Aurangabad, April
5:
The Jawaharnagar
police arrested two youths for using a sword to cut the birthday cake. The
arrested have been identified as Mahindra Ramesh Ahilye (20) and Omkar Vishnu
Chavan (23, both residents of Hanumannagar, Garkheda).
On April 1, the
20th birthday of Mahindra was celebrated by his friends by cutting cake on the
road. Later, Mahindra and Omkar went to the home at Hanumannagar, where they
cut the cake again with a sword. Omkar gave a bite of the cake to Mahindra. The
video of cutting the cake with a sword went viral on the social media. When the
police came to know about it, PI Santosh Patil immediately took action on
Monday and arrested both the youth and also seized the sword. Mahindra’s father
runs a tea kiosk while he helps his father in this business while Omkar is
unemployed, the police said.
Omkar has a
criminal background, and a case of molestation was registered against him in
2016 and of brutal attacks in 2017 and 2020, respectively. Presently he was on
bail, but Mahendra has no criminal record, the police said.
Possessing a sword
is a crime. Now, there is a new trend among the youngsters to cut the cake with
sword to create panic among the residents. The first such case of cutting a
cake with sword was registered in the city during the tenure of police
commissioner Amitesh Kumar around five years back. The birthday of a criminal
was celebrated by cutting a cake with sword at Mukundwadi area. Later, such
incidents were also reported from Begumpura and Waluj areas.