Dacoity attempt foiled at jewellery shop

PUNE: The Dattawadi police on Monday morning arrested three people and foiled a dacoity attempt at a jewellery shop on Sinhagad Road.
The suspects have been identified as Rajendra Jadhav (35) of Sinhagad road, Sidharth Jadhav (24) of Kondhwa and Goraksh Ghorpade (29) of Shukrawar Peth. The police have seized sharp weapons and a van from the trio.
The police said that two accomplices of the trio managed to flee from the spot.
Senior police inspector of the Dattawadi police station Vijaysinh Gaikwad told TOI that police constable Machhindra Kharat received a tip-off that a criminal on police records, Rajendra Jadhav, and his four accomplices were preparing to commit a dacoity at a jewellery shop on Sinhagad Road. "We laid a trap and nabbed Jadhav and two of his accomplices from the spot," he said.
Gaikwad said that Jadhav has a previous criminal record. He has cases of murder and extortion registered against him.
The investigating team comprised assistant police inspector Sampat Pawar, police sub-inspector Niraj Ubale, police constables Sachin Dhavale, Ganesh Sutar and Guru Naik.