Three friends arrested for youth’s murder in Pune

The trio was arrested after the police received a tip-off that they had murdered Mangesh and would be arriving near Loni Toll naka area of Hadapsar

Pune: The crime branch unit 5 sleuths on Monday arrested three persons for the murder of their friend over a petty reason. The victim, identified as Mangesh Kishore Shingade (21), was murdered in Bhekrainagar on May 30 and the FIR was lodged the same day.

The crime branch unit 5 sleuths on Monday arrested three persons for the murder of their friend over a petty reason. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

The police have invoked IPC Sections 302 and 34 and Maharashtra Police Act against the accused, identified as Kiran Vitthal Dhotre (19), a resident of Yadav chawl in Bhekrainagar; Prashant Shankar Hiremath (19) of Dhamalwadi in Hadapsar and Ajay Sachin Mane (20) of Bhekrainagar.

The trio was arrested after the police received a tip-off that they had murdered Mangesh and would be arriving near Loni Toll naka area of Hadapsar. According to unit 5 incharge Hemant Patil and the investigation officer in the case, the accused had a fight with the deceased two days ago and decided to murder him seeking revenge.