Pune Senior Inspector Suspended Over ₹30 Lakh Robbery

A senior inspector in Pune has been suspended after a ₹30 lakh robbery was initially recorded as a missing bag case. The robbery occurred on October 7 in the Market Yard area.

The victims, Shravan Shankarlalji Devasi and Ganpat Hemaram Devasi, were employed at SP Enterprises and were carrying ₹30 lakh in cash when they were robbed. The police were alerted, but they initially treated the complaint as a missing bag case.

It was only after two suspects were arrested by Swargate police and confessed to the crime that a robbery case was registered on October 28, nearly three weeks after the incident. Pune Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar suspended Senior Police Inspector Vishwajit Jagtap with immediate effect due to the lapse.

Questions have been raised over the role of other police officers in handling the complaint. The case is currently under investigation.