10/1/2018
PUNE: In less
than 24 hours of 17 parked vehicles being vandalized in Thergaon and Pimpri on
Monday morning, a group of young men damaged six more cars and robbed an
elderly person of Rs 2,500 in Mohannagar, Pimpri, late in the night.
The Pimpri police swung into action and arrested four youths.
The police have registered an offence of dacoity against the suspects.
"Six of their accomplices are on the run. A manhunt has been launched for
them," said Vivek Mugalikar, the senior inspector. He added, "The
incident was a fallout of rivalry between two groups."
Around 10.30 pm on Monday, a gang of 10 suspects, armed with
sharp weapons and rods, entered the Ramnagar colony in Mohannagar. They
smashed the windscreens of the parked cars and also pelted stones at the
windowpanes of houses in the colony. When 60-year-old Annasaheb Shirsat tried
to stop them, the suspects threatened him with sharp weapons and robbed him of
Rs 2,500, said an officer of the Pimpri police.
Fear gripped the residents of the colony as the suspects were
in the neighbourhood for almost half-an-hour. "Our team rushed to Ramnagar
and arrested two of the suspects," Mugalikar said. Two others were
arrested on Tuesday. "The suspects have murder and robbery cases against
them from the time they were minors," Mugalikar said.
Satish Patil, the assistant commissioner of police (Pimpri
division), told pune-news.com that
police patrolling in the areas have been intensified to avert such incidents in
the future. "We have arrested the suspects under stringent Sections of the
Indian Penal Code," Patil added.
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