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TOI : PUNE: Crime branch sleuths have nabbed two members of a gang of robbers that had burgled gold and cash, amounting to Rs 10.8 lakh, from two houses on Wednesday.

Eight people had entered Bhalchandra Mahadev Chine’s house in Sahakarnagar early on Wednesday morning, threatened him, his mother and aunt with sharp weapons and stolen gold ornaments and cash worth Rs 80,000.

Chine had lodged a complaint at the Dattawadi police station.

Crime branch assistant commissioner Sangramsinh Nishandar received a tip-off that the dacoits hail from Osmanabad and a team under anti-dacoity squad inspector Sunil Pawar was sent to Osmanabad to investigate. The dacoits were identified as Kalidas Pawar, Tanaji Pawar, Vijay Shinde, Vikram Pawar, Pintu alias Jalinder Uddhav Mali, Sachin Shinde and Umesh Ban.

Pawar traced Ban in Osmanabad and arrested him on Thursday. The police seized currency notes from him which matched the numbers of the notes stolen from Chine.

Pawar then informed the city police that another gang member, Sachin Shinde, lives in Pune. Shinde was arrested on Friday from the Pune railway station. The police seized Rs 3,000, a car and a mobile handset worth Rs 2.04 lakh from him.

According to the police, after the dacoity at Sahakarnagar, the gang robbed another house in Khilari taluka in Latur district.

They had taken valuables worth Rs 10 lakh from there. The police is in lookout for rest of the gang members. Print Save EMail Write to Editor Get personalised news s…More

TOI : PUNE: An artist’s sketch drawn on the basis of the description provided by a 14-year-old witness, helped the Pune rural police arrest a suspect, Lahu Pawar, who allegedly raped a seven-year-old girl from village Navhara in Shirur taluka near here.

The incident occurred last Saturday following which the rural police had launched an elaborate hunt for the suspected rapist. The investigators had little clue other than the suspect’s description provided by the victim’s 14-year-old brother, who had seen the suspect driving the girl and her two-and-a-half-year-old cousin on a moped.

Police said Lahu Pawar is a habitual offender in sex crimes. Prior to the latest case, Pawar was involved in two offences of rape and one of molestation, registered since 2002. On Monday, a court in Shirur sent Pawar to four days in police custody.

Investigations revealed that Pawar, who hails from village Rahu, also in Shirur taluka, had gone to Navhara on Saturday morning to meet a relative. Around 12 noon, Pawar approached the young victim at her house on the pretext of seeking drinking water, who was alone with her two-and-a-half-year-old cousin. Pawar asked the girl and her cousin to accompany him on his moped to the place where her parents work. The two kids joined him and soon Pawar drove them to a nearby canal.

Pawar took the girl to the canal and sexually assaulted her, police said. He then left the place, leaving the girl in an unconscious state. A passer-by saw the girl lying unconscious and raised an alarm.

The police then hired the services of artist Harish Charwad to draw the sketch of the suspect based on the description provided by the girl’s brother. During a search at Rahu by a police team, some people confirmed having seen the person in the sketch. Pawar was finally was nabbed on…More

TOI : PUNE: The Pune rural police on Monday arrested four persons holding them responsible for the death of Sonali Ganesh Raut of Lavhe village, taluka Mulshi, after she married a boy of other caste.

The suspects include the victim’s uncle Ganesh Mohan Buchade (21), Mangesh Manik Kanchan (21), Sanjay Mahadeo Kamble (22) and Umesh Amba Pawale (21).

Sonali had married Ganesh on February 16, following a two-year-old affair. Ganesh belonged to Other Backward Caste while Sonali belonged to an upper caste family. Her family members were against the marriage. On April 9, Buchade and three others allegedly kidnapped Sonali and killed her at a distant place. The police found her body at Chandkhed village in Talegaon Dabhade the next day. They also seized the car used by the suspects. Inspector Nanasaheb Nanaware of the Paud police station is investigating further. Print Save EMail Write to Editor Get personalised news s…More

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PUNE: The Shivajinagar police arrested Nilesh Prakash Hendre (27) of Dhanorie and recovered a country-made revolver and five cartridges from him late on Sunday. Hendre, who was on J M road, spotted constable Narendra Balsane and started running.

Balsane ran after him which caught the attention of the people in the vicinity who joined the chase. Hendre pulled out a revolver and threatened them.

In the confusion, Balsane distracted Hendre’s attention by hurling a stone at him and overpowered him along with his other colleagues sub-inspector Sandeep Ghorpade and policemen Datta Mane and Deepak Nikam. Hendre was involved in a case of attempted murder and cases of extortion. Hendre told the police he got the weapon from a person from UP who is staying at Dhankawdi. He has been remanded to two days’ police custody. Print Save EMail Write to Editor Get personalised news s…More