Thane: Four wanted history-sheeters out on parole planning to do dacoity in Thane & Karjat area; arrested

Thane: Four wanted history-sheeters out on parole planning to do dacoity in Thane & Karjat area; arrested

The four accused were out on parole and they were planning to do dacoity at a farm house in Yeoor and Karjat, 3 country made pistol, eight cartridges and one bullet recovered from them

Abhitash SinghUpdated: Thursday, May 12, 2022, 09:23 PM IST
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Prashant Narvekar

The crime branch unit 5 of Thane, under the guidance of senior police inspector of Wagle police station, Vikas Ghodke and his team succeeded in arresting a history sheeters, who are facing lifetime imprisonment in various offences and were out on parole, nearJalsa country bar by laying a trap after getting the tip-off from source on Wednesday, May 11. The four arrested have been sent to police custody till May 18.

On Wednesday, May 11 the Wagle Estate senior police inspector Vikas Ghodke got information regarding the history sheeters who are out on parole and were planning a dacoity in Thane and Karjat area and to meet at Jalsa country bar in Thane.

Vikas Ghodke, Senior Police Inspector of Wagle police station said, " Soon after receiving the tip from our sources, we laid a trap and arrested the main accused Prem Singh alias Papu Singh and his four accomplices from Jalsa country bar in Thane, where they were planning to do dacoity at a farmhouse in Yeoor and Karjat. We have recovered three country made pistols, eight live cartridges and one bullet motorcycle from them."

Ghodke further added, "In the undergoing investigation we came to know that the main accused who is a history sheeter and wanted in many offences was out on parole and he was planning a dacoity along with his four accomplices at a farmhouse in Yeoor and Karjat area. We have registered a case against all five accused under various section of Indian Penal Code (IPC) 399, 402 and Indian Arms Act 3,25 and Maharashtra Police Act 37(1), 134 on Thursday, May 12."

Ghodke said, "Prem Singh alias Papu Singh was facing a lifetime imprisonment for a murder case under IPC section 302 and he was in Kolhapur central jail and recently he was out on parole. The other accused named Datta Vishu Patil who has cases registered at Kalwa police station under IPC section 323, 326, 504 and 34 and he is out on bail. The gang have been involved in various robbery and dacoity cases earlier. One of the accomplices took advantage of the night and ran away, but soon we will catch him. We are investigating further about how many more cases of robbery and dacoity they were involved in and also about whom they were selling the weapons."

The accused arrested are Prem Singh alias Papu Singh (51) a resident of Chembur, Datta Vishu Patil (30) a resident of Vitawa, Suraj Kumar Yadav (19) a resident of Chembur and Kundan Kumar Singh (42) a resident of Lokmanya Nagar, Pada No.4 in Thane.

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