‘Absconding’ RTI activist was right here all along
ByArchana More,Gunwanti ParasteArchana More and Gunwanti Paraste / Updated: Jul 7, 2021, 06:00 IST
YEAR-LONG SAGA ENDS IN EMBARASSMENT FOR CITY COPS
MCOCA-accused Ravindra Barhate strolled into
Pune police commissionerate on Tuesday afternoon, got arrested; cops were searching for him far and wide for over a year now, but it was revealed that he was getting treatment at a Pune hospital
In a major turns of events that has brought embarrassment to Pune police, Ravindra Barhate, the Right to Information (
RTI) activist who was a wanted accused in land grabbing cases under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (
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RTI activist Ravindra Barhate, who was on the run for the past 18 months, was arrested from Bibvewadi area of Pune city. The stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) was invoked against Ravindra Barhate who has 17 cases against his name.
Barhate has 17 cases against his name, including for fraud and land grabbing, after which MCOCA was invoked against him and his associates, Pune police commissioner Amitabh Gupta said.
MCOCA has been invoked in two case that had been registered at Chaturshringi and Hadapsar police station.
Amitabh Gupta mentioned that till date, 32 of his accomplice have been arrested, and Barhate is the 33rd arrest. He is alleged to be the mastermind in all the 17 cases registered in Pune city.
Woman live-narrates dacoity
police as
Due to the timely help of a brave woman, police were able to arrest two
thieves who had broken into a closed flat.
The woman, on her cell phone, narrated the actions of the thieves. The police reached the spot within 15 minutes of the phone call. The police surrounded the society and caught the thieves, who were trying to flee with the stolen goods.
As per information, six people with weapons entered the society and broke into the locked flat. Out of which, the police nabbed two and are on the lookout for the rest. The case has been registered at the Kothrud police station.
SECURING THEIR SENIORS
Recent robbery at
Sindh Society gets residents to rally together to tighten security for over 30 elderly persons living among them; some measures suggested by cops
A novel initiative has been introduced at the Sindh Cooperative Housing Society in Aundh to increase security for the elderly denizens following a crime incident in April that saw a senior being robbed at
knifepoint by a former caretaker.
The special measures, some suggested by the city police, include ex-serviceman patrolling the premises, strict verification of the domestic staffers and caretakers and once-a-day visits by security officers, who check in on the seniors’ wellbeing.
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