Three held with country-made bombs, detonators in Shahapur

One of them confessed that they planned to murder his widowed sister’s brother in law for denying her a share in family property

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The Shahapur police on Monday arrested three people who planned to kill a man and seized two country-made bombs, a knife, a tempo, a motorcycle, and three mobile phones from their possession.

Police said that the arrested accused have been identified as Pankesh Shinde, 33, Mahesh Chavhan, 40, and Rajan Harad, 36. They all were residents of Bhiwandi.

Police sources said that Khardi police were patrolling the Mumbai-Agra National Highway on Monday night, and found it suspicious that three people were roaming around at 11.30 am and their tempo parked nearby. When the police enquired with them but they gave evasive replies. The police patrol then checked their tempo and found two country-made bombs attached with detonators, two electric wires, four detonators, two knives, a tempo, and a motorcycle. They were brought to the police station and questioned. The trio said they were labourers and had purchased the explosives from a fisherman who uses explosives in blast fishing.

Nitin Khairnar, the investogation officer from Shahpur police station said, “Two sisters of accused Shinde solemnized their marriage with Prabhakar Sase and his cousin. One sister’s husband passed away two years ago. A case was lodged under 354 (assault or criminal force to women with outrage her modesty) of the Indian Penal Code against Sase.”

A case was lodged under sections 120(B)(Punishment for criminal conspiracy), 286 (Negligent conduct concerning explosive substance), and 34 (Common Intention) against them under various sections of the Indian Penal Code. The accused was produced in court and remanded into three days of police custody.