India, July 29 -- Pune Crime Branch on Sunday foiled an alleged revenge plot by a rival gang to attack three members of the Andekar gang while police were escorting them from a city court to prisons in Dhule and Nandurbar. Two youths have been arrested, while three others have been booked for allegedly conspiring to execute the attack.

The arrested accused have been identified as Vedant Rohit Sawant (21), a resident of Wanowrie-Keshavnagar, and Atharva Dattatray Khopade (21), a resident of Gujarwadi in Katraj. Police have also named Suraj Ashok Thombre (24), Manav Sharad Dhamale (24) and Dhiraj Lakhara, along with other associates, in the case.

According to the police, the conspiracy was linked to the ongoing rivalry between criminal ga...