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Pune city police have arrested six persons, including a shooter from Delhi, for their alleged role in opening fire and robbing a gold trader Prateek Oswal (35) on BT Kawade Road, last week. A team of Wanwadi police station arrested three accused from the nation’s capital, including shooter Bilal Ahmed Asadali Tyagi (34), Honey Walmiki (26) and Sagar Raj Kumar (23), all residents of Delhi.
Senior police inspector Sanjay Patange said the three accused were produced before a court today, and remanded to police custody for eight days,” said Patange. He further said that the accused Tyagi is the person who allegedly opened fire at Prateek Oswal.
Prateek’s father Madanlal Oswal (71), resident of BT Kawade road, lodged the FIR in this case. The statement said that Prateek and Madanlal were on their way home on a two-wheeler with a bag containing cash and gold after closing shop in Sayyednagar area of Hadapsar on November 8. Around 9.30 pm, three men on a motorcycle intercepted them near Jaysingh Sasane Garden on BT Kawade Road and tried to snatch the bag from Prateek. When Prateek resisted, the police said, a robber opened fire at him. He sustained two bullet wounds, including one on his face. The robbers fled the spot with the bag, which had some Rs 10,000 cash and gold worth Rs 1lakh.
A team from Wanwadi police station rushed to the spot, and Prateek was rushed to a hospital.
Police booked three unidentified persons under sections 34 (common intention), 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint) and 397 (robbery or dacoity with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt) of the IPC and relevant sections of the Arms Act.
Police checked footage from several CCTV cameras installed around the crime scene and route used by the assailants to escape. As per a probe, the assailants had rented a room in Pune. Based on leads, a Wanwadi police team arrested three accused persons from Delhi’s RK Puram area.
Meanwhile, crime branch sleuths on Monday nabbed three suspects Sarfaraz Shaikh (23), Lakhan Ankoshi (35), both residents of Hadapsar, and Rafiq Shaikh (30) of Ghorpadi area, for their alleged involvement in the crime. The three were handed over to Wanwadi police for investigation. A press release stated that the accused Bilal allegedly stole a motorcycle with Sarfaraz’s help, and they used it for the robbery.
Police suspect that Rafiq was in contact with Bilal, and they allegedly hatched a conspiracy to attack and loot Oswal, and it was Bilal who procured a pistol from Rafiq and fired eight bullets at Prateek Oswal. A probe is underway to recover the pistol and stolen goods from the accused.
