Nashik: The Adgaon police have arrested three people for allegedly looting a truck driver of his cash and cell phone on Monday in Madsangvi area of the city.While two of the suspects were nabbed within six hours after the crime was committed, the third suspect was arrested on Tuesday night.The truck driver, Laxman Bandu Kadam, was travelling on the Aurangabad highway when the suspect trio waylaid his vehicle with a motorcycle near Madsangvi village. The suspects then thrash Kadam with a wooden stick and snatched his cell phone and cash Rs 1,300 before fleeing.After the incident, the driver reached Adgaon police station and lodged a complaint against the trio. Soon after getting the complaint, the police plunged into action to trace the suspects.Senior police inspector Suraj Bijli said, “On instructions of police commissioner Ravinder Kumar Singal, we had taken up an all-out operation on Monday night. Since the personnel of the police station were out during the all-out operation, we launched a hunt to trace the suspects in different parts of Adgaon.”He added, “The driver had given us the description of the bike. During the search operation, our personnel traced the bike near the railway bridge at Madsangvi. Though the suspects tried to escape after seeing the police, our teams caught hold of two people after a chasing.”The suspects have been identified as Omkar Pekhle (19) and Nivrutti Hirkude (20). The police said that they also recovered the cash and cell phone belonging to Kadam. The bike used for committing the crime has also been seized.Investigating officer assistant police inspector Yogesh Patil said the third suspect Sandeep Khandave (21), a resident of Madsangvi, was arrested on Tuesday night. The suspects were produced in court and sent to police custody till Friday.

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