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Pune: Armed Thieves Lock Residents Inside, Attempt Robbery; One Arrested, Three Absconding
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News18•05-10-2026, 09:29
Pune: Armed Thieves Lock Residents Inside, Attempt Robbery; One Arrested, Three Absconding
- •Four armed thieves entered Sunshine Park Society in Balewadi, Pune, at 2:30 AM on October 3rd.
- •The thieves locked the doors of several flats from the outside, intending to break in and steal.
- •Residents and security guards became suspicious and immediately alerted the police.
- •Upon realizing the police were approaching, the thieves fled; one was arrested from the terrace.
- •The arrested accused is Ramkishore Vinodkumar Dabla (26, from Delhi); police are searching for the other three.
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Four armed thieves entered the society at around 2:30 AM, locking neighboring flats from the outside with the intention to steal. However, residents and security guards woke up and alerted the police, causing the suspects to flee while one was caught hiding on the terrace.
The police searched the terrace after the suspects fled and took one of the accused into custody, identified as 26-year-old Ramkishore Vinodkumar Dabla. The remaining three accused managed to abscond, and authorities are actively searching for them.
Gajanan Prakash Shete, a 51-year-old resident of Sunshine Park Society, filed the official police complaint regarding the terrifying incident where houses were locked from the outside by armed intruders.
