On Thursday, 2nd January, Maharashtra Police in the city of Pune booked 5 individuals named Sadik Sheikh, Nur Sheikh, Irfan Beig, Salim Tamboli, and Immu Sheikh for assaulting 3 Hindu individuals out of elongated personal enmity. The accused persons also threatened the victims to death as they attacked them with sharp weapons like knives and curved blades. The sections imposed against the accused persons are 109(1), 118(1), 126(2), 189(4), 190, 191(3) of the Bharatiya Nyay Samhita, 2023; sections 4 and 25 of the Arms Act, 1959; and 37(1), 37(3) and 135 of the Bombay Police Act, 1951.
OpIndia has exclusively obtained the FIR copy of the incident. As per the document, the incident is said to have happened on the night of January 1st when the accused persons were celebrating the birthday of the primary accused person identified as Sadik. The complainant identified as Anil stated that the accused persons in an inebriated state arrived in his residential locality late at around 11 pm and attacked his uncle, Ajay, and his younger cousin accompanying him. The accused persons, as per Anil, used sharp weapons like knives to launch a deadly attack on his uncle. He also stated that the accused persons threatened them and said that they would be killed soon.
As per the FIR copy, the accused persons are known to the victims and they hold personal enmity out of which the recent attack was launched. The accused Sadik had in the year 2005 murdered his father, as per the complainant. The accused persons had also launched a murderous attack on the complainant’s uncle, Ajay in the years 2001 and 2011. Following this, Sadik, and his associates identified as Salim and Immu, had been jailed by the police. They were later released. However, they continued to hold enmity against the complaint and his family.
Anil, who has filed an FIR in the case stated that the incident happened when he was roaming around in the area on the night of 1st January while talking to one of his relatives over the phone. Meanwhile, he saw his uncle, Ajay, and cousin accompanying him returning from their workplaces. In the meantime, the accused persons including Sadik arrived at the locality on various bikes and began abusing Ajay and his son. They then removed the sharp weapons that they were carrying and attacked the duo out of personal elongated enmity.
On seeing this, the complainant rushed to help his uncle and cousin. However, the accused Sadik launched a deadly attack on the complainant and threatened him saying that he would be murdered just like in father in the year 2005. The accused persons asked the complainant to stay away, however, on refusal, they assaulted him resulting in minor injuries. The accused persons also used weapons resulting in severe injuries to Uncle Ajay and his son.
The victim persons then hurriedly rushed to the police station to launch a complaint. On seeing this, the accused persons fled from the spot on their bikes. Later the victims went to the hospital for immediate treatment after which the complainant called the police from within the premises and narrated the entire ordeal.
OpIndia talked to complainant Anil in the case. Confirming the entire incident, he said that the accused persons have been constantly threatening and assaulting him and his uncle for years. He said that his father was murdered in 2005. Since then the accused have been threatening and following his family. He said that they had previously attempted to attack his uncle twice, once in 2001 and the next time in 2011. “At that time we lodged a complaint resulting in the arrest of Sadik, Nur, and Immu. They were jailed and also released. Not only this, but they also launched an attack on us three months back. During this, we attempted to resolve the matter out of the police station. But the recent one has left us severely injured. The police have now arrested 4 accused in the case,” he said.
On asking the reason for the enmity that led to the murder of his father, the complainant said that he was very small at that time and didn’t exactly know what had happened back then. He also added that he didn’t know why they were behind his Uncle now. “We all stay in one area. They (the accused) keep watch on us, they threaten us constantly and also abuse us. This has been happening for years. At times we have tried to resolve the matter, whatever it may be, but they continue to hold enmity against us,” the complainant added stating that they have been staying in fear for all these years.
OpIndia tried contacting the police station for an official statement, but the calls remained unanswered. The report will be updated once the details are obtained.
However, the complainant has confirmed that 4 of the accused persons identified as Sadik Sheikh, Nur Sheikh, Irfan Beig, and Salim Tamboli have been arrested by the police under sections 109(1), 118(1), 126(2), 189(4), 190, 191(3) of the Bharatiya Nyay Samhita, 2023; sections 4 and 25 of the Arms Act, 1959; and 37(1), 37(3) and 135 of the Bombay Police Act, 1951.
Further probe in the case is underway.
