Four, including a woman, arrested in Pune for hitting man with cement block after pub quarrel

A man was beaten and struck on the head with a cement block after a quarrel inside a pub in Pune's Viman Nagar area. Police have arrested four people, including a woman, on a charge of attempt to murder.

The injured man is Hrithik Madhukar Konde, 26, who lives at Swami Narayan PG in Ganesh Nagar, Wadgaon Sheri. The action followed a complaint he filed with the police.

Those arrested include James Philip Makasare, 41, and Priya James Makasare, 32. Both live near the Shri Datta Mandir in Gandhi Nagar, Yerawada. The third accused, Bharat Sanjay Thakur, 40, lives opposite Shinde Chhatri in Wanowrie. The fourth accused, Vedant Shailendra Bhalerao, 26, lives in Shri Tukaram Housing Society in Tingre Nagar, Vishrantwadi.

According to the complaint, Konde works at a private company. On Thursday night he went with his friend Prashant to a pub in the Phoenix Market City area. The two were dancing there. At around 10 pm, during the dancing, Konde took off his shirt and began swirling it in the air. This led to a quarrel with the accused.

Some time later, Konde and Prashant left the pub. The accused allegedly still held a grudge over the quarrel. They stopped Konde and abused him. According to the allegation, it did not end there. The accused picked up a cement block lying on the road and struck Konde on the head with it. They then also beat him with a tree branch. Konde was injured in the attack.

Konde, injured, went to the police and registered his complaint. Based on the complaint, the police arrested all four accused, including the woman.