VADODARA: People in Angadh, Ramgadh and Nandesari villages will now heave a sigh of relief as police nabbed a 24-year-old man who had gotten on everyone’s nerves through his obscene messages and prank calls.
Praveen alias Ashwin Rawal, who was arrested in January too for sending an ambulance to a woman’s home saying that her daughter is about to deliver a baby, had started making similar prank calls once again after he was released on bail after eight months. Police said that this time he had crossed all limits as he must have sent ambulances dozens of times. “He would either say that a woman is about to deliver a baby or that a Covid-19 patient is to be taken to hospital,” said a cop.
In the case of pregnancy calls, the 108 emergency staff would return, but the villagers faced a tough time convincing them that there was no Covid-19 patient. Rawal also used to send obscene photos and hurl abuses at men on WhatsApp. “There were also complaints that he used to make comments on married women putting them in an embarrassing situation,” the cop added.
Lately, he had also started making prank calls to Nandesari police station and hurl abuses. Cops too were harrowed by his frequent calls, on a daily basis. “We knew that it was him but he was not found at his home, so we tracked him to Changodar in Ahmedabad on the basis of his mobile phone’s location,” cop said.