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,...
A three-year-old boy was murdered by neighbour at Takalghat village in MIDC Buttibori Police Station area on Friday. The police have arrested accused -- Vichet Sambhaji Waghmare (20). “The accused have whimsical personality and committed the crime in the fit of rage when the boy was playing in the courtyard,” said Police Inspector MIDC Buttibori Santosh Wairagade.
The victim was identified as Atharva Amardip Shrirame. His father Amardip hails from Minzari village in Chimur tehsil of Chandrapur district. Amardip, his wife Shashikala along with two sons living at Takalghat area since two years. Amardip is working in a private company and he had constructed a shanty on the land of Irrigation department. Accused Waghmare’s shanty also situated in the same vicinity. On Friday, 5.30 pm, Atharva was playing in the courtyard while Vichet Waghmare was sitting near his house.
When Atharva’s mother had gone to public tap, Vichet came closer to Atharva and started kicking and punching him without any reason. When neighbours noticed the act by Vichet, they raised an alarm. Atharva’s mother too ran towards the spot. When Vichet noticed neighbours coming to rescue Atharva, he caught hold Atharva and threw off on heap of soil and ran away the spot.
The brutality of Vichet stunned the residents. They immediately rushed Atharva to Maya Hospital where Doctors declared him brought dead. According to Doctor’s report, Atharva sustained grievous internal injuries in the attack. The cops have arrested the accused and booked him under Section 302 of Indian Penal Code.
The accused was produced in the court and the court remanded him to two-days police custody. PI Wairagade informed that the cops are interrogating the accused. But not yet find any reason behind the murder.
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