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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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City Police’s Zone-II: Crime rate down and detection up but dacoities doubled

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By Dheeraj Fartode

Zone - II of Nagpur Police Commissionerate covers Sitabuldi, Ambazari, Sadar, Gittikhadan, Dhantoli and Mankapur Police Stations. The Zone has recorded decrease in crime by 4.27 per cent due to extensive preventive action and marginal 3.82 per cent increase in detection rate, which is less than Nagpur
DCP Rakesh Kalasagar, IPS
Police Commissionerate overall rate. Substantial increase in attempt to murder, hurt and dacoity would be main concern for the Zonal officials. 

As per the statistics, the Zone has recorded 2,241 crime cases in year 2016 as against 2,341 cases in year 2015 and 2,218 in year 2014. The Zone has detected 1,288 cases with detection rate of 57.47 per cent in year 2016. Detection rate of the Zone was 53.65 per cent in year 2015 and 52.16 per cent in year 2014.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Sanjay Latkar and DCP Rakesh Kalasagar were in-charge of the Zone in year 2016.
The Zone accounted for 23.05 per cent crime cases of Nagpur City in year 2016. The Zone witnessed substantial surge in cases of attempt to murder, dacoities, hurts, rape and death by negligence (304 A) while showing a decline in cases of murder, chain snatching, burglary, thefts, vehicle thefts, and molestation cases. 
The Zone initiated 1,585 preventive action including five MCOCA and three MPDA in year 2016 as against 1,171 in year 2015. Extensive preventive action particularly in Gittikhadan Police Station helped the Zonal officials to brought down overall crime figures.  For instance, the Gittikhadan police station recorded highest 342 preventive action and registered decrease in crime by 30.37 per cent. However, Sitabuldi police station have initiated only 291 preventive action which ultimately resulted into increase in crime and 585 crime case recorded. 
Crime in Zone 2 of Nagpur city
Nine murder cases of 10 reported were detected by the police. Ambazari police station have topped the murder chart with four murders, followed by two in Gittikhadan and one each at Sitabuldi, Dhantoli, Sadar and Mankapur police station area. A murder of a toddler, whose a leg and a hand were chopped off by the accused was not detected by the Ambazari police due lack of initial evidence. 
The Zone have recorded nine dacoities which are highest across the five zones of the city. Of them, Sitabuldi police station have registered four dacoities and Gittikhadan police station registered two dacoities. The Zone also accounted for registering maximum chain snatching and robberies in the commissionerate with 35 chain snatching and 62 robberies in year 2016. Again Ambazari police station topped the tally of chain snatching with 13 cases in a year while Sitabuldi police station registered 27 robberies accounting for 43.54 per cent robberies of the Zone. 
The Zone also reported maximum theft cases -- 845 -- theft cases across the city with 29.82 per cent detection rate. Sitabuldi police station registered maximum thefts -- 267 (including maximum motor vehicle thefts -- 119) -- not only in the Zone but also in the city. Sitabuldi police station of the Zone has recorded maximum crime -- 585 -- while newly formed Mankapur police station reported only 223 crime in the year.



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