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Man opens fire while resisting friend’s admission to de-addiction centre; three held
The incident was reported on Thursday between 8:45 pm and 9:05 pm at Aryan Beer Bar, Bakori Road Kesnand
Pune city police have arrested three individuals for open firing and vandalising an ambulance while resisting a hospital staff member’s attempt to admit their friend to a de-addiction centre.
The incident was reported on Thursday between 8:45 pm and 9:05 pm at Aryan Beer Bar, Bakori Road Kesnand.
No injuries were reported in the incident, said police.
The accused have been identified as Vishal Kolate 32, from Bakori, Sandeep Hargude, 42, from Kesnand and Amol Hargude, 36, from Kesnand.
Police said an ambulance came to admit Sandeep at the de-addiction centre located in the Loni Kalbhor area. At that time, accused Vishal openly fired two rounds in the air to threaten the hospital staff. In addition to that, two other accused vandalised an ambulance van and allegedly threatened hospital staff and created terror in the locality during night hours.
According to police, the accused Vishal deals in the land business, and he also runs a hotel. He fired two rounds from his licensed pistol.
A case has been filed at Wagholi police station under sections 109,324(4),49,3(5), of the Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita and sections 3(25), 5(27), of the Arms Act and other relevant sections.
