Chakan

Two bikers stopped an ST bus on the Pune–Nashik highway at Chakan by putting their two-wheeler across its path, and brutally beat the driver.

The bus was travelling from Pune towards Nashik. Passengers on board repeatedly pleaded with the two young men, but the two did not stop the beating.

The attack, in the middle of the highway, left passengers frightened and has again raised the question of ST drivers’ safety.

A major fire broke out at an old wada opposite a church in the Guruwar Peth area of Pune, and fire tenders from the Pune Fire Brigade were sent to the spot to bring the flames under control.

Pune residents were allegedly cheated of lakhs in digital arrest threats, fake challans and crypto investment scams, among them a 75-year-old woman from Karvenagar who was allegedly cheated of ₹32 lakh.

On Monday night, a car allegedly driven on the wrong side of the road and at high speed rammed a two-wheeler on Shinde Bridge in Shivane, near the Warje-Kothrud belt.

Two groups allegedly got into a violent street fight in Bhekrainagar, Pune, and a video of it has gone viral on social media.

The video shows men kicking and assaulting each other. It has raised concerns over public safety and law and order.