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Pune Crime Files: How police dog Siba cracked a brutal armed robbery that left five injured
December 01, 2025 3:05 pm
But in the chaos, one of the robbers who was wearing a red shirt made a fatal mistake — his face cover slipped as he tore the gold from Mahananda, giving Kerba a clear look at him.
Pune Crime Files: why 3 convicted for brutally murdering a family of 4 in 1997 walked free
October 27, 2025 12:03 pm
The Patils had just moved to Pune’s Kalyani Nagar in 1997 when they were brutally murdered by a watchman and two others during a robbery at their apartment.
A leopard’s growl, claw marks, and a lie: How a blood-stained rock and a forensic report exposed a murder in a sugarcane field
September 29, 2025 5:35 pm
In December last year, Latabai Dhawade was found dead in a field in Maharashtra’s Kadethan village. Her nephew claimed she was killed by a leopard.
Pune Crime Files: Who burgled and vandalised Sangeeta Bijlani's bungalow? Mystery remains unsolved
September 22, 2025 11:03 am
Sandeep Singh Gill, Superintendent of Pune Rural Police, assured Sangeeta Bijlani that they would crack the case soon.
Just before lighting funeral pyre: how Pune rural cops smelled foul play, intervened to uncover murder of 9-year-old boy by father
September 29, 2025 5:34 pm
A single parent tried to pass off his elder son's alleged murder as a death after fainting. A probe revealed that the father allegedly tortured the boy for "behaving like his mother", and strangled him to death.
Politics, disputes and murders, all in the family: How the dreaded Andekar gang has remained active in Pune for 4 decades
September 08, 2025 7:35 pm
Last year's murder of former NCP corporator Vanraj Andekar and the alleged retaliatory killing of an 18-year-old have brought the Andekar gang back into the spotlight.
Pune Crime Files: How offering a ride to 4 strangers turned fatal for Nashik cab driver
August 11, 2025 2:18 pm
A taxi driver left Nashik for Pune, telling his wife that he would return by night. However, she later received a late-night call from his phone, which had been found on the highway by someone. She soon realised that her worst fears had come true.
Pune Crime Files: How 'Rakt Chandan' smugglers exploited loophole in Customs clearance
July 14, 2025 5:01 pm
The police's probe into red sandalwood smuggling has shown that Pune is a major transit point for smuggling red sandalwood to international markets via Mumbai.
Pune Crime Files: How a probe into dating app scam led police to mule accounts, cybercriminals with China links
July 07, 2025 2:09 pm
The investigation by the cybercrime police station in Pimpri Chinchwad unearthed an elaborate network of mule account handlers allegedly operating from Solapur and with links to cybercriminals masterminding these scams from China.
Pune Crime Files | How police cracked case of Rs 2.2 crore robbery at Bank of Maharashtra branch in home minister's constituency
June 16, 2025 3:22 pm
The robbers tried to destroy evidence and mislead police by burning their clothes and changing the vehicle they used to flee from Pimparkhed in Shirur taluka of Pune district after the bank robbery.
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