When the 'target' chased down his shooters!

What started as a chase to catch two smalltime goons on Ulhasnagarrsquos busiest street on Tuesday evening ended in the arrest of two criminals who had threatened to shoot a robberturneddeveloper The developer mdash who is the complainant in the case mdash and the accused were former members of the Chhota Rajan gang The accused had approached the complainant to settle a disputeOn Tuesday evening Deepak Sapke is waiting in his car for his wife and daughter when the goons Shankar and Suraj approach his car IllustrationUday MohiteThe complainant identified as Deepak Vaman Sapke 31 ndash who is a former Rajan aide ndash said in his police statement that he was waiting for his wife and his daughter around 530 pm on Tuesday evening near Ulhasnagar railway station when he was approached by the accused Sapke is a resident of Barrage road in Badlapur west where he owns a construction firmFollowing their unsuccessful attempt at firing at Sapke the duo tries to break the left window of Sapkersquos car by banging Shankarrsquos revolver on it The gun falls inside the carThe incidentSpeaking to midday VC Dolas senior police inspector Vitthalwadi police station said In his statement he claimed that he was sitting in the driverrsquos seat waiting for his wife when the two accused Shankar Suresh Vasita 30 and Suraj Abhang 20 approached the car from the left Shankar pointed the revolver at the car and this alerted Sapke Shankar fired at him but the bullet got stuck inside the revolver When Shankar pointed the gun Sapke took his seat back Dolas said they have seized the revolver and found two cartridges one of which was stuck insideSapke grabs the revolver and runs behind Shankar and Suraj who are now trying to fleeAfter the bullet missed Sapke Shankar and Suraj started banging on the left window of his car The left side of the front glass broke into pieces and the duorsquos revolver fell inside the vehicle Seeing that the revolver had fallen inside Shankar and Suraj started running said CN Khupse police subinspector Vitthalwadi police stationI was waiting for my wife as she was coming with my daughter and we were heading to Sanjeevni Hospital Had I been approached five minutes later my daughter and wife would have also been targeted in the incident said SapkeSapke is unable to catch the duo and later informs Vithhalwadi police about the incident The cops arrest the duo later in the nightThe chase beginsKhupse added Sapke taking advantage of the situation picked up the revolver and started running behind them Meanwhile the locals who saw them running also chased them But the accused managed to fleeDuring investigation the cops found that the complainant and the accused Shankar both have criminal recordsWe found that both are notorious criminals who have been booked across Thane and Pune for jewellery theft and other crimes Both are from the same gang Since the last few months they were having an argument over some issue that lead to a dispute among them Later they began defaming each other in public Hence Shankar decided to kill Sapke added DolasCops launch operationAfter the unsuccessful chase Sapke contacted NT Kadam senior police inspector anti extortion cell and informed him about the incidentHe then approached the Vitthalwadi police station where he registered a case under Sections 307 attempt to murder and 34 common intention of the Indian Penal Code IPC and different sections of the arms act After this the Vithhalwadi police conducted a search operation and arrested Shankar and SurajKhapse said Both of them were arrested on Tuesday and have confessed to the crime They said they committed the crime to take revenge as they belonged to the same gang They have been remanded in police custody till February 29