PUNE: Four men fired multiple rounds of bullets to kill a 38-year-old wrestler in his SUV at Shel Pimpalgaon near Chakan, about 40 km from the city, around 10pm on Thursday.
“Prima facie, old rivalry appears to be the motive behind the murder,” Pimpri Chinchwad deputy commissioner of police Manchak Ipper told TOI on Friday. “We have established the identity of the assailants and four of our teams are working on arresting them,” he said.
Based on the recovery of empty rounds in and around the scene of crime, the police said the assailants fired at least eight to 10 rounds at the victim. “There were eight bullet wounds on Karale’s body. We have found 10 empty cartridges from the scene of crime. The manner in which the crime was executed indicated it to be a pre-planned act,” Ipper said.
Karale was a wrestler and known as “Pahilwan” in Shel Pimpalgaon. He used to run a wrestling academy at Shel Pimpalgaon. This was the third murder in the Pimpri Chinchwad area in the past seven days.
CCTV footage recovered by the police showed Karale opening the door of the sports utility vehicle (SUV) to take the driver’s seat. He was about to start his vehicle when the assailants came in a car and stopped behind his SUV. One of them hurriedly approached the SUV from the right side and fired at Karale from close range. Another assailant followed suit and fired a few more shots, as Karale tried to move to the adjacent seat. A third assailant then came from the left side of the SUV and fired shots, barely giving any chance to Karale to escape or survive, the police said.
The entire incident occurred within a matter of a few seconds, as the assailants swiftly got back into their car and sped away. Karale’s friend and some people from the vicinity rushed to the spot and ran towards the car, but in vain. Karale was taken to a hospital at Chakan where he was pronounced dead by the doctors.
Ipper cited investigation so far and said Karale had on Thursday night gone to meet a friend at the latter’s beer shop at Shel Pimpalgaon. “He was attacked, when he was leaving the shop. The assailants did not give him a chance to escape,” the officer said.
On December 18, Yogesh Jagtap, a criminal on police records, was shot dead at Katepuram Chowk in Pimple Gurav. On Wednesday night, a 17-year-old college student from Talegaon Dabhade was brutally murdered by his cousin and neighbour.
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“Prima facie, old rivalry appears to be the motive behind the murder,” Pimpri Chinchwad deputy commissioner of police Manchak Ipper told TOI on Friday. “We have established the identity of the assailants and four of our teams are working on arresting them,” he said.
Based on the recovery of empty rounds in and around the scene of crime, the police said the assailants fired at least eight to 10 rounds at the victim. “There were eight bullet wounds on Karale’s body. We have found 10 empty cartridges from the scene of crime. The manner in which the crime was executed indicated it to be a pre-planned act,” Ipper said.
Karale was a wrestler and known as “Pahilwan” in Shel Pimpalgaon. He used to run a wrestling academy at Shel Pimpalgaon. This was the third murder in the Pimpri Chinchwad area in the past seven days.
CCTV footage recovered by the police showed Karale opening the door of the sports utility vehicle (SUV) to take the driver’s seat. He was about to start his vehicle when the assailants came in a car and stopped behind his SUV. One of them hurriedly approached the SUV from the right side and fired at Karale from close range. Another assailant followed suit and fired a few more shots, as Karale tried to move to the adjacent seat. A third assailant then came from the left side of the SUV and fired shots, barely giving any chance to Karale to escape or survive, the police said.
The entire incident occurred within a matter of a few seconds, as the assailants swiftly got back into their car and sped away. Karale’s friend and some people from the vicinity rushed to the spot and ran towards the car, but in vain. Karale was taken to a hospital at Chakan where he was pronounced dead by the doctors.
Ipper cited investigation so far and said Karale had on Thursday night gone to meet a friend at the latter’s beer shop at Shel Pimpalgaon. “He was attacked, when he was leaving the shop. The assailants did not give him a chance to escape,” the officer said.
On December 18, Yogesh Jagtap, a criminal on police records, was shot dead at Katepuram Chowk in Pimple Gurav. On Wednesday night, a 17-year-old college student from Talegaon Dabhade was brutally murdered by his cousin and neighbour.
Watch On cam: 4 men fire series of shots to kill 38-year-old wrestler near Pune
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