Pune Rural police arrest two near Indapur, solve 12 theft and burglary cases

The Local Crime Branch of Pune Rural Police has arrested two men accused of robbery, dacoity and house burglary in Pune district. Police seized gold ornaments and two two-wheelers from them. Property worth Rs 15.50 lakh was recovered, and police claim 12 cases have been solved through the arrests.

The accused are Mobile alias Hari Pawar (22), a resident of Sugaon Bhose, Pandharpur, and Shaktiman Hubarya Kale (22), a resident of Malegaon, Baramati. A minor accomplice has also been detained.

In view of various crimes in the rural area, Superintendent of Police Sandeepsingh Gill had ordered that the accused be traced. Acting on this, Sub-Inspector Sudhir Walunj was patrolling the Indapur limits on November 1 under the supervision of Local Crime Branch Inspector Pramod Kshirsagar.

The team received information that accused in house burglary and dacoity cases were due to arrive at an eatery, and laid a trap there. Some time later, three men arrived at the eatery on two two-wheelers. On sensing the police, they tried to flee, but the team chased them and caught Mobile alias Hari Pawar and the minor.

During questioning, the accused said the two vehicles they had come on had been stolen from the limits of the Pandharpur and Karkamb police stations. Police also seized a mobile phone from a house burglary in Khadki village in Daund taluka. Further investigation revealed that the accused had also committed a robbery in the Wadgaon Nimbalkar area. Shaktiman Kale was arrested in this case.

The accused confessed to committing one dacoity, one robbery and eight house burglaries at various places in Pune district. They also said they had stolen two-wheelers from two places in Solapur district. Police seized from them ornaments weighing 10 tolas, two two-wheelers and a mobile phone.

Superintendent of Police Sandeepsingh Gill, Additional Superintendents Ganesh Biradar and Shubham Kumar, DySP Chaitanya Kadam, Inspector Pramod Kshirsagar, Assistant Police Inspector Jeevan Mohite, Sub-Inspector Mulani and Sub-Inspector Sudhir Walunj took part in the operation.

Pune Rural Superintendent of Police Sandeepsingh Gill said, "The accused who committed robbery along with house burglary in different areas of Pune district have been arrested. Twelve crimes committed by them have been solved. In this case, the local police along with the crime investigation department took good action and nabbed the accused."