PUNE: A Dutch national was arrested by the Satara police and sent to Satara jail in judicial custody for crashing a stolen jeep in Karad city on Sunday.
A complaint of theft of the jeep was lodged by Dnyandeo Krushnath Nalawade (42) a resident of Navadi village in Patan, Satara.
“He had gone to a shop and left his car outside when this woman fled with it. We asked her how she ended up here from Uttarakhand and who her friends/family are but she is not co-operating,” said PSI Machale.
The woman, identified as Pauline Schuring (24), is a resident of the Netherlands and was registered at the foreign registration office (FRO) in Haridwar, Uttarakhand.
The accident took place on the Karad-Patan road on Sunday afternoon. No casualty was reported.
“She was bailed out in the accident case on Monday, but arrested in a fresh vehicle theft case at Patan police station,” said senior police inspector BR Patil of Karad city police station.
The woman was granted a tourist visa in Uttarakhand on November 20. Her visa is valid until December 26, according to police.
“She had stolen a jeep from Patan and we had already received a complaint. Today (Monday) she was bailed in that case and then brought here with the vehicle,” said police sub-inspector (PSI) Samadhan Machale, who has charge of the Patan police station in absence of an inpector-level officer.
{{/usCountry}}“She had stolen a jeep from Patan and we had already received a complaint. Today (Monday) she was bailed in that case and then brought here with the vehicle,” said police sub-inspector (PSI) Samadhan Machale, who has charge of the Patan police station in absence of an inpector-level officer.
{{/usCountry}}She is booked under Section 379 (punishment of theft) of Indian Penal Code registered at Patan police station.
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