The Pune police bought entangled in drama on Monday night over the purported abduction of Rushiraj Sawant — the 32-year-old son of former Maharashtra Minister and Shiv Sena chief Tanaji Sawant — who had in truth boarded a chartered flight “with out telling his father”. The curtains fell after the chartered flight, which was presupposed to be destined for Bangkok, landed again in Pune on Monday evening with Rushiraj and his two buddies onboard.
Pune Metropolis Police on Monday night stated that they had launched a probe after a First Data Report was filed with them over allegations that Rushiraj had been kidnapped from Pune.
A senior officer with Pune Metropolis Police stated, “On Monday night we acquired a criticism from an workplace bearer of an training institute headed by Mr Tanaji Sawant in Pune. The complainant stated Rushiraj had allegedly been kidnapped from Narhe space on Monday afternoon in a Swift automobile. On the time, he was on his option to the airport, the complainant stated. We registered an offence and launched a probe.”
Tanaji Sawant nonetheless had advised reporters in Pune, “I can’t say whether or not it is a kidnapping or he’s lacking. We’ve come to know that the 2 folks with him are his buddies. We grew to become involved after we got here to know he had taken a flight with out informing relations. He (Rushiraj) at all times informs me or my elder son Giriraj the place he’s going. My son (Rushiraj) and the opposite two buddies went to the airport in a automobile that isn’t my son’s. Due to this, we now have concerned the police and they’re probing (the matter). It has come to mild that they’ve taken a chartered flight, however we don’t know their location.”
One other officer from Pune metropolis police stated, “As we launched a probe, our preliminary findings counsel Rushiraj boarded a chartered flight from the Pune airport a while after 4 pm. We didn’t confirm it, however bought to know the flight was destined for Bangkok.”
Joint Commissioner of Police for Pune, Ranjan Kumar Sharma, on Monday eveing stated, “Our groups swung into motion after the criticism was acquired. Preliminary probe suggests that he’s on a flight that took off from Pune. Efforts have been initiated by the police equipment to deliver him again. On this regard, an FIR of kidnapping has been registered at Sinhagad Highway police station. Case has been handed over to the crime department.
Later the identical evening, Sharma advised The Indian Specific, “The replace within the case is that this chartered flight has landed again in Pune round 8.45 pm. The son of Mr Tanaji Sawant and two others had been on the flight and are protected. We shall be chatting with them to determine precisely what has occurred.” When requested in regards to the course of investigation for the kidnapping case registered, Sharma stated, “We’ll take a name on that after we full the probe.”
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When requested whether or not Pune police had contacted civil aviation authorities to divert the airplane again to Pune, a senior Pune police officer stated, “These discussions occurred at a ministerial stage.”
