Four, including a woman, arrested in Pune for attacking youth after row over dancing at pub

A quarrel at a pub in Pune's Viman Nagar area turned into a dangerous attack on the street. A dispute that began while dancing at a pub in the Phoenix Market City complex escalated so far that a youth was allegedly struck on the head with a cement block in an attempt to kill him. He was also allegedly attacked with a tree branch. Airport police acted promptly and arrested four people, including a woman.

The injured youth, seriously hurt in the attack, is Hritik Madhukar Konde, 26, who lives in Wadgaon Sheri and works for a private company. On Thursday night he went to the pub with his friend Prashant.

The two friends were dancing at the pub. At around 10 pm, Konde took off his shirt and began whirling it in the air. Over this minor matter, he had a heated argument with the accused who were at the pub.

Some time later, Konde and his friend left the pub. It is alleged that the accused continued to nurse their anger over the pub quarrel. They followed Konde, caught him on the road and began abusing him. According to the allegation, as the matter escalated, the accused picked up a cement block lying on the road and struck Konde directly on the head. He was then beaten badly with a tree branch.

Konde was seriously injured in the attack. After the incident he went straight to the police and filed a complaint. On his complaint, police registered a case of attempt to murder.

Police have arrested James Philip Makasare (41), Priya James Makasare (32), Bharat Sanjay Thakur (40) and Vedant Shailendra Bhalerao (26). All of them are accused in the case.