4 posing as cops rob 18yearold of car phone

  • | Wednesday | 13th February, 2019

When he refused, the suspect forced him to drink it,” Gaware said.After consuming the drink, Chaudhari felt intoxicated. One of them told Chaudhari to consume a drink. The suspects first drove the car towards Pirangut and then stopped at Paud. The man told Chaudhari he wanted to check the car as it had been parked for a long time,” Gaware said.As Chaudhari got out, three more men joined the first man and forced him back in the car. “They drove the car towards Sus Road and stopped it near a resort.

PUNE: Four men posing as policemen robbed an 18-year-old student of his sedan, a gold bracelet and a smartphone a little after midnight on Sunday.The Aundh resident alleged in his complaint that the men also forced him to drink liquor and abandoned him in Paud, before fleeing with his car.“With the help of a watchman of a nearby company, the student, Yash Ajay Chaudhari, contacted his mother, who picked him up from Paud,” inspector Shivaji Gaware of the Hinjewadi police station said.Chaudhari — a commerce student at a private college in Bavdhan — approached the police and lodged a complaint on Monday.On Sunday night, Chaudhari went to meet his friends near college. “As his friends were not available, Chaudhari decided to return home via the Katraj-Dehu Road bypass,” Gaware said.As he drove past HEMRL, he got a call from his friend. Chaudhari parked his Honda City along the bypass and answered the phone. “While he was talking to her, a man tapped on the window, told him he was a police officer and told him to get out of the car. The man told Chaudhari he wanted to check the car as it had been parked for a long time,” Gaware said.As Chaudhari got out, three more men joined the first man and forced him back in the car. “They drove the car towards Sus Road and stopped it near a resort. One of them told Chaudhari to consume a drink. When he refused, the suspect forced him to drink it,” Gaware said.After consuming the drink, Chaudhari felt intoxicated. “Chaudhari was still able to gauge where they were going. The suspects first drove the car towards Pirangut and then stopped at Paud. One of them snatched Chaudhari’s bracelet and smartphone. The suspects then dumped him along the road and drove away,” Gaware said.Chaudhari gathered his wits and walked to the main gate of United Crane Company. Taking the watchman’s help, Chaudhari contacted his mother. “He came to the police station on Monday,” Gaware said.The suspects have been booked under IPC sections 392 (robbery), 328 (causing hurt by means of poison , etc, with intent to commit an offence) and 323 (voluntarily causing hurt).

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