Recover 4 tractors, 3 SUVs worth Rs 40 lakh
Recover 4 tractors, 3 SUVs worth Rs 40 lakh
The anti-vehicle theft cell of the police claimed to have busted a vehicle-lifting gang by nabbing three persons and recovering four tractors and three SUVs worth Rs 40 lakh from their possession yesterday.u00a0
Got them: (From left) Accused Somnath Chaudhari, Ramesh Kumbharu00a0
and Raju Javalkar. Pic/Krunal Gosaviu00a0
According to the police, the kingpin of gang has been identified as Raju Baburao Jawalkar (43), a resident of Khanapur in Haveli taluka.u00a0
Jawalkar has 128 cases of vehicle theft and house break-in registered against him in several police stations in the city as well as in rural parts of the district. The police said that the accused also had stolen some vehicles from Ahmednagar and Satara districts.u00a0
His accomplices have been identified as Somnath Chaudhary (24), a resident of Fursungi, and Ramesh Mahadev Kumbhar (32) of Kolhapur.u00a0
