PUNE: A 22-year-old man was arrested by the Pune rural police from Ale phata, around 93km from here on Monday, for firing two rounds from a country-made pistol when the woman, he was stalking for the past two years, refused to speak to him.
No one was injured. The incident occurred around 10pm on Sunday at Jambut phata near Narayangaon, about 82km from here. “The woman alleged in her FIR that Akshay Dandavate from Shirur also put a pistol to her head and attempted to kill her by threatening to pull the trigger thrice,” Arjun Ghode Patil, assistant inspector, Narayangaon police, told TOI.
Ghode Patil said that the suspect was nabbed from near Ale Phata by a police team led by inspector T Y Mujawar. “We have recovered the firearm from him. We are probing from where Dandavate procured the country-made pistol,” Ghode Patil said.
He said that the complainant and the suspect knew each other as they studied in the same college at Manchar. The woman stated in her complaint that for the past two years Dandavate was stalking and forcing her to marry him. “After completing college education, the woman took admission in a private institution at Ale Phata and was staying at her relative’s house in Jambut phata,” Ghode Patil said.
On Sunday night, she was returning home with her friend, when Dandavate stopped her. He told her that he wanted to speak to her. “The woman, however, refused to talk to him and took out her cellphone to speak to her mother. Dandavate then whipped out a pistol from his jerkin and fired one round towards the ground and another round in the air,” Ghode Patil said.
He said that the woman also alleged that Dandavate even tried to kill her. When people started gathering around them, he drove away on his motorcycle, Ghode Patil said.
How Dandavate was traced
Ghode Patil said that police traced Dandavate after obtaining his cellphone number. “When we found that he was heading towards Nashik, we immediately alerted the Ale Phata police,” Ghode Patil said.
Inspector Mujawar told TOI that after receiving the alert, the police carried out nakabandi at the Ale Phata chowk. “We received information that Dandavate was wearing a black jerkin and helmet. We also knew the make of his motorcycle and started stopping two-wheelers of similar type,” he said.
Seeing the police team, the suspect left the highway and drove some distance along the canal road. “A team checking the road along the canal noticed his parked motorcycle. We laid a trap and nabbed Dandavate. We have recovered the pistol from him and handed him over to the Narayangaon police,” Mujawar said.
No one was injured. The incident occurred around 10pm on Sunday at Jambut phata near Narayangaon, about 82km from here. “The woman alleged in her FIR that Akshay Dandavate from Shirur also put a pistol to her head and attempted to kill her by threatening to pull the trigger thrice,” Arjun Ghode Patil, assistant inspector, Narayangaon police, told TOI.
Ghode Patil said that the suspect was nabbed from near Ale Phata by a police team led by inspector T Y Mujawar. “We have recovered the firearm from him. We are probing from where Dandavate procured the country-made pistol,” Ghode Patil said.
He said that the complainant and the suspect knew each other as they studied in the same college at Manchar. The woman stated in her complaint that for the past two years Dandavate was stalking and forcing her to marry him. “After completing college education, the woman took admission in a private institution at Ale Phata and was staying at her relative’s house in Jambut phata,” Ghode Patil said.
On Sunday night, she was returning home with her friend, when Dandavate stopped her. He told her that he wanted to speak to her. “The woman, however, refused to talk to him and took out her cellphone to speak to her mother. Dandavate then whipped out a pistol from his jerkin and fired one round towards the ground and another round in the air,” Ghode Patil said.
He said that the woman also alleged that Dandavate even tried to kill her. When people started gathering around them, he drove away on his motorcycle, Ghode Patil said.
How Dandavate was traced
Ghode Patil said that police traced Dandavate after obtaining his cellphone number. “When we found that he was heading towards Nashik, we immediately alerted the Ale Phata police,” Ghode Patil said.
Inspector Mujawar told TOI that after receiving the alert, the police carried out nakabandi at the Ale Phata chowk. “We received information that Dandavate was wearing a black jerkin and helmet. We also knew the make of his motorcycle and started stopping two-wheelers of similar type,” he said.
Seeing the police team, the suspect left the highway and drove some distance along the canal road. “A team checking the road along the canal noticed his parked motorcycle. We laid a trap and nabbed Dandavate. We have recovered the pistol from him and handed him over to the Narayangaon police,” Mujawar said.
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