Pune metropolis police have invoked the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act (MCOCA) towards a history-sheeter and 5 associates who allegedly attacked and looted senior residents at their residences in several elements of Pune and different districts.
Police have recognized accused individuals together with the gang chief Sandeep Bhagwan Hande (25), Kishor Kalyan Changhate (21), Bholesh alias Krushna Kisan Chavan (25), Bharat Badrinath Changhate, all 4 from Aurangabad, Mangesh Bandu Gunde (20) of Jalna, Vikram Deepak Thapa alias VK (19) of Nashik.
According to the press launch issued at present, on March 3, 2021, accused armed with sharp weapons had allegedly attacked and looted the residence of aged residents within the luxurious Panchvati space of ​​​​Pashan.
Then, on April 25, 2021, the accused individuals allegedly robbed valuables price Rs 15.8 lakh by pointing a knife at a 73-year-old girl and her 76-year-old husband at a bungalow in Sindh Samaj, Sadhu Vaswani Nagar, Aundh.
In these instances, separate instances are registered in Chaturshringi police station.
During the investigation, the police arrested six accused and recovered loot price Rs 21.75 lakh from their possession. Investigation revealed that the accused Hande used to work as a caretaker on the residence of senior residents and later robbed the realm by doing recce. Police mentioned the gang had allegedly dedicated seven critical crimes in Pune, Aurangabad and Jalna districts.
Therefore, Rajkumar Waghchaure, senior police inspector of Chaturshringi police station, proposed to impose MCOCA towards the accused Hande and 5 members of his gang.
DCP (Zone 4) Pankaj Deshmukh despatched the proposal to Additional Commissioner of Police Namdev Chavan, who permitted it after verifying the legal data towards the accused individuals. Assistant Commissioner of Police Ramesh Galande is investigating the matter.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
