PUNE: Police have arrested five people, including a transgender, and detained a minor boy in connection with three street robberies reported from the Market Yard, Lonikand and Wanowrie areas.
In Market Yard, Jeevan Ghorpade (31) of Kondhwa was waylaid and robbed of his cellphone and cash, collectively worth Rs11,200, after three men riding triple seat on a motorcycle threatened him with a knife.
At Lonikand, four persons, including a minor boy, intercepted Somnath Tambe and his friend Yusuf Shaikh, travelling on a bike, at Phulgaon and threatened them with a sickle around 6pm on September 6. Police said the suspects assaulted Shaikh with the butt of the sickle, threatened Tambe with dire consequences and robbed them of cash Rs5,700 and a phone worth Rs15,000. Police later arrested three suspects and detained their minor accomplice.
The Wanowrie incident occurred near Ghorpadi signal, where Suraj Ragvachani (22) was approached by a transgender for alms. The police said the transgender snatched his purse, containing cash Rs17,000, and rushed to an autorickshaw waiting nearby. The police later arrested the autorickshaw driver and the transgender.
