Overview
- Deputy Commissioner of Police Rajkumar Shinde said the suspect, identified as Samarth Tupe of Hadapsar, set a bike on fire, which led to blasts in fuel tanks and the spread of the blaze.
- Three two-wheelers and 19 huts were destroyed near Ram Manohar Lohia Garden, with residents evacuating safely and no injuries reported.
- Firefighters deployed five tenders and water tankers from multiple stations and brought the blaze under control after roughly two hours.
- Officials noted the shanties were built of tin sheets and bamboo, hampering access and intensifying the fire’s spread across a colony of more than 50 dwellings.
- The accused has been booked under BNS Section 326(g) for mischief by fire, and municipal relief will follow a panchanama as authorities continue the probe.