Four people have been arrested on Monday for attempting to murder a 36-year-old man, who refused to hand over the keys of his motorcycle to one of the assailants.
The four accused have been identified as Akshay alias Akash Anil Jadhav, 23; Swapnil Anil Jadhav, 25; Anil Govind Jadhav, 48, all residents of Sanathnagar, Thergaon and Mayur Ashok Pavle, 21, resident of Pawar colony, Thergaon.
The complaint was lodged by the victim, Sachin Prakash Ruptakke, 36, a resident of Shrikrushna colony, Thergaon, on Monday.
According to the complaint, the incident took place on Sunday, when Ruptakke was sitting with his friends near a godown in Thergaon.
Pavale approached the complainant for the keys to Ruptakke’s two-wheeler. He allegedly did this on behalf of Akash Jadhav. However, as the complainant refused to hand over the keys, the four broke into his house at 11pm and attacked him.
The victim sustained severe head injuries as a result of the attack. Ruptakke is currently undergoing treatment for the same.
A case under Sections 307 (attempted murder), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (insult with an intention of provoking breach of peace), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 34 (common intention) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered at Wakad police station.