{
  "id": 355699,
  "title": "Pune: MCOCA Accused Evades Pimpri-Chinchwad Police For 6 Months, Finally Caught 400 Km Away In Karnataka",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/pune-mcoca-accused-evades-pimpri-chinchwad-police-for-6-months",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-09T06:18:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/pune/pune-mcoca-accused-evades-pimpri-chinchwad-police-for-6-months-finally-caught-400-km-away-in-karnataka"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Pune police have arrested a 22-year-old man accused of evading authorities for six months in a case from Karnataka, India. The individual, identified as Ambadas Raju Rathod, is the main accused in a matter registered under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) of 1999. The case, registered under Section 118 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), involves accusations of causing grievous hurt using dangerous weapons, fire, heated substances, poisons, explosives, or animals.\n\nAccording to Pimpri-Chinchwad Police, Rathod has been on the run since the case was registered at the Chikhali Police Station. The investigation team utilized their traditional informer network to locate Rathod, who had been changing his location continuously. The operation to arrest him was conducted after receiving information from an informer that he was in the jurisdiction of Kalgi Police Station in Gulbarga district, Karnataka. A team traveled to Karnataka and set a trap, resulting in Rathod's apprehension.\n\nThe operation was carried out under the guidance of Pune's Commissioner of Police Vinoy Kumar Choubey, Joint Commissioner Dr Shashikant Mahavarkar, Additional Commissioner of Police Basavaraj Teli, Deputy Commissioner of Police Shweta Khedkar, and Assistant Commissioner Pravin More. Chikhali Police Station Superintendent Ranjit Jadhav and Crime Inspector Amol Phadtare oversaw the arrest. Assistant Police Inspector Subhash Chavan and police constables Vinod Honmane, Pravin Bhomale, Arun Sable, and Kanthaya Swami assisted in the operation.\n\nRathod, a resident of Ramdas Nagar in Chikhali, was brought into police custody, and a further investigation into the case is underway.",
  "summary": "Pimpri-Chinchwad: Chikhali police arrested a 22-year-old man who had been absconding for nearly six months in a case from Gulbarga in Karnataka, officials announced on Sunday. The accused had been booked under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) of 1999. The accused, identified as Ambadas Raju Rathod, a resident of Ramdas Nagar in Chikhali, had allegedly been evading arrest by…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}