Mumbai: 2 men barge into pub with firearms, misbehave with women; held

Mumbai Police arrested two men for barging into a pub in Andheri with an unlicensed revolver and misbehaving with women

The Mumbai Police on Wednesday arrested two men for barging into a pub with firearms and misbehaving with women, an official told the news agency PTI. According to the report, the two men were carrying an unlicensed revolver. The incident happened in the wee hours of Monday at an establishment in the Amboli area of Andheri. 

According to a crime branch officer, the accused, a 23-year-old cable operator with six prior cases and a 56-year-old dry fruit merchant, entered the pub, allegedly intimidated its patrons, and harassed the women patrons, the PTI report added. 

Following a comprehensive investigation of the pub's CCTV footage, police identified and held the two perpetrators, who live in Mumbai's Malwani and Jogeshwari neighbourhoods. Additionally, the officials seized the handgun in their possession, the report further stated. 

According to the PTI report, the individuals were charged under Sections 341 (wrongful restraint), 354 A (sexual harassment), 509 (an act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code and relevant provisions of the Arms Act.  

In another incident from Thane district, the cops seized firearms and explosives and arrested three persons. Reportedly, the three persons were conspiring to kill one of the accused's relatives. 

According to the report in PTI, the incident happened on Monday night near an auto-rickshaw stand at Ratandale village along the Mumbai-Agra Highway. Reportedly, an accused fessed up during interrogation that they planned to kill a man, who works in a factory in Kalamgaon, for allegedly mistreating one of the accused's sisters after her husband died. 

During searches, the cops found three knives, a hand bomb, two gelatin sticks, a detonator, a motorcycle and a tempo, the report added. 

Reportedly, the accused had been procuring arms and explosives for the past fortnight to kill the man during his journey back home. The trio, aged 30, 33, and 40, from Bhiwandi in Thane and Bhandup in Mumbai, planned the attack due to the perceived ill-treatment.

The authorities have filed a case against the three individuals under several sections of the Indian Penal Code, including criminal conspiracy and provisions of the Arms Act and Explosive Substances Act.

With PTI inputs

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