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This is an archive article published on July 31, 1998
Pune Beat
Gang on rampage at Bopodi; 8 heldA gang of 12 youths, four of them history-sheeters, went on a rampage at Bopodi for half-an-hour on Wedn...
Gang on rampage at Bopodi; 8 held
A gang of 12 youths, four of them history-sheeters, went on a rampage at Bopodi for half-an-hour on Wednesday evening and thrashed up several passers-by and pelted stones at vehicles plying on the busy Pune-Mumbai Road.
Police said the gang resorted to terrorising people by attacking passers-by in a bid to ensure that nobody would dare to lodge any complaint against the four history-sheeters in the future, police said.
Vinod G Swamy of Bopodi and his wife Jaya, who were travelling in an autorickshaw were seriously injured in the attack. They have been admitted to a private hospital, Khadki police said. Besides, the mob manhandled several others and damaged an autorickshaw, they added.
The Khadki police arrested eight persons after the driver of the damaged autorickshaw, Uttam N Kamble, lodged a complaint with them on Thursday morning. Among the arrested persons were Gopinath M Gaikwad 31, Pappu alias Jayraj K Pillai 21, Datta D Mahurkar 19, Ashok K Kegar 19, Subhash S Jadhav 19, Dipak S Waghmare 19 Raju A Pillai 29 and Ganesh K Jadhav 24 all residents of Bopodi.
Police said Uttam Kamble, Jayraj Pillai, Dipak Waghmare and Ganesh Jadhav were history-sheeters. Kamble was arrested previously for suspected involvement in many crimes including a murder at Bhosari, they added. Jayraj is a suspect in a theft case. The other two have been accused in several assault cases, they said.
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