Pune: Woman among four held for hitting man with cement block outside Viman Nagar pub

Airport police in Pune have arrested four people, one of them a woman, in connection with a violent assault on a 26-year-old man outside a pub in Viman Nagar. All four face a case of attempt to murder. The attack took place on the night of November 5, and the victim was struck with a cement block and a tree branch.

The injured man is Hrithik Madhukar Konde, 26, who lives in Wadgaon Sheri. He had gone to Backstage Pub, close to Phoenix Marketcity, along with his friend Prashant Verma.

Police say the trouble started at about 10 pm. Konde was dancing inside the pub, and he allegedly pulled off his shirt and swung it overhead. This led to a quarrel between him and the people who were later arrested.

The matter did not stay inside. As Konde walked out of the pub, the accused allegedly hurled abuses at him and hit him on the head with a cement block. They are then said to have thrashed him with a tree branch, leaving him hurt.

Those arrested are James Philip Makasare, 41, and his wife Priya James Makasare, 32. The couple live in Gandhinagar, near Shri Datta Mandir in Yerawada. The third accused is Bharat Sanjay Thakur, 40, a resident of the area opposite Shinde Chhatri in Wanowrie. The fourth, Vedant Shailendra Bhalerao, 26, lives in Shri Tukaram Housing Society in Tingre Nagar, Vishrantwadi.

A case has been registered against the four under the charge of attempt to murder and other related sections. Police Sub-Inspector Palwe is carrying out the further investigation.