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,...
By Dheeraj Fartode
Sensation prevailed in Hasanbag area on Tuesday after property dealer, he was younger brother of notorious goon Shamsher Ali, was shot dead over a property dispute. Gaffar Ali Ramjan Ali (40) was shot from almost point blank range at his eatery located at Aurangzeb Square. The incident police said occurred at 7 pm.
The shooters police said came on a two wheeler and shot Gaffar and later fled on their bike. Gaffar was involved in property dealing and sources said the shooting was fallout of a dispute over a prime piece of land. The bike-borne goons fired seven rounds that left two others injured in the attack. The accused police said used two fire arms to kill Gaffar.
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Police spot panchanama at tea joint where
the firing took place on Tuesday evening.
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Gaffar was at his eatery when the accused arrived on mobike from his back to avoid getting detected. The accused parked their motorbike and fired rounds from point blank range. Gaffar sustained injuries to his neck, chest and leg. Two others Ibrahim Sheikh Akbar Sheikh and Sazish Gamahe who were at the eatery also sustained injuries in the attack. Chaos reigned supreme at the eatery after the shooting as people ran helter skelter.
Gaffar was rushed to GMCH where doctors declared him brought dead. Ibrahim and Sazish were rushed to a private hospital.
Commissioner of Police K K Pathak, Joint CP Sanjay Saxena, Addl. CP Deepak Pandey, DCP (Zone-IV) Chandra Kishore Mina rushed to the spot to coordinate the police investigations.
Thousands of residents assembled at the spot as the news of shooting spread in the area. City police summouned Quick Response Team (QRT) and deployed additional police bandobast to avoid any untoward incident.
According to sources, Mehfus Ahmed Kabul Hasan Siddiqui, a resident of Bihar is suspected to be involved in the shooting. The police have detained two persons, Alim and Kalim Khan, both residents of Hasanbagh area, for questioning. Kalim and Alim are brother in-laws of Siddiqui.
According to sources, the shooting of Gaffar was the fallout of a simmering property dispute between Gaffar and Shamsher and their vials Kalim and Salim. The fours were earlier partners in property business but disputes cropped-up between them and they parted their ways.
Police are relying heavily on eye-witnesses to provide description of two shooters. They identified Siddiqui from the photographs of criminals shown by the. However police yet to find out whether Gaffar’s killing has supari element Gaffar and probing involvement of Kalim and Alim.
DCP Mina told ‘The Hitavada’ that special team have fanned out to nab the shooters and expressed confidence that the two accused would be found by midnight. The police have also deployed bandobast at GMCH as thousands of relatives of deceased have reached there.
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