Bikers throw petrol bomb at office of NCP MLA’s brother, probe underway

The Pimpri-Chinchwad police are on the lookout for two persons on a bike for allegedly throwing a petrol bomb on the office of a politician’s brother Tuesday afternoon

PUNE: The Pimpri-Chinchwad police are on the lookout for two persons on a bike for allegedly throwing a petrol bomb on the office of a politician’s brother Tuesday afternoon. The office in question is that of Shankar Jagtap, brother of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA, Laxman Jagtap. It is located at Srishti chowk in the Pimple Gurav area under the jurisdiction of the Pimpri-Chinchwad police.

The Pimpri-Chinchwad police are on the lookout for two persons on a bike for allegedly throwing a petrol bomb on the office of a politician’s brother Tuesday afternoon. (HT)

Senior police inspector Sunil Tonpe of Sangvi police station said, “The office belongs to the brother of the politician. We are not sure if it was a politically motivated attack. That is a part of the investigation and we cannot say anything just yet.”