Pune Theft

Police have arrested four persons allegedly involved in the theft of several mobile phones during a musical concert in Maharashtra's Pune.

Puja Khedkar - the trainee IAS officer facing allegations of lying about mental and visual infirmities to qualify for the Civil Services - applied for a disability certificate from Pune in August 2022 but was shot down.

Puja Khedkar - the on-probation IAS officer under scrutiny after allegedly lying about disabilities - to qualify for the Civil Service, now faces a fresh charge - that she tried to talk the police into releasing a relative accused of theft.

Jewellery worth over Rs 3 crore was stolen from a showroom in Pune.

Police have arrested the main accused involved in the Rs 12 crore cash theft from ICICI Bank in Thane's Manpada area from Pune after more than two-and-a-half months, an official said on Wednesday.

An automated teller machine (ATM) caught fire in Pune during a break-in attempt, according to the police. They further said that cash worth nearly Rs 4 lakh was burnt during the incident which took place on June 12.

Pune Raj Bhavan, where the sandalwood trees were stolen, is the residence of Maharashtra Governor Vidyasagar Rao.

EnStage Inc, which operates from Bangalore, and ElectraCard Services, which is based in Pune, processed card payments for the two Middle Eastern banks that were hit in the theft, according to several people familiar with the situation.

The Pune Crime Branch yesterday arrested Somnath Raghu Waghapure, Assistant Manager at the Manappuram Gold Loan Corporation's Bhavani Peth branch, and one of his three accomplices, Tejas Rajaram Bhosale, for their involvement in Tuesday's heist. The officials recovered Rs 3.35 crore of the stolen booty comprising gold ornaments and cash that was wo...

A well-dressed man believed to be in his thirties allegedly stole a golden crown worth Rs 2 lakh from an idol in the Godiji Parshwanath Temple in Guruwar Peth around 8 pm on Wednesday. The temple officials discovered the missing jewellery around half-an-hour later. The theft was captured on closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras installed at vari...

Others steal vehicles to make money by selling them after changing the number plate, but the police say Kishor Bhimrao Khadke, a BSc graduate from Amravati, does it for the fun of biking.The police said Khadke stole three two-wheelers in the past 30 days to go on long rides. The Vishrambaug police booked Khadke under Section 379 (stealing) of the I...

Taking note of rising cases of thefts and robberies at petrol pumps, at least 350 petrol pump owners in the district have asked the police for arms licenses. However, they say their demand has fallen on deaf years.Ali Daruwala, President of Western India Petrol Dealers' Association, said: "For long, we have been demanding arm licenses for our 350 m...

Police investigations into the October 19 burglary in a bungalow in Mahatma Society, Kothrud, have thrown up unlikely suspects: two minor boys aged 9 and 13 years.The duo made away with diamond and gold jewellery and silverware valued at Rs 5.28 lakh.Deputy commissioner of police (zone-I) Dnyaneshwar Phadtare said on Sunday the Kothrud police have ...

A city jeweller's wife was found murdered in their rented flat at Shubham Apartments in Nana Peth on Wednesday. The culprits slit the throat of Jayanti Nagraj Chhajed (55) with a sharp-edged weapon and decamped with gold ornaments valued at Rs32 lakh.Some cash and silver ornaments remained safe. The victim's husband, Nagraj Chhajed, has lodged a co...

Unidentified suspects early morning on Sunday attempted to commit house breaking theft at NCP corporator Vishal Tambe's home in Dhankavdi.The alert corporator informed the police control room immediately but the suspect managed to escape.The corporator has a two-storey building at Chaitanyanagar. The suspects entered the first floor of the building...

Police have arrested four persons allegedly involved in the theft of several mobile phones during a musical concert in Maharashtra's Pune.

Puja Khedkar - the trainee IAS officer facing allegations of lying about mental and visual infirmities to qualify for the Civil Services - applied for a disability certificate from Pune in August 2022 but was shot down.

Puja Khedkar - the on-probation IAS officer under scrutiny after allegedly lying about disabilities - to qualify for the Civil Service, now faces a fresh charge - that she tried to talk the police into releasing a relative accused of theft.

Jewellery worth over Rs 3 crore was stolen from a showroom in Pune.

Police have arrested the main accused involved in the Rs 12 crore cash theft from ICICI Bank in Thane's Manpada area from Pune after more than two-and-a-half months, an official said on Wednesday.

An automated teller machine (ATM) caught fire in Pune during a break-in attempt, according to the police. They further said that cash worth nearly Rs 4 lakh was burnt during the incident which took place on June 12.

Pune Raj Bhavan, where the sandalwood trees were stolen, is the residence of Maharashtra Governor Vidyasagar Rao.

EnStage Inc, which operates from Bangalore, and ElectraCard Services, which is based in Pune, processed card payments for the two Middle Eastern banks that were hit in the theft, according to several people familiar with the situation.

The Pune Crime Branch yesterday arrested Somnath Raghu Waghapure, Assistant Manager at the Manappuram Gold Loan Corporation's Bhavani Peth branch, and one of his three accomplices, Tejas Rajaram Bhosale, for their involvement in Tuesday's heist. The officials recovered Rs 3.35 crore of the stolen booty comprising gold ornaments and cash that was wo...

A well-dressed man believed to be in his thirties allegedly stole a golden crown worth Rs 2 lakh from an idol in the Godiji Parshwanath Temple in Guruwar Peth around 8 pm on Wednesday. The temple officials discovered the missing jewellery around half-an-hour later. The theft was captured on closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras installed at vari...

Others steal vehicles to make money by selling them after changing the number plate, but the police say Kishor Bhimrao Khadke, a BSc graduate from Amravati, does it for the fun of biking.The police said Khadke stole three two-wheelers in the past 30 days to go on long rides. The Vishrambaug police booked Khadke under Section 379 (stealing) of the I...

Taking note of rising cases of thefts and robberies at petrol pumps, at least 350 petrol pump owners in the district have asked the police for arms licenses. However, they say their demand has fallen on deaf years.Ali Daruwala, President of Western India Petrol Dealers' Association, said: "For long, we have been demanding arm licenses for our 350 m...

Police investigations into the October 19 burglary in a bungalow in Mahatma Society, Kothrud, have thrown up unlikely suspects: two minor boys aged 9 and 13 years.The duo made away with diamond and gold jewellery and silverware valued at Rs 5.28 lakh.Deputy commissioner of police (zone-I) Dnyaneshwar Phadtare said on Sunday the Kothrud police have ...

A city jeweller's wife was found murdered in their rented flat at Shubham Apartments in Nana Peth on Wednesday. The culprits slit the throat of Jayanti Nagraj Chhajed (55) with a sharp-edged weapon and decamped with gold ornaments valued at Rs32 lakh.Some cash and silver ornaments remained safe. The victim's husband, Nagraj Chhajed, has lodged a co...

Unidentified suspects early morning on Sunday attempted to commit house breaking theft at NCP corporator Vishal Tambe's home in Dhankavdi.The alert corporator informed the police control room immediately but the suspect managed to escape.The corporator has a two-storey building at Chaitanyanagar. The suspects entered the first floor of the building...