PUNE: The crime branch of the Pune police on Sunday arrested two on the charge putting up display pictures, in which they were posing with sharp weapons, on smartphone messaging application.
Police said the duo had uploaded these photos as their status updates.
The crime branch has registered two separate cases against them under the provisions of the Indian Arms Act with the Deccan and Faraskhana police stations.
A team headed by senior inspector Shailesh Shankhe and sub-inspector Sanjay Gaikwad arrested the two men, identified as Rohan Ramesh Gholap (21) of Gokhalenagar, off Senapati Bapat Road, and Akhil alias Ganesh Deshmukh (30) of Kasba Peth.
Constable Sachin Jadhav received information about Gholap’s presence near Z bridge. The tip-off also stated that Gholap was armed with a sword. Police nabbed him and recovered the sword.
Similarly, constable Ajay Thorat received information about Deshmukh’s presence in Kasba Peth. Police intercepted Deshmukh and found a sword in his possession. In his photograph, Deshmukh was seen cutting a cake with a sword.
