PUNE: The crime branch of the Pune rural police on Wednesday arrested two of the three men who had fired at a 40-year-old eatery owner near Velhe, about 60km from the city, on November 1.
The police team, led by senior inspector Padmakar Ghanwat, arrested Sandip Dhumal (20) and Rupesh Palkhe (20), both from Jambhulwadi Road, Ambegaon. The eatery owner, Vilas Nathu Borge, had sustained bullet injuries in his chest. He is undergoing treatment in a hospital.
Around 8.30am on November 1, the suspects came to the eatery and spotted Borge wearing a gold chain. They returned to snatch it. Borge managed to grab the suspect’s hand, when the other man fired at him. “We received a tip-off that the suspects would be coming near Kusgaon. We laid a trap and arrested Dhumal and Palkhe,” Ghanwat said.