robber

Dombivali East

mid-semester exams

ice-cream

cupboard

Ram Nagar police station

Anjali Ghadigaonkar, and her teenage son not only saved their home from being burgled, but also caught thebefore he could flee. Thirteen-year-old Pranav, a student of class 8, was alone at his home in, yesterday afternoon, when he stepped out for a few minutes.“I was studying for my. At around 3.30 pm I felt like having an, so I went down to the shop,” Pranav told Mumbai Mirror.“When I returned, I found that the lock of my house was broken and somebody was ransacking my,” he said. As Pranav entered, the robber, who was later identified as Rehan Furkhan Khan, grabbed him by the collar and shook him hard while threatening him to stay quiet, said Pranav in his statement.Meanwhile, Pranav’s mother Anjali Ghadigaonkar, who works at a private firm, luckily returned home early after a half work-day to check on Pranav if he was studying. “When I came home, I found that my son was shouting and somebody was talking to him in Hindi. The door was ajar. When I went in, I saw a stranger, iron rod in hand, threatening Pranav who was still in his hold,” said Anjali, a resident of Vinit Sadan building, Rajaji Path, Dombivali West.“I started shouting for help. My sudden shouts took him by surprise and he started to flee. But I pounced on him and tried to stop him. Pranav also pulled him by his shirt. My screams started gathering people,” said the brave mother.“The local public who had gathered by then immediately caught hold of the accused,” said Vilas Kute, police sub inspector ofin Dombivali.Khan is a resident of Meerut. “It was probably his unlucky day that he chose the house of Ghadigoankars and got caught by the brave motherson duo,” said Kute.