Pune: Kharadi police have arrested two youngsters – aged 20 and 18 – and detained their minor accomplice (17) for allegedly abducting and assaulting a youth (19) on Monday evening.The victim lodged a complaint on Tuesday after being treated at a private hospital.The suspects are all residents of Hadapsar. They used a hatchback car for the abduction and assaulted the victim with belts and wooden sticks due to an old rivalry.Police are also searching for six more people in the case. Sanjay Chavan, senior inspector of Kharadi police station, said, “The victim suffered serious injuries to his head and face.”He said, “The suspects spotted the complainant in the evening and pushed him inside the car. They then took him to an isolated spot in Hadapsar.”“One of the residents saw the suspects beating and pushing the victim inside the car and raised an alarm. Our team tracked them down, but the suspects fled after spotting the police vehicle. However, we again traced them down and arrested them,” he said.“The suspects and the victim were classmates at a college in Hadapsar. They had been involved in a rivalry since their college days. All of them dropped out of the college, but their rivalry continued. The suspects wanted to teach the victim a lesson,” Chavan said.
