A 26-year-old history sheeter was murdered in the Shivaji Nagar area early Wednesday as a fallout of rivalry between criminal gangs, the Pune police said, adding four suspects were detained in connection with the incident till Wednesday night.
The incident happened when Mhaske was coming out of the Mangala theatre after watching a movie. “Moments after he came out of the exit gate of the Mangala theatre, Mhaske was attacked with sharp weapons like sickles and machetes and was also bludgeoned with sticks and pieces of stone tiles. He received fatal injuries on his head and neck and is believed to have died on the spot,” an officer who is part of the investigation said.
“The brutal murder is a fallout of rivalry between criminal gangs over territorial supremacy and a dispute over who has control over a stretch in the Tadiwala Road area. Investigation suggests that there were 12 to 13 suspects. A manhunt was launched for the assailants,” said another officer.
Nitin Mhaske, a criminal, was brutally murdered by his rivals after watching Gadar-2 at the Mangala Talkies at one in the morning on Tuesday while the city was still celebrating Independence Day. According to a preliminary inquiry by the Shivajinagar police, Sagar Kolannatti, alias Yallya (32), who was allegedly attacked by Mhaske and his group in November of last year, committed the murder as an act of retaliation. The defendants are all Tadiwala Road locals. The gang ambushed Mhaske, according to the police, using swords, sticks, knives, and an axe, among other things. Despite escaping the initial assault, Mhaske’s wounds turned out to be fatal.
Yallya (32) spearheaded the assault. Imran Shaikh (32) and Vivek Nawadhar, alias Bhola (24), the other attackers have been detained. According to the police, the other suspects in the incident are Malik Kolya, alias Tundya (24), Pandit Kambale (27), Lawrence Pillay (33), Sushil Suryavanshi (30), Manoj Hawale, alias Baba (25), and Akash Gayakwad, alias Chaddi (24). Invoking the IPC’s murder, unlawful assembly, and rioting sections, the police have filed a case against the accused. Sagar Kolannatti was allegedly targeted by Mhaske, Ajay Salunkhe, and his cronies in November of last year while he was leaving his friend’s birthday party in Koregaon Park. Mhaske, Ajay Salunke, and others were the targets of an FIR that the Koregaon Park police had filed in accordance with section 307.
Kolanatti, who had to be confined in a hospital’s ICU, managed to survive the assault. According to the police, Sagar and his accomplices attacked Mhaske on Tuesday night in retaliation. After the postmortem, Mhaske’s family declined to accept the remains. The family and locals gathered in the Sassoon hospital to protest while calling for the accused’s quick detention. Public outrage was sparked when Mhaske’s family members blamed a local goon and police officer Nikhil Jadhav, who is part of the crime branch. The man claimed that his kid had a disagreement with the neighborhood goon two months prior.
-Ira Vyas
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