Pune: Two steal cash, phone from man injured in accident

PUNE: A 54-year-old man on Thursday lodged an FIR with the Hadapsar police, alleging that two men stole Rs27,000 and a cellphone worth Rs3,000 from him after he met with a road accident on August 31.
The complainant, Jayantilal Babuji Rawal, who had fractured his leg in the accident, stated in the FIR that he was on his way home to Bhekrainagar, when his scooter skidded off the road.
“The duo, passing by the spot on a motorcycle, stopped and rushed towards the complainant as if they wanted to help him. Instead, they removed the cash and the phone from the accident victim’s pocket and sped away on their bike,” police said.
Inspector Humraj Kumbhar (crime) from Kondhwa police said Rawal did not report the theft perhaps because he was in a state of shock at the time. “An inquiry conducted by assistant inspector Sanjay Chavan revealed that Rawal did not disclose the incident to the doctor treating him at a private hospital. The doctor would have alerted police immediately otherwise,” Kumbhar said.
Rawal approached the police after he was discharged from the hospital. “We are working to establish the suspects’ identities at the earliest,” Kumbhar said.