Two held in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar for robbing youth after falsely accusing him of selling ganja

The Crime Branch in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar has arrested two men for threatening, assaulting and robbing a youth in the Shahnurmiya Dargah area by falsely accusing him of selling ganja. Police seized goods worth Rs 20,000 from them, including two mobile phones used in the crime.

The accused had transferred money from the complainant's PhonePe account to their own account, and this transaction brought them to the notice of police. Police traced them through a technical examination of the transaction and took both into custody.

The arrested men are Vishal Rohidas Jadhav and Hitesh Balanna Yadav. Jadhav, 22, lives in Ramnagar near Kranti Chowk. Yadav, 21, lives in Chausarnagar in Pratapnagar, Usmanpura.

The complainant, Narendra Ashok Bansode, lives near Sutgirni Chowk. On the evening of November 5, he had stopped his two-wheeler in the Shahnurmiya Dargah area to urinate. The two accused then accused him of selling ganja and beat him. They snatched his mobile phone and then struck him on the chest with a knuckle-duster to get his password.

Frightened, Bansode gave them his PhonePe password, and the accused transferred Rs 1,700. They then fled with his mobile phone, worth Rs 10,000. A case had been registered at Satara police station.

The action was taken under the guidance of Police Commissioner Virendra Mishra, Deputy Commissioner (Crime) in charge Sharmishtha Walawalkar and Assistant Commissioner Poonam Patil. The two accused were caught by a Crime Branch team of inspectors Gajanan Kalyankar and Ashok Bhandare, assistant inspector Prashant Gambhirrao, and constables Santosh Pardhe, Deepak Shinde, Manoj Vikhankar and Vijay Nikam.