Pune: An eatery owner and one of his accomplices were arrested in the early hours of Thursday after they forced a civil services aspirant (28) into an SUV barely 400m away from Perugate police chowkey around 12.30am for talking to the suspect’s female friend.
Police said the suspects drove the aspirant around the city while beating him up then transferred him to another vehicle, before releasing him near Alka Talkies and trying to flee.
They ultimately arrested eatery owner Sagar Ramesh Borade (32) and his aide Kishor Balasaheb Sawant (32) on the charge of abducting the civil services aspirant Prasad Suryavanshi. Deputy commissioner of police (Zone I) Krushikesh Rawale on Thursday afternoon said, “Borade hails from Walchandnagar and is currently staying in Pnecity, and his accomplice, Sawant of Malshiras in Solapur district, were arrested around 2.30am. The police team on motorcycles again trailed the SUV as it started from Alka Talkies Chowk towards Swargate and finally intercepted it after a 1.5km chase.
They beat up Suryavanshi and pushed him into the vehicle,” DCP Rawale said. High drama ensued as police chased the suspects’ SUVs for about 32km. A case of abduction and assault has been registered against five people, including Borade’s female friend, who is also a civil services aspirant and close to Suryavanshi. The woman civil services aspirant and Suryavanshi continued talking to each other despite Borade’s warning. After she disclosed his location, Borade and three other men reached the spot in an SUV. In the meantime, one of the hostel mates of Suryavanshi called the police control room and informed the personnel about the abduction. The police studied the vehicle’s registration number and identified its owner as Borade. The police team chased the SUV in which Suryavanshi was abducted and taken to the Sinhagad Road area, a distance of about 16km. The personnel chased the other SUV also up to Alka Talkies Chowk, a distance of about another 16km. Borade and Sawant were subsequently detained.
“The matter escalated on Wednesday evening and Borade asked her female friend to reveal Suryavanshi’s location.