How after a midnight ATM break, a thrilling chase by cops led to recovery of Rs 10.52 lakh in Pimpri Chinchwad

Police constable Santosh Holkar received accusation astir the incident. He alerted his colleagues astatine the Mhalunge MIDC constabulary station, who were connected nighttime patrolling duty.

On the instructions of elder constabulary inspector Nitin Gite, constabulary constables Yuvraj Birajdar and Amol Mate rushed to the spot and learnt that the accused escaped successful an SUV car. Police launched a pursuit and tried to intercept the SUV, but the accused allegedly dashed the car connected the constabulary conveyance and escaped.

Police continued to pursuit the SUV towards Waghjai Phata. A constabulary squad comprising sub inspectors Jitendra Pardeshi and Datta Jadhav blocked a roadworthy to halt the SUV. But the accused changed their way and escaped towards Chakan.

Police constable Ashok Gabhale and Ganesh Gaikwad, who were connected patrolling duty, tried to artifact the SUV by getting a instrumentality motortruck successful the mediate of the roadworthy astatine Ambethan junction successful Chakan. However, the accused changed their way and entered a lane successful Ambethan.

Police said arsenic the lane was narrow, it was not imaginable for the accused to thrust the SUV further and a constabulary squad was tailing them behind.

The accused near their SUV down and fled, taking vantage of the acheronian successful the midnight hours.

Meanwhile, constabulary reached the spot and seized the cash, SUV and different items. Deputy Commissioner of Police (zone 3) Shivaji Pawar said a hunt was connected for identifying and tracing the accused. An FIR successful the lawsuit was lodged astatine Chakan constabulary station.