Celerio," she said. Investigators said Ashish alerted his family and the police control room. An FIR was subsequently registered at Model Town police station in Rewari under sections 309(6) and 3(5) of the BNS. Police arrested the four suspects in Rewari. Police recovered the cab some of the stolen cash and the driver's mobile phone on Tuesday. Jatin's mother Rekha, a councillor from ward 15 of the Rewari district council, said, "My son had returned home late on Sunday. Jatin told me that he and his friends had a birthday party. They had borrowed money and the car from the complainant for a day," she said. Rekha added that police should take appropriate action if her son's involvement was established....