Video: Man terrorises Aarey residents, plunders their clothes, utensils

For the past few months Aarey Milk Colony has been living in terror of this nighttime prowler who attacks anyone who crosses his path No itrsquos not a leopard that local residents are losing sleep over but an unidentified man who skulks about Aareyrsquos forested patches with sharp and dangerous weapons and helps himself to clothes utensils food or anything left outside by the locals Suspected to be mentally unstable the man charges at anyone who confronts him and threatens locals with knives broken glass bottles and metal rodsAlso Read Meet the fake policewoman who has terrorised Aarey Seen in this still from the camera trap footage this man has been spotted lurking around Aarey Colonyrsquos woods wearing nothing but underpants and an open jacket he steals from local residents and threatens them with sharp and dangerous weaponsThree days ago he vandalised the New Zealand Hostel breaking the windowpanes there so he could steal utensils and water Taking note of the threat to residentsrsquo lives the Aarey CEOrsquos office will now inform the local police about the man so he can be moved out of the forest and provided the necessary treatmentA resident of Vanichapada Chandu Jadhav recently returned home to find utensils chairs and a few other items missing He went in search of the culprit along with a group and encountered the man who threatened them with a broken glass bottle but then ran awayAlthough the man has been spotted roaming in Aarey since the past six months locals have begun to fear him in the past few months ever since he shifted to a forested patch behind Vanichapada Locals suspect he shifted because more people live there and he found it easier to steal from them Nothing is off limits for him said locals alleging that he not only steals clothes left to dry outside but also demands food from them threatening to hit them if they donrsquot complyRead Story Meet the terror of Mumbais Aarey Milk Colony a cowldquoWe understand that he is mentally disturbed but around two months ago he came to our pada and threatened a few people with dire consequences unless they gave him food Once he continued to kick the door of a local resident for almost 10 minutes after he was denied foodrdquo said a resident of Unit 25 in AareyThree days ago he also struck the house of local resident Chandu Jadhav in Vanichapada behind New Zealand Hostel where he stole a few gallons of water and some utensils Jadhav and his family were not home when this happened but when they returned on Sunday to find the items missing they went in search of the culprit The found the man sitting in a nearby section of the woods As soon as he spotted them however he pulled out a broken glass bottle and threatened them with itldquoWe know that he is mentally unstable so no one disturbs him but few days ago he came to our house and stole our chairs and utensils and a few other things We went to the hillock where he can usually be found and he threatened us Since we were in a large group however he eventually ran away We got our things back and also found a camera with himrdquo said JadhavThe camera Jadhav had found in the manrsquos stash was actually an infrared camera trap installed in Aarey by local researchers studying local wildlife movement The camera had been stolen by the man nearly four months ago and footage from this camera revealed a few glimpses of him walking around in the forest While his face is not visible he is clearly seen brandishing an iron rod dressed in little else but his underpants and an open jacketJadhav recalled another incident that took place about a fortnight ago when the man had attacked a citizen in Aarey hitting him on the head until the victim was forced to flee A few days ago he also threatened one of the morning walkers in the area With his behaviour only getting more violent locals especially children and the elderly are terrified of him