nagpur 22yearold pranay puraniks love for pets drove him to borrow from several moneylenders he took money from one to pay off another when they started queuing up and demanding the money back the second year commerce student chose to rob his own maternal uncle to square off his loans one of his lenders was surprised when puranik suddenly turned up with cash he informed the police who picked him up for questioning puranik then confessed to the burglary the crime branch squad led by senior inspector madhao giri on friday arrested puranik who is the son of a grocer from bholebaba nagar in ajni for the burglary at deepak joshis place in dwarkapuri ajni on february 14 this year police have recovered valuables worth around rs 143 lakhs from puranik police investigations reveal that puranik was keen to buy a puppy but was unable to arrange rs 8000 for it as puraniks father pramod was not supportive he borrowed from a money lender at home he stated that the puppy was a gift from a friend soon the money lender started badgering puranik for the amount which had risen to rs 15000 with interest puranik borrowed from another moneylender to pay off the first he had to pay the second rs 25000 puranik approached a third and settled the loan however his debts were now almost rs 40000 pushed into a corner puranik planned a burglary at his uncles house knowing well that once joshi left for office there was nobody apart from his grandfather in the house puranik entered the house from the kitchen door which joshi never locked he had already managed to prepare a duplicate key of the cupboards puranik stole gold and silver ornaments a camera laptop and few other materials even while his grandfather remained unaware on the ground floor of the house deepak had lodged a complaint at ajni police station the cops had pegged the loss to around rs 69500 after valuations as per old rates