Pune: Man murdered for stealing petrol, four booked

TNN | Updated: Apr 23, 2020, 06:54 IST

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PUNE: Four unidentified men allegedly assaulted a 38-year-old man to death after they suspected him of stealing petrol from a motorcycle.
The incident occurred in Dukkar Khind near Warje on Tuesday late evening.
Senior inspector Ashok Kadam of the Warje Malwadi police told TOI that the deceased man Prashant Dhakane — a native of Beed district who was residing in Dukkar Khind — was working at a paan stall on the Katraj-Dehu Road bypass in Dukkar Khind. On Tuesday, a man had parked his motorcycle near a washing centre, which was next to the paan stall,” Kadam said.
Around 6.30pm the person returned to the spot in a car with three others and noticed Dhakane stealing petrol, he added. “The four men brutally beat up Dhakane, killing him on the spot and fled,” Kadam said.
Dhakane’s friend lodged an FIR with the Warje Malwadi police on Wednesday. The four suspects have been booked under Section 302 (Punishment for murder) of the IPC. “We are checking CCTV camera footage to ascertain the identities of the four men,” Kadam said.