PUNE: Vehicle users and staffers at a busy petrol pump in Kondhwe Dhawade went into panic on witnessing two men astride a motorcycle pulling out a country-made pistol and putting it on an autorickshaw driver’s chest over a trivial issue around 8.30pm on Monday.
Police arrested the duo fand registered a case of attempt to murder and assault against them on Tuesday morning. Frightened by the firearm, autorickshaw driver Sameer Sanjay Dhume (28) of Kudje village near Khadakwasla away towards the Uttamnagar police station, barely 500m from the petrol pump.
Someone from the pump had by then made a call and a police team rushed to the site and arreste Sandeep Mohan Sawant (26) and Swaroop Sangpal Awate (19), both residents of Uttamnagar. The police seized the pistol from Sawant and are searching for the person who had sold the firearm to him.
The police have registered a case under relevant sections of IPC and the Indian Arms Act.
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