Pune: Pimpri Chinchwad police on Thursday arrested two men and detained a minor for allegedly robbing a 29-year-old sugarcane juice vendor of Rs12,000 in Nighoje on Sept 28.The victim was returning home in Mhalunge when he boarded a shared rickshaw at Nigdi bus stop with three men, one of them the driver. The trio threatened him with a sharp weapon, robbed him and dumped him on the road before driving off.Two of the accused, Aman Shaikh (26) and Shekhar Mane (21), have criminal records. Shaikh, arrested earlier under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), was released on bail about 15 days ago. Mane has cases of robbery and assault registered against him.Acting on the victim’s complaint, police traced the autorickshaw and took the trio into custody.“We are investigating whether the duo and their minor accomplice were involved in more crimes,” a police officer said.
