Dreaded criminal Dudhani arrested

The city police on Tuesday arrested dreaded criminal Papasingh Dayalsingh Dudhani,who,after being released from jail in 2010,allegedly committed at least 16 crimes including dacoities,vehicle thefts and house break-ins in different parts of the city and district.

The city police on Tuesday arrested dreaded criminal Papasingh Dayalsingh Dudhani (35),who,after being released from jail in 2010,allegedly committed at least 16 crimes including dacoities,vehicle thefts and house break-ins in different parts of the city and district.

Dudhani allegedly led the gang that stole a 700-kg cash box from a jewellery shop last year. Acting on a tip-off,a team of Hadapsar police station comprising senior inspector Pandharinath Mandhare,S-Is Dwarka Dokhe and Dattatraya Madane,constables Suraj Shendge,Suhas Gaikwad,Amol Shingte,Mahesh Waghmare laid a trap and nabbed Dudhani from Gosavi Wasti in Vaiduwadi.

Police have also recovered a 17 inch long knife and three stolen vehicles from his possession.

Dudhani was arrested under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in 2004. He was operating a gang of dreaded criminals and was found involved in 11 serious crimes before 2004. He was released from jail in November 2010,after which he again formed a gang and started committing crimes, said inspector Mandhare.

We have confirmed his involvement in two dacoities at Shirur,three vehicles thefts at Hadapsar,two house break-ins and two vehicle thefts at Wanavdi,four house break-ins at Yerwada,one at Pimpri and two at Bhosari, he said.

Police said Dudhanis aide Japan Singh was gunned down by a security guard when they were trying to loot a petrol pump in Shirur in December 2010. Dudhani managed to escape with Rs 80,000 cash.

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