Cops identify two conspirators in attack on jailer

Pune | Monday | 16th July, 2018

Summary:

The criminals then instructed Wadkar — who was also miffed with Patil about the enforcement of discipline — to shoot at the jailer around two or three days before the incident. Wadkar procured firearms and shot at Patil. But the visitor decided to not execute the plan. We are investigating the source of the weapon.”Wadkar and three others will be produced before a magisterial court, following the expiry of their police custody remand, on Tuesday.Wadkar is a criminal on the record of Dattawadi police. The incident occurred between the prison’s gate and the Yerawada post office on Jail Road.A senior police officer, requesting anonymity, told TOI, “Investigations have revealed that the two jailed criminals had initially instructed another criminal, who had visited them in prison, to open fire on the jailer..