PUNE: The Pune rural police on Saturday busted a gang of highway robbers with the arrest of two criminals on police records from Khalapur in Raigad district and claimed to have solved five recent robbery cases. Their three accomplices are on the run.
The local crime branch team led by senior inspector Padmakar Ghanwat arrested the duo — Ganesh Waghmare (28) and Santosh Waghmode (21) — based on a tip-off.
On June 12, truck driver Durgaprasad Kahar (27) was beaten and robbed of Rs70,000 by four unidentified men when Kahar was sleeping in his truck, parked along the Pune-Mumbai eway.
“After that incident, few more truckers were robbed on the expressway. The local crime branch had opened a probe after a spurt in similar cases. We received the information about the involvement of a gang from Khalapur,” Ghanwat said.
Ghanwat said, “The team laid a trap at Khalapur and took the duo into custody. During the questioning, they admitted to their involvement in five recent incidences.”
