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,...
- New Rural SP Anant Rokde asked senior officers to keep agenda in their mind
By Dheeraj Fartode
Community policing will be the main thrust of policing of Anant Rokde, newly appointed Superintendent of Police (SP) of Nagpur Rural. “Efforts would be made to ensure feel of security among the residents of district especially Kamptee and Kanhan. Hence, concept of ‘Mohalla committee’ would be implemented in sensitive areas,” said SP Rokde.
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| Superintendent of Police Anant Rokde making a point during a press conference on Saturday. |
Addressing a press conference on Saturday, Rokde said that maintaining communal harmony, check on illegal sand mining and transportation, check on illegal public transport are on his top priority. “I have conducted a crime meeting recently and asked all officers to keep the agenda in their mind,” said Rokde.
Informing about Kamptee SDPO had made presentation of communal riots and current situation in Kamptee and Kanhan area during the crime meeting, Rokde informed that on the lines of ‘Mohalla committee’ concept which was successfully implemented in riot-hit Bhiwandi, the Rural Police would also implement the concept at Kamptee and Kanhan so that people could feel sense of security, said Rokde.
Joint action against illegal sand mining
On the issue of illegal sand excavation and transportation, Rokde said that he met District Collector Sachin Kurve in this regard. The District Collector is ready to address a meeting of all senior police officers so that the officers could learn about current situation sand ghat auction. RTO, District mining officer and Rural Police would jointly launched action against illegal sand mining and transportation soon, he said.
Farm houses on radar of Rural Police
When journalist informed Rokde about illegal activities run by anti-social elements in farm houses, Rokde assured that a detail report about farm houses in the district would be made. All Police Stations would be directed to put check on any illegal activities in the farm house, he said.
SDPO will take action against illegal public transport
On the issue illegal public transport in the district, SP Rokde said that SDPO have power to suspend the registration of any vehicle if the vehicle involved in the illegal public transport. “I will direct all SDPOs for stern action against such transport,” he said. On the issue of road fatalities in district, the SP claimed that Rural Police have identified 156 accident prone points and district collector has assured the police for help to corrective measures at the points.
Police Inspectors Sanjay Purandare, Chandrashekhar Bahadure, APIs Arvind Saraf were prominently present in the press conference.
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