<![CDATA[There was another incident of arson in the city in the early hours of Sunday, after a 25-year-old man set ablaze 26 two-wheelers and one four-wheeler in the Parvati area. The police arrested the criminal, Nilesh Patil, in the afternoon. According to the police, Patil was drunk at the time of the crime. The vehicles were parked in an open field next to the Parvati police station. Patil set fire to one of the two-wheelers, and the fire soon spread to all the two-wheelers and a tempo parked nearby. Fire brigade personnel reached the spot and prevented the fire from spreading further. According to the fire department, this is the eighth major arson incident in Pune in a span of over two years. In May 2016, seven two-wheelers were destroyed in the Uttam Nagar locality in Katraj. In April 2016, the police had arrested a transport dealer responsible for torching 16 vehicles, including three four-wheelers, in Katraj. His actions had threatened the lives of 20-odd families in a residential society, who were evacuated safely. In June 2015, a lone arsonist had set ablaze 92 vehicles in five housing societies in less than an hour. In March that year, four two-wheelers at Sinhagad Road were torched, while a couple of days later, 11 vehicles in Erandawane were set on fire.]]>
