India, Sept. 19 -- The city police on Thursday arrested five members of Nilesh Ghaywal gang who opened fire critically injuring a person on Wednesday midnight.

The accused have been identified as Mayur Gulab Kumbare, Mayank Vijay Vyas, Ganesh Satish Raut, Dinesh Ram Phatak and Anand Anil Chadlekar. Their two accomplices are on the run.

According to the police, Prakash Madhukar Dhumal, 36, of Lokmanya Colony, Ganeshnagar in Thergaon and hailing from Selu in Parbhani was chatting with his office colleagues when Kumbare opened fire at him near Mutheshwar Chowk in Kothrud at around 11.40pm.

According to onlookers, while the incident was reported 200 metres from the Kothrud Police Station, cops reached the crime spot 30 minutes after the in...