PUNE: The Pimpri Chinchwad police on Saturday solved two separate robberies that had occurred last month in Chakan and Wakad with the arrest of nine persons.
Police said the suspects had targetted the workers returning home after second shift.
Pimpri Chinchwad crime branch team led by senior inspector Shankar Babar on Saturday arrested six men for assaulting and robbing Anil Shingnapure of his cash and valuables collection, collectively worth Rs15,000, in the early hours of January 20. The robbery had happened on Talegaon-Chakan Road when Shingnapure was returning home from work on his motorcycle.
Sub-inspector Girish Chamle told TOI that the suspects — Ravi Thakar (24), Yogesh Mengal (23), Dhanesh Thakar (22), Laxab Mengal (20), Nikhil Mengal (25) and Samir Jadhav (26) — all from Khed, were returning home after a attending a marriage function. “They noticed that Shingnapure was driving alone in the early hours, and attacked him. They had robbed his cash and cellphone, collectively worth Rs 15,000,” Chamle said.
The police did not have clue about the robbers. “Recently one of the suspects was telling one person about the incident. He was our informer. We got a tip-off and took all the six into custody,” Chamle said.
In the Wakad incident, the police team led by senior inspector Vivek Mugalikar on Saturday arrested three suspects for robbing Satish Mhaske (39) of his cash and cellphone near Kalewadi in the early hours of January 19.
The police have recovered robbed cellphone and the scooter used by the suspects — Rohit Lonare (23) of Aundh, Kiran Gaikwad (19) of Pimpri and Omkar Sarode (20) of Kalewadi.
Sub-inspector of the Wakad police, Siddhanath Babar, said the suspect were arrested after scrutiny of the several CCTV footages. “Sarode is a criminal on the police records and has two cases against him,” Babar said.