Pune: Three Suspects in Taloja Firing Case Detained by Ambegaon Police
Reported by Mubarak Ansari
Katraj, 24th October 2026: Ambegaon police have detained three men wanted in connection with a firing incident in Taloja, Navi Mumbai, after tracing them to the Dattanagar area of Pune. The suspects were subsequently handed over to Navi Mumbai police for further action, informed Senior Police Inspector Sharad Zine.
The suspects have been identified as Rudra Dadasaheb Baravkar, 19, a resident of Mhaske Chawl on Jain Mandir Road in Santoshnagar, Katraj; Aniket Pratap Narawade, 19, a resident of Khandale in Ranjangaon, Shirur taluka; and Saurabh Gorakh Chaudhary, 24, a resident of Santoshnagar, Katraj.
According to police, the firing occurred at around 1.17 am on October 24 near Marvel Building, close to Shivaji Chowk in Phase II of Taloja, Panvel taluka, Raigad district. Police alleged that the accused assaulted the complainant over a financial dispute and fired a pistol at him, causing serious injuries, in an attempt to kill him.
An offence was registered at Taloja police station under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Arms Act and the Maharashtra Police Act.
“After receiving information that the wanted accused were in the Dattanagar area, the investigation team went to the location, laid a trap and detained them,” Inspector Zine said.
Police personnel Dhanaji Dhone and Sachin Gade of the Ambegaon police station detection branch received the information about the suspects’ whereabouts. Acting on the input, the team carried out the operation and took the three men into custody.
“The accused have been handed over to Navi Mumbai police for further action,” Inspector Zine added.
The operation was conducted under the guidance of Deputy Commissioner of Police for Zone II Milind Mohite, Deputy Commissioner of Police for Zone III Sagar Kavade, and Assistant Commissioner of Police for the Bharati Vidyapeeth division Rahul Aware.
The team included Ambegaon police station Senior Police Inspector Sharad Zine, Police Inspector (Crime) Changdev Sajgane and Police Sub-Inspector Yuvraj Shinde. Police personnel Chetan Gore, Hanumant Masal, Harish Gaikwad, Dhanaji Dhone, Sachin Gade, Dnyaneshwar Chite, Rakesh Tekawade, Pramod Bhosale, Nitin Katunde, Yogesh Jagdale, Ajay Kamthe, Subhash More, Shivaji Potale and Firoz Shaikh also participated in the operation.
