Dombivli (Thane): Builder Surendra Pandurang Patil, alias Choudhary, who has also acted as Luv in Ramayan series was arrested on Tuesday, November 1 for making a reel while sitting in a senior police personnel's chair at Manpada police station.
Earlier in May, builder Surendra Patil was cheated by three people when they took Rs 25 lakh from him, saying that they would bring a cheque of Rs 5 crore. Patil complained about it at Manpada police station and a case was registered against the accused under IPC sections 420, 406, and 34. Police recently arrested the accused and recovered Rs 19,96,000 from them.
Shekhar Bagade, senior police inspector, Manpada police station, said, " After the High Court order to refund the Rs 25 lakh to builder Surendra Patil, we called him at the police station to collect the said amount on October 25, 2022."
The officer said, "Patil came to the police station to meet assistant police inspector Shrikrishna Gore to collect the amount, but he did not find him in the cabin at Manpada police station, so he asked his friend to take a photograph and also make a reel of himself sitting in the officer's chair with the Maharashtra Police logo on the background. Patil tried to discredit the police by broadcasting the photographs of his dabanggiri on Instagram and social media."
Acted as a character of Lov in the Ramayan series
Bagade further added, "Patil has acted as a character of Lov in the Ramayan series and he is a builder from Chole village in Thakurli. Soon after noticing the reel and images of Surendra Patil sitting on a police officer's chair, Momin Shaikh sent the viral video on the twitter handle of the police commissioner, and after taking the matter seriously, we initiated the investigation and arrested Surendra Patil. "
When police searched for the viral video, they found some more videos of Surendra Patil. In one video, he performs a dance and a song with his friends in his Mercedes car while holding a licenced pistol.
Watch the video here:
He did that for fun
In the video, the builder can be seen sitting in a rotatable chair and waving at the camera like a celebrity. He is also seen glancing at a sheet kept on the table. He uploaded the video with a purportedly self-motivated couplet. Accused Surendra did not realise that he was doing illegal activities in the police station.
Surendra Patil, as part of the fun, depicted himself sitting in a police officer's chair and shared the image of the police station, dancing with a pistol, on Instagram, social media to let his friends know how he looked like a hero sitting in that chair.
He tried to tarnish the image of the police by showing that he was in government service by sitting in the police officer's chair, knowing that Maharashtra Police was written on the back seat. The official said, "We have registered a case and arrested Patil under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 336 (endangering human life with rash acts), 170 (impersonating a public officer) and 500 (defamation) and Section 30 of the Arms Act and other relevant sections."
Police have recovered a Mercedes car, a licenced pistol and five live cartridges worth Rs 65,00,200 from Patil.
Assistant police inspector Sunil Taramale is further investigating the case. Also, there have been 7 cases registered against Surendra Patil at Manpada, Kolshewadi, and Mahatma Phule Chowk police stations.
