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NAVI MUMBAI: Rabale police have filed an FIR following a road rage incident in which the helper of a cement mixer was kidnapped by a person driving an SUV which brushed past the heavy vehicle on Mulund-Airoli road Saturday evening. DCP (zone 1) Pankaj Dahane said the SUV was in the name of Puja Automobiles, which is registered at the address of suspended IAS officer Puja Khedkar's Pune bungalow. The cleaner was rescued from Khedkar's bungalow on Sunday, Rabale senior inspector Balkrushna Sawant said.However, when police later went to the residence in connection with the probe, they found it locked, according to senior inspector Uttam Bhajnawale of Chatushrungi police.
The driver of the SUV is on the run.
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Police summon Khedkar’s mother“We have summoned the owner of the SUV,” Rabale SI Balkrushna Sawant said. The complainant, Vilas Dhengre (53), who owns the cement mixer, said his driver Chandkumar Chavan had told him that the SUV had grazed his vehicle at a traffic signal on MulundAiroli bridge. Following an argument, the SUV driver told the truck’s cleaner Prahlad Kumar (22) to accompany him to Rabale police station.
Around 8.30pm on Saturday, Chavan contacted Dhengre and informed him that Kumar was not answering his calls. Then Chavan and Dhengre met on Sion-Panvel highway at Kharghar and began a search for Kumar.Rabale police on Sunday traced the SUV to Pune and rescued Kumar. SI Sawant said, “The victim was held at the bungalow of suspended IAS officer Puja Khedkar. However, the people there did not cooperate with us. Khedkar’s mother and others in the house have been asked to report to the police station.’’ TOI tried to contact Puja Khedkar for comment, but she was unavailable. (With inputs from Gitesh Shelke)
