Pune: Cases of vandalism continue, gang damages eight vehicles

Asseem Shaikh / TNN / Updated: Feb 06, 2021, 10:55 IST

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A group of five to six men carrying sharp weapons damaged eight vehicles and created a ruckus at Sasane Vasti in Mohammadwadi shortly after Thursday midnight, barely two days after the city police announced a major offensive against people engaging in vehicle vandalism.

Pune: Cases of vandalism continue, gang damages eight vehicles

The gang vandalised the vehicles over a dispute with an auto driver

PUNE: A group of five to six men carrying sharp weapons damaged eight vehicles and created a ruckus at Sasane Vasti in Mohammadwadi shortly after Thursday midnight, barely two days after the city police announced a major offensive against people engaging in vehicle vandalism. The crime branch on Friday arrested four suspects — including criminals on record Azhar Shaikh (21) and Rahil Shaikh (22), and their friends Kaif Shaikh (19) and Akshay Jagtap (24). Their custody was then transferred to the Wanowrie police.

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Instances of local goons vandalizing vehicles parked along roads are happening quite frequently in the city. While the monetary cost of the damage may not be too high, such instances terrorise the law-abiding citizens in the area. It is high time the city police deal with these hooligans with an iron hand. Only a stringent action will act as a deterrent.

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Senior inspector Hemant Patil from the crime branch (Unit V) said, “We analysed CCTV footage and one of our policemen identified Kaif as one of the suspects. Kaif was taken into custody and he revealed the names of three of his accomplices during questioning. We then took them into custody.”Patil said, “The four told the police that they had a dispute with an autorickshaw driver after the latter abused one of the suspects for not driving his vehicle properly. The suspects chased the driver to teach him a lesson but he picked up speed and drove into a lane in Sasane vasti and lost them. When the suspects failed to trace him, they vandalized the vehicles with weapons and fled.”The deputy commissioner of police (DCP) of the crime division, Bachchan Singh, said, “We shall take a call on taking stringent preventive action.”

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Asseem Shaikh

Asseem Shaikh is a special correspondent at The Times of India, Pune. He holds a PG degree in Journalism and Communication and Human Rights, and has been a journalist for about 20 years now. He covers the crime and legal beats with special focus on ‘syndicated’ crime, cyber crime, terrorism, custodial deaths, fake encounters and human rights violations. Has made good use of the Right to Information Act for journalistic purposes. He loves to travel.

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