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A Village Burnt Overnight: Tears, Loss and Survival in Dhamangaon Blaze

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  Sitting amid the blackened remains of his home, 32-year-old Nikesh Gawali carefully broke open a half-melted plastic box with a screwdriver. His hands shook slightly, not out of fear, but out of hope. “I’m trying to find my daughter Aarti’s gold earrings,” he said quietly, still focused on the box. “She’s just five. I got them made recently after months of labour work.” The plastic box, warped and blackened by heat, was one of the few things left from his two-room house on the outskirts of Dhamangaon village . All around him lay ash, broken tin sheets and charred wooden beams. The walls had cracked under the heat and the front room’s tin roof had caved in completely. What remained was a blackened debris all around - almost nothing to suggest a home once stood there. Nikesh earns his living as an agricultural labourer, like many in the village. Work is uncertain and depends on the season. Those earrings weren’t just jewellery - they were a small dream, a reward for his hard work,...
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Rivals eliminate property dealer in Gaddigodam

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By Dheeraj Fartode

Yet another property dealer in the city was eliminated in a local dispute. Police said, 28-year-old, Kamlesh Dabhoji Janbandhu, a resident of Gautam Nagar, Gaddigodam, was felled by his rivals. The murder occurred at Pardesipura in Gaddigodam area under the jurisdiction of Sadar police station on wee hours of Sunday.
The accused who numbered two ambushed the victim as he was heading home on his motorcycle around 12.30 am.
Sadar police said that a tiff had taken place between Kamlesh Dabhoji Janbandhu, a resident of Gautam Nagar, Gaddigodam and the accused Khushal alias Jallad Thool (26), latter’s accomplice Nitesh Manwatkar (19), both residents of Gaddigodam, during last year. There were repeated skirmishes between them for past one year. Finally, Khushal and Nitesh conspired to eliminate Kamlesh and hatched a plan.
The accused armed with a sword lay in wait for Kamlesh at Gaddigodam. When Kamlesh arrived on motorcycle the accused duo blocked him and pulled up him down from the motorcycle in front one Jeetu Tembhurne’s residence and attacked him with swords. The accused then smashed a boulder on his head. Kamlesh sustained multiple injuries in the attack and succumbed to his injuries on the spot. Staff of Sadar police station rushed to the spot.
Investigations by police revealed that the latest fight between Kamlesh and his attackers had occurred at a wedding reception on Kamptee Road. Both Kamlesh and the other two openly threatened to liquidate the other. The two attackers knew Kamlesh with his past criminal record might get better of them and hence they decided to eliminate him.
Sadar police have registered a case under sections 302 and 34 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and arrested the accused. Further investigations are on. 

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