Four gang members including Assistant police inspector and a cop convicted in robbery case

Last updated Sep 5, 2018

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Pune district Additional session Ashokkumar Bhilare on Tuesday has convicted Assistant Police Inspector, constable and two others in a robbery case of Rs 96 lakh which was siphoned from Hospital. All four has been sentenced to three years of Rigorous imprisonment.

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The incident had come to light when Vishal Devidas Bhende (33), a resident of Pandavnagar, had registered a complaint about the incident with the Hadapsar Police against Assistant Police Inspector (API) Giridhar Yadav, constable Ganesh More and two others as Avinash Devkar and Ravindra Mane who were earlier attached with Hadapsar Police Station.

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According to Prosecution case, In November 2015, the API Yadav, a police constable More both deployed at Hadapsar police station while the two others were arrested by the Pune police after robbed Rs 96 lakh from a driver of an optometrist firm. The driver was waiting in the car with the cash after the two officials working with the firm had deboarded to freshen up at a Gandharva Residency when the four approached him and allegedly robbed.”

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It further mentioned, “According to the complaint filed by Bhende, a doctor with Wasan Eye Care was traveling in the car along with an aide and they were carrying Rs 96 lakh in cash, which included money withdrawn from the bank for Diwali bonus for employees while Bhende stayed in the car with the cash. Bhende has said in the complaint that the four approached him while he was waiting near the hotel. They beat him up badly and took him to the Manjari police chowky forcefully. Later, he was brought to the Hadapsar Police Station where he was held until 4 am. Yadav, More and others then allegedly took all the cash he had and asked him to go. Once released, the driver rushed to a hospital and also called up his bosses at the Wasan Eye Care after which they approached the police.”

In this case, earlier the convicted four people had got acquittal by the Judicial Magistrate (First Class) in Cantonment court but prosecution went into an appeal in Session Court and on Tuesday such conviction took place.