The Bund Garden police arrested four persons including a clerk and a peon of the Wadia College for allegedly assaulting a student over a petty argument.
The suspects have been identified as peon Mallikarjun Narsappa Bhandari (21), clerk Babu Narsappa Bhandari, Raju Mudanna Dhangar (22) and Santosh Yashwant Shinde (20), all residents of Tadiwala Road.
The incident came to light when Anil Nikam (24), a resident of Sangamwadi lodged a first information report (FIR) in this regard with the Bund Garden police on Friday. Assitant police inspector SL Dubbal is investigating the case.
Nikam is a commerce student at the Ness Wadia College. “Nikam had a heated argument with clerk Babu over issuance of an identity card. On Friday around 12.15 pm, when Nikam was sitting along with his friends on the college ground, the four suspects assaulted him with sharp weapons,” the police said. On Saturday, the suspects were produced before the judicial magistrate (first class) and were remanded in police custody till Tuesday.
Gun found in unclaimed bag
The police found a revolver, five live cartridges and a gun licence inside an unclaimed bag lying at the Pune Railway station on Friday.
Sub-inspector Ashok Randive, patrolling along with two constables at the Pune Railway station on Friday, received a call from the parking attendant, Shankar Shetake, about a suspicious blue-coloured bag found in the parking area of the station.
Randive said, “We rushed to the spot and brought the bag to the Pune Station police chowky. Initially we thought that some passenger might have forgotten the bag, so we did not call the Bomb Detection and Disposal Squad (BDDS). We unlocked the bag before two panchas and found men’s clothes along with a revolver, five live cartridges and a gun license belonging to one Satendrakumar Rai of Pratapgadh in Madhya Pradesh.”
