Pune: The city police crime branch on Saturday arrested an absconding criminal in a 28-year-old burglary case.
Police had arrested Vishnu Vitkar (48) on the charge of stealing cash and ornaments amounting to over Rs1lakh from the residence of Manda Kotekar at Ramnagar in Kothrud on November 1, 1992.
Vitkar was later released on bail and his whereabouts was not known since.
Assistant sub-inspector Mahesh Nimbalkar from the crime branch took Vitkar into custody from his residence at Gadital in Hadapsar following a tip-off.
His custody was later transferred to Kothrud police.
Senior inspector Anil Shewale from crime branch (unit III) told TOI, “Vitkar was arrested in a drive to arrest wanted/ absconding criminals.”
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Read MoreAsseem 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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