Pune: The Mahalunge MIDC police on Thursday arrested three men for illegally confiscating an earthmoving machine and handing it over to the Hagawane family members about a month ago.Deputy commissioner of police Shivaji Pawar said, “We have arrested Yogesh Raskar (25), Vaibhav Pingale (27) — both of Talegaon Dhamdhere, and Ganesh Potale (25) of Mohitewadi for aiding Lata Hagawane and her son Shashank in a cheating case registered with the police on May 29.”Pawar said, “The trio are recovery agents with a bank and had taken away the machine. They gave it to the Hagawanes, despite the bank stating there was no need to seize the machine.”With the fresh arrests, the number of suspects in the cheating case has reached five, including Lata and Sushant.Earlier, the Hagawanes were arrested in the dowry harassment case of Vaishavi, who allegedly committed suicide at her residence in Bhukum last month.Pawar said, “The trio claimed that the bank had ordered that the earthmover, which was taken on loan from the bank by the complainant in the case, be seized. Instead of giving the machine to the bank, the trio gave it to the Hagawanes.”The victim (33) of Khed lodged a complaint stating that Lata owned the machine and the complainant had agreed to purchase it from her. He was paying a monthly instalment of Rs50,000 to Shashank to repay the loan.Pawar said, “However, instead of paying the instalments, Shashank conspired with recovery agents and illegally took back the machine from the victim and kept it in his possession.”Police said when the victim approached Shashank and demanded back either the machine or the money, Shashank threatened him with a licenced pistol. The victim suffered a financial loss of Rs11.7 lakh because of all this.Pune: The Mahalunge MIDC police on Thursday arrested three men for illegally confiscating an earthmoving machine and handing it over to the Hagawane family members about a month ago.Deputy commissioner of police Shivaji Pawar said, “We have arrested Yogesh Raskar (25), Vaibhav Pingale (27) — both of Talegaon Dhamdhere, and Ganesh Potale (25) of Mohitewadi for aiding Lata Hagawane and her son Shashank in a cheating case registered with the police on May 29.”Pawar said, “The trio are recovery agents with a bank and had taken away the machine. They gave it to the Hagawanes, despite the bank stating there was no need to seize the machine.”With the fresh arrests, the number of suspects in the cheating case has reached five, including Lata and Sushant.Earlier, the Hagawanes were arrested in the dowry harassment case of Vaishavi, who allegedly committed suicide at her residence in Bhukum last month.Pawar said, “The trio claimed that the bank had ordered that the earthmover, which was taken on loan from the bank by the complainant in the case, be seized. Instead of giving the machine to the bank, the trio gave it to the Hagawanes.”The victim (33) of Khed lodged a complaint stating that Lata owned the machine and the complainant had agreed to purchase it from her. He was paying a monthly instalment of Rs50,000 to Shashank to repay the loan.Pawar said, “However, instead of paying the instalments, Shashank conspired with recovery agents and illegally took back the machine from the victim and kept it in his possession.”Police said when the victim approached Shashank and demanded back either the machine or the money, Shashank threatened him with a licenced pistol. The victim suffered a financial loss of Rs11.7 lakh because of all this.
