Youths assaulted for shooing away barking stray dogs in Koregaon Park

Pune | Thursday | 21st February, 2019

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“We have arrested Vijay Sapkal (40) and Jay Sapkal (20) of Sant Gadgemaharaj Vasti in Koregaon Park for the assault on Tuesday itself. PUNE: Shooing away barking stray dogs in the Koregaon Park area landed a 25-year-old motorcyclist and his friend in hospital on Tuesday after four residents attacked them with sharp weapons for their otherwise innocuous act.The Koregaon police have arrested two of the suspects, while the other two are still at large. The motorcyclist, Ajit Randive of Hadapsar , and his friend, Siddarth Dhaytadak (24), have suffered severe injuries. “The dinner got over around midnight, following which we left the house and were just about to sit on the motorcycle when few stray dogs started barking at us. “Dhaytadak suffered injuries on his hand and leg, as a result of which he is not able to walk properly,” Randive added.Randive later gave the names of the suspects to the police..