Pune Railway Station Robbery: 150 CCTV Cameras Help Police Nab 3 Men From Dombivli
Pune: The Bundgarden police have arrested three men from Dombivli for allegedly attacking a senior railway booking clerk with a knife and robbing him at Pune Railway Station in the early hours of August 18. The police tracked the suspects using footage from more than 150 CCTV cameras installed at railway stations along their escape route, officials said on Tuesday. The arrested accused have been…
On August 18, Pune Railway Station was the scene of a robbery where a senior booking clerk was attacked with a knife and robbed of valuables. The suspect trio - Jitendra Motiram Rathod, Ishwar Gorakh Chavan, and Ajay Madan Chavan - were apprehended using over 150 CCTV cameras installed along their escape route. The victim, Calvin Solomon Gayla, was on duty when the assailants tied him up and attempted to kill him before fleeing with cash, phones and a gold chain.
Police located the suspects after analyzing footage and discovered they had traveled via various trains from Pune to Dombivli. They were arrested on August 21 when police raided a location in Dombivli based on confidential information. The accused are childhood friends, with Rathod being an autorickshaw driver and Chavan a B.Pharm graduate. All three have been remanded in police custody until August 25.
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