Duo arrested for damaging vehicles, setting home ablaze

Pune: Parvati police have arrested two men for damaging two tempos and setting a house ablaze in the Taware Colony area of Aranyeshwar around 2am on Monday after picking a quarrel with local residents.Senior inspector Rajendra Sahane of Parvati police told TOI, "We have arrested Rupesh Khade (24) and Mubarak Wasim Khan (25), both residents of Aranyeshwar. Both of have a history of criminal cases. Khade was arrested under the MPID Act and was lodged in Nagpur prison. He was released on bail last year. The duo has cases of body offences and robberies against their names."Sahane said, "They damaged two tempos and then set a house on fire. No one was injured in the act of vandalism or in the fire incident. A 53-year-old woman from the area lodged a complaint with Parvati police later in the morning."Police said the duo had a fight with local residents after consuming liquor. "After abusing the residents, the duo decided to teach them a lesson. They used an iron rod to damage the windshields of the two tempos and then set a house ablaze," he said."The area has about six hutments, and the furniture and other household articles kept in front of these houses were also gutted in the fire," he added.