The incident occurred around 1:30 a.m today. The accused fled the scene, leaving the officers injured. One police personnel succumbed to injuries and the other is undergoing treatment at a local hospital.
Bodies of all five people who had drowned in a waterfall close to Bhushi Dam in Pune's Lonavala have been recovered, Suhas Jagtap, Senior Police Inspector, Pune Rural Police on Monday said.
Pune Police has arrested three more accused, including a Nigerian national, in connection with the Pune drug video case, a senior police official said.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday directed the Pune Police Commissioner to initiate strict action against illegal pubs and bars in Pune, an official statement from the Chief Minister's Office said.
"The accused has been identified and arrested. Now, he will be produced in court. The accused has a political background. All necessary actions, medical tests, and blood samples have all been collected and sent for analysis to the concerned hospital and lab," the official said.
According to senior police officials in Pune, "20-22 passengers travelling in a state transport bus were injured after the bus driver lost control and rammed into a tree on the roadside Sahajpur Phata in the Yavat area of Pune."
In a significant development, the case of a massive mephedrone seizure conducted by the Pune police in February this year has been transferred to the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB).
The mother of the Minor accused has been arrested in the Pune car accident case which took the lives of two IT professionals, who were travelling on a bike on the night of May 19, a police official said.