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PUNE, April 16: The Wanowrie police claim to have cracked the case in which an autorickshaw driver was mysteriously murdered and the body...

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PUNE, April 16: The Wanowrie police claim to have cracked the case in which an autorickshaw driver was mysteriously murdered and the body thrown in a plot near Mohammedwadi last Friday.

The driver identified as Datta alias Ashok Baban Darekar (24), a resident of Morevasti, Bibewadi, was allegedly murdered by two autorickshaw drivers as Darekar harassed other autorickshaw drivers in Swargate area. His face was mutilated.

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