Female officer mirrors Bollywood's 'Singham' style to nab cheater in Nalasopara

A mostwanted cheater who had been on the run since 2016 tried to crush a police team under the wheel of his speeding SUV in Nalasopara but a brave female police officer chased him in a Bollywood Singham style and pinned him down despite one constablersquos leg getting fractured in the operationThe 38yearold accused builder Ajit Dayashankar Mishra is a history sheeter against whom five FIRs are registered at Tulinj and Achole police stations in Nalasopara East Despite FIRs multiple complaints have been submitted at various police stations against Mishra said the policeThe fresh FIR was registered against Mishra at Achole police station on October 18 after complainant Kaushalendra Pandey approached cops with a complaint against himldquoMishra was never arrested in the past despite many FIRs for cheating and forgery being registered against him But after I took charge of the Achole police station one victim Pandey approached me with his complaint against Mishra Subsequently an FIR under various sections of the IPC including 420 465 467 468 of Indian Penal Code was registered And today our brave officer WPSI Rekha Patil arrested him after risking her liferdquo said senior inspector Babasaheb Pawar of Achole police stationPawar told midday ldquoHe is a big cheater who has been wanted since 2016 in the area One female had also approached me a couple of days ago with a complaint against Mishra I had promised her that he would be arrested within 72 hours And our team worked relentlessly and kept up with my words They gathered information about Mishrarsquos whereabouts kept a watch on his movement and nabbed himrdquoTalking to midday the brave subinspector Rekha Patil said that her team learnt about Mishrarsquos white Innova car in the Nalasoapra arealdquoWe immediately swung into action and reached the spot We noticed that the car was parked Soon Mishra got inside the car but he noticed a police team in frontrdquo recalled WPSI Rekha PatilWPSI Rekha Patil PicHanif PatelldquoThe moment I signaled Mishra to stop his vehicle he asked his driver to speed up saying lsquoChalo Chalo Bhago Police aayi haihellipjo samne aata hai uske upar gaadi chadhaa dorsquo Hearing this the driver accelerated the SUV I made a hairline escape from the injuries as I was standing right in front of the car But the car brushed our MSP constable Amol Awad 24rdquo she recalledThe brave lady Singham did not give up and chased the car for a few meters All thanks to traffic congestion that forced the SUV driver to slow down his car which could not penetrate into the jamMeanwhile WPSI Patil arrived opened the gate and pulled Mishra out of the car By this time her team had also arrived and nabbed the driver who was trying to flee from the spotAjit Mishrarsquos white Innova car PicHanif PatelldquoWe have also confiscated his car and produced it before him in the court that has granted him police custody for further investigationsrdquo she addedldquoIt was a dramatic chase but we successfully managed to arrest him His family lives in Nalasopara but Mishra would discreetly visit his house seldomlyrdquo she addedPolice said that Mishra would convince land owners to construct buildings on the plot on the pretext of giving them flats in the residential complexes but would always end up forging documents to illegally grab the landsSources in the police department told midday that Mishra had developed a few moles in the force and they would always leak information to him whenever cops planned to arrest him ldquoIt was the reason he was never arrested since 2016 All the cases against him are related to cheating and forgeryrdquo said the sourceldquoOne of the complainants had also approached the Supreme Court with his plea for action against Mishra In the apex court his counsel said that Mishra wants to surrender But despite giving him sufficient time to surrender Mishra was on the run as he knew no police could arrest him in MBVV jurisdiction But a lady police officer pinned him downrdquo the source added