CCTV Footage Showing Pune Minibus Fire Prompts Cops To Question Driver. Then, A Confession
Pune Minibus Fire: Initially, the fire was considered to have happened because of a short-circuit but the intensity of the fire made the police suspicious.
The probe into the fire on a minibus in Pune’s IT hub Hinjewadi- in which four employees of a printing press company were charred to death and 10 more injured- was a “well-planned and cold-blooded act of sabotage" by the driver, police said.
The driver Janardan Hambardikar planned the incident as he was allegedly angry over the “mistreatment" that was meted out to him by some employees of the company.
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Initially, the fire was considered to have happened because of a short-circuit, the police said. But the intensity of the fire, as seen on CCTV footage, made the police suspicious.
DCP (Zone 2) Vishal Gaikwad said, “Initially, we had registered a case of accidental deaths. After analysing various leads and the way the fire spread, we became sceptical about how a fire sparked by a short-circuit could escalate to such an intense level so rapidly. We examined the vehicle and carried out a forensic analysis."
He added, “After jumping out of the vehicle, the driver had lost consciousness. After he came back to his senses in hospital, we questioned him and he confessed to the crime. This was a pre-planned and cold-blooded act of revenge by the driver."
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