A primary info report was lodged on Friday at Pune’s Swargate police station in a case of a sandalwood tree getting stolen from a bungalow in Market Yard space. The FIR was lodged by a resident of the bungalow.
Police mentioned a gang of about 5 individuals got here to the Sushildatta bungalow at Adarsh Nagar in Market Yard in a automotive round 3.30 pm. Inside a span of 5 minutes, they chopped a sandalwood tree down within the bungalow and escaped from the spot.
Police mentioned the safety guard and residents of the bungalow rushed to the spot after noticing suspicious actions. However the thieves shouted at them and left the place with the stolen sandalwood log value Rs 15,000.
On receiving info, a crew from Swargate police reached the spot to research. Police have acquired clues in regards to the sandalwood thieves from CCTV footage from close to the crime scene.
Police sub inspector Rahul Jog, who’s the the investigating officer, mentioned, “We suspect that the accused individuals had carried out a recce to determine the sandalwood tree they stole. Investigation is on to hint the accused individuals.”
Police have booked the accused underneath part 303 (2) 3 (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
In an analogous incident, a gang of about eight individuals had threatened a girl with sharp weapons and stole a sandalwood tree from close to her bungalow in Prabhat highway space within the wee hours of August 11. The 41 12 months previous girl had lodged the first information report (FIR) on this case on the Deccan police station.
Police mentioned the complainant on this case is a resident of a bungalow in Bharati Nivas Colony, Erandwane, in Prabhat highway space. She awoke after noticing some suspicious exercise round 3.15 am. The lady noticed some males have been chopping a sandalwood tree close to her bungalow.
She rushed to the spot and raised an alarm to stop the theft. However the thieves threatened to kill her by pointing sharp weapons at her and escaped with the stolen sandalwood.
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