Lokmat News Network
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar
Crime in the Mukundwadi, Sanjay Nagar and railway station areas has raised concern after record offenders allegedly carried out two murderous assaults within two days and created panic by brandishing sickles on a busy road. The three incidents between March 5 and 7 have sparked worries over public safety.
Pawan Shejul (24), a private company employee from Rajnagar, was attacked on March 6 around 9 pm. Krishna Kamble called him for a meeting with Shubham Kakade. When he arrived, Shubham Kakade (21), Akash Jadhav (20) and Krishna Rathod (21), all residents of Rajnagar, allegedly assaulted him with an iron rod, accusing him of giving a statement against them. They threw stones at his head and body and repeatedly struck his head and face with a rod, leaving him unconscious. Locals admitted him to a private hospital at Seven Hills. After his condition stabilised on Sunday, Mukundwadi police registered an attempt-to-murder case.
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Another attack within 24 hours
A day earlier, on March 5 afternoon, Shubham Kakade along with Arjun Rathod and two others allegedly took Ritesh Sugramkar near the railway tracks and brutally assaulted him, hitting his head with a rod and threatening to kill him. A case was registered that night, yet within 24 hours another attack was reported.
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Accused arrested from Jalna
After the incident, the accused fled to Jalna. Acting on instructions from police inspector Sachin Ingole, assistant sub-inspector Babasaheb Kamble along with Santosh Bhanuse and Shyam Ade, with help from Sadar Bazar police, arrested the trio early Monday morning.
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Sickle-wielding youths detained
In another incident, around 3 am on March 7, three youths attempted to create panic by brandishing a sharp sickle on the road near A-1 Hotel, barely 200 metres from Mukundwadi police station. Police constable Sanjaysing Bimrot detained Sachin Jalinder Popalghat (26), Sagar Kaduba Wagh (25) and Arvind Umesh Akshe (19). Police seized a sickle from them.