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Mumbai: Cop turns robber after losing Rs 42L in online betting
Updated On: 17 October, 2023 05:44 AM IST | Mumbai | Diwakar Sharma
Details emerge after arrest of QRT constable in highway murder-robbery case, where he fired 8 times at the victim near Bhiwandi
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The cop-turned-bandit in police custody
A 37-year-old head constable, attached to the Mumbai Police’s quick response team (QRT), transformed into a highway robber after struggling to repay bank loans worth Rs 42 lakh. Sources from Padgha police told mid-day that the policeman, Suraj Devram Dhokare, had racked up the debt after losing money on betting apps. On Friday night, intending to loot motorcyclists on a deserted road, Dhokare fired eight rounds at cousins Azim Aslam Sayed and Firoz Rafiq Shaikh, who were heading to Malegaon on their motorcycle.
Sayed, 30, succumbed to bullet injuries he received on his abdomen and thigh, while Firoz, whose jaw got badly damaged by a gunshot, is still battling for life at Sion hospital. “Azim is no more,” said his uncle Rafiq. mid-day was the first to report about the firing incident in its Sunday edition. The policeman had used a face mask to conceal his identity. The Superintendent of Thane Rural Police Vikram Deshmane told mid-day that Dhokare had borrowed the motorcycle he was on from a friend in order to commit the offence. But he left the motorcycle behind after the public started to converge at the crime spot after hearing eight gunshots being fired.
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