Nagpur.
The Detection Branch personnel of Kalamna Police Station received a secret tip off that some muggers were waylaying passers-by on the area between Bharatwada to Pawangaon in Kalamana area and looting them.
The In-Charge of Kalamna Police Station Police Inspector S M Bandiwar constituted a squad led by Assistant Police Inspector D V Aware. The members of this squad after getting an affirmation that the muggers are in place, they passed that way on a private vehicle. As usual, when the cops neared the muggers, the muggers appeared from the bushes and stopped the vehicle in a bid to loot them. When they saw that the ones they had planned to loot were cops, they tried to escape. However, the agility of the cops ensured that 2 accused who were mugging and looting the innocent passers-by were apprehended.
However, the cops quickly nabbed them. The muggers are identified as Nishant alias Nagesh Ravindra Bhagat aged 23 years and a resident of Plot No 433, Behind Gokul Dairy, Bharat Nagar, Kalamna and Girish Sudhakar Dhivdhonde aged 43 years and a resident of Plot No 1950, Minimata Nagar, Kalamna. On frisking the accused the cops found one country made pistol (Desi Katta) with three live rounds and one Mauser with eight live rounds.
The entire operation was under the guidance of the In-Charge of Kalamna Police Station Police Inspector S M Bandiwar and the squad led by Assistant Police Inspector D V Aware, Police Head Constable Arvind Mohod, Santosh Thakur, Police Constables Mangesh Lande, Krishna Ivnate and Santosh Uikey.
The Kalamna Police has registered a case under Arms Act and under relevant sections of Indian Penal Code against the accused.