Auto driver who dumped injured accident victim near railway line and escaped arrested after four months  

As per the FIR, deceased Wagh left home on the afternoon of July 20, on a two-wheeler, but did not return later. So, his family filed a missing report at Baner police station.

The family members along with the cops checked videos captured by the CCTV cameras at certain locations. It found that Wagh was knocked down by an auto-rickshaw near the New Poona Bakery at Balewadi Phata in Baner area around 4.45 pm on July 20.

The driver of the auto-rickshaw then picked up Wagh, kept him in his auto-rickshaw with the help of local residents. But later, instead of taking Wagh to a hospital, he allegedly dumped the senior citizen at a secluded spot near the Range hills railway line in Khadki, and escaped.

Next day, Wagh was found unconscious in the bushes near the railway line. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead by the doctors. Police then launched a search for the auto rickshaw driver.
During the investigation, cops found the auto-rickshaw and seized it. Probe revealed that the owner of the auto-rickshaw had given it to the accused for driving.

Police said the accused came to Pune from UP and was driving the auto-rickshaw. But after the accident, he fled from Pune and was hiding in Delhi.  A team led by assistant police inspector K B Daberao searched for the accused in Delhi for nearly seven days and finally nabbed from the red light area in Mahipalpur on Saturday.

Police said the accused was produced before a court in Pune. “The court remanded the accused to police custody till December 10 for further investigation,” said senior police inspector Chandrashekhar Sawant of Baner police station.