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Crime: Two policemen attacked with sickles for stopping booze party

Updated on: 19 May,2014 08:13 AM IST  | 
Salil Urunkar |

One cop was hit on the head and is critical, while the other was struck on the back, after they stopped some youth from drinking in a public place in Pune

Crime: Two policemen attacked with sickles for stopping booze party

Police constable

Furious at not being allowed to consume liquor while celebrating a friend’s birthday, four young men assaulted two police constables at Ghorpadi market at 11.45 pm on Saturday. One of the policemen has sustained serious injuries after being hit with a sickle, while the other has received minor wounds in the grievous assault. Mundhwa police said they have arrested one of the attackers. The other three have been located and will be arrested soon.


Police constable Padmakar Shelar
BRUTAL ASSAULT: Police constable Padmakar Shelar is undergoing treatment at Ruby Hospital after he and his colleague were attacked by a group of men at Ghorpadi market (below) on Saturday night.

The injured constable Sahebrao Kodag — posted at Mundhwa police station — is undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit of Ruby hospital. His skull is fractured and doctors conducted a major operation on him yesterday. His colleague Padmakar Shelar sustained minor injuries and is being treated in the general ward of the hospital.


Ghorpadi market

The arrested accused has been identified as Rajesh alias Raju Mahendra Nayak (28) from Ghorpadi. He works as a cook at Ruby Hospital and also has a tea stall at Ghorpadi Market. His accomplices have been identified as Rohan Ravindra Pawar (20), Nayan Ganesh Patole (22), both from Nana Peth, and Paul Wilson Joseph-Das (25), from Hadapsar. Patole and Pawar are jobless, while Paul works for a parking contractor.

All four accused have been booked under Sections 307 (attempt to murder), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 333 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt to deter public servant from his duty), 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means), 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint), and 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) of the Indian Penal Code.

Chain of events
Shelar said, “We had started our night patrol at 9 pm on Saturday from the Ghorpadi Gaon police chowky. Kodag was riding the motorcycle and I was riding pillion with a carbine gun in my hand. As we passed the stalls in the market area, we saw some youth drinking liquor there. One of them was Nayak who was known to us. We approached them and told them they
could not drink liquor there and asked them to leave. Nayak tried to convince us to allow them to continue their party, but we refused. We also took down the names of the other three youth present with Nayak.”

Nayak and his friends left the place only to return after the cops left. After receiving another call, police constables Kodag and Shelar proceeded to the spot again and found the four men drinking there again. When questioned, the
accused claimed that they had returned to collect their mobile handsets.

“Patole stood in front of our motorcycle and stopped us from going ahead. At the same time, Pawar hit Kodag on the head with a sickle. When I tried to help Kodag, Paul attacked me with another sickle, targeting my back and hand,” Shelar added.
‘Influential’

Police Inspector Rajendra Chavan, from Mundhwa police station, said, “Nayak is known for the influence he has in the Ghorpadi market area. The other accused are his friends who have a criminal past. Patole has one case, while Paul has two offences registered against him at different police stations across the city. We have got the location details of the other three accused and will arrest them soon.”


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