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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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Shiv Sena activist thrash rape accused in Kanhan police station

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Senior officers of Kanhan police station pacifying Shiv Sena activist after the incident on Saturday evening. 


By Dheeraj Fartode

Angry Shiv Sena activists on Saturday beat up accused in 6-year-old girl rape case and blackened his face in Kanhan police station premises. The incident took place when cops were returned to police station after producing the accused in the court.
Police personnel stated that Shiv Sena activists along with Deputy District Chief (Women’s Cell) Shubhangi Ghogle were hiding near Mahatma Gandhi statue at police station, when the accused was brought to the police station in a jeep. The accused is Rakesh alias Chakradhar Jagoji Bele (27), a resident of Tekadi village.
When police vehicle arrived at the police station, the activists raised slogans against the accused and pulled him from poilce possession. The activists then beat him and blackened his face. Sudden attack of Shiv Sena activists shocked the police officers. Traffic in-charge of Kanhan police Sachin Shripad intervened and pushed the accused in police vehicle. Shripad also raised all window glassed to prevent further injury to the accused. However, the irate activists then tried to smash window glasses of the vehicle. Staff of police station also rushed to the spot and took the accused inside the police station. A large number of villagers gathered near the police station after the incident.
Quick Response Team (QRT) was deployed in Kanhan area after the incident. Police Inspector Ashok Bagul was present at the police station when the incident occurred, it was learnt.
Earlier, cops produced the accused before magisterial court, Nagpur and got police custody remand till May 8.
The accused had sexually exploited a six-year-old girl when she had come to attend a marriage ceremony in Kanhan along with her parents on Friday. The girl was playing with other kids in the hall. Meanwhile, the accused arrived in the hall and took the girl to first floor by promising her ice-cream. The accused sexually exploited the girl and fled away. The accused was caught in the evening with the help of CCTV footage.
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