Gang of dacoits remanded to PCR till June 22

Nagpur: Hingna police arrested a gang of five dacoits and produced them before the court on Monday, which remanded them to PCR till June 22.
The dacoits, identified as Deepak Giri (27), Bhagwat Salam (25), Pankaj Thakre (28), Mangesh Korde (27) and Saurabh Wakade (19), were nabbed by cops when complainant Manoj Patel (28) approached police after being robbed of Rs8,400 at NH-6 near Dhamangaon on Nagpur-Amravati Road on Sunday midnight.
Cops said Patel, a resident of Surendragarh near Seminary Hills, was heading to Amravati in his jeep when the driver of a light luggage carrier stopped him on the highway. The truck driver, Giri, then summoned his accomplices, who came on their motorcycles. They all started beating Patel and one of the accomplice even stabbed him with an iron rod. Patel sustained injuries and was robbed of Rs8,400 including cash and a mobile. Patel went to a hospital for first aid and then approached Kondhali cops with a complaint. The complaint was later handed over to Hingna police.
Cops immediately took action and rounded up all suspects from the adjoining areas, shortly after the crime was committed. It is learnt that one more man fell victim to this gang, and had also been stabbed and beaten on the head by this gang at Kondhali. Cops said one of these gang members is a hard-core criminal, accused in two offences of thefts at Jalalkheda and Kondhali police stations.
Senior PI H Kharabe is investigating the matter to try and nab others who might be involved with this gang.