Delay in pizza delivery leads to argument, businessman opens fire in Pune residential society

Around 10.30 pm, Padwal ordered a pizza, for which delivery executive Rahul Ghorpade was assigned. Because another executive from the outlet, Rushikesh Annapurve, was going to share his motorbike with Ghorpade to go home, the two went to Padwal’s house to deliver the pizza.

A little after 11 pm, when they reached the address, Padwal allegedly abused them verbally and thrashed them following an argument over a delay in the delivery.

Both delivery executives called Hulsure and told him what had happened. A while later Hulsure, two others from the outlet and the two delivery executives went to Padwal’s home to confront him about the attack, the FIR stated. Padwal had an argument with Hulsure and allegedly thrashed him too.

According to the FIR, Padwal then ran to his car, took out a pistol and fired one round in the air in the upward direction. No one was injured in the incident.

Padwal has been booked for attempted culpable homicide because, a police officer said, the bullet could have hit anyone, especially people living on upper floors in the residential society. He has also been booked for voluntarily causing hurt and criminal intimidation.

Inspector Vishwajeet Kaingade, in charge of the Lonikand police station, said the pistol used is a registered firearm that Padwal has a licence for.