PUNE: Vehicle users and staffers at a busy petrol pump in Kondhwe Dhawade went into panic on witnessing two men astride a motorcycle pulling out a country-made pistol and putting it on an autorickshaw driver’s chest over a trivial issue around 8.30pm on Monday.
Police arrested the duo fand registered a case of attempt to murder and assault against them on Tuesday morning. Frightened by the firearm, autorickshaw driver Sameer Sanjay Dhume (28) of Kudje village near Khadakwasla away towards the Uttamnagar police station, barely 500m from the petrol pump.
"The spurt in brazen crimes across the city reflects the law enforcers’ failure to instil the fear for law in criminals’ minds. Police should launch a drive against anti-social elements and prepare watertight chargesheets against them to ensure that every case reaches its logical end. While the police personnel should step up patrolling on thoroughfares to make themselves visible, the civic body must focus on extending the network of CCTV cameras to help the law enforcers keep tabs on criminals and their activities.-TimesView"
Someone from the pump had by then made a call and a police team rushed to the site and arreste Sandeep Mohan Sawant (26) and Swaroop Sangpal Awate (19), both residents of Uttamnagar. The police seized the pistol from Sawant and are searching for the person who had sold the firearm to him.
The police have registered a case under relevant sections of IPC and the Indian Arms Act.
