Surendra Panduranga Patil, a builder and social media influencer, has been arrested by Thane police after they recovered a huge cache of weapons from his residence in Dombivli.
Based on a tipoff, the police raided Patil's bungalow. They noticed a recently installed shoe rack which did not go with rest of the interior furnishing.
Upon closer inspection, they found a fake panel in the shoe rack and recovered a Made in USA gun, two air guns, five country-made pistols and revolvers, 371 cartridge casings, 167 air gun pellets, a sword, a knife, a sharp-edged weapon and two metal rods.
Who is Dombivli don 'Pookie Uncle'?
Surendra Panduranga Patil, 55, who is based in Dawdi, Dombivli, has 3.04 lakh followers on his Instagram account. On social media, he is known by the nicknames 'Pookie Uncle' and 'Pookie Don'.
Patil has been charged under the Maharashtra Police Act and the Arms Act. Previously, he sparked a controversy for posting a reel inside a police inspector's cabin at the Manpada police station while posing with a service weapon. He was recently released on bail in another case.
