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,...
Mystery has deepened in the death case of transporter Bhupendra Singh Manjit Singh Makan alias Bobby Sardar (46) as advance post-mortem report remained inconclusive. Yet, Jaripatka Police have registered a case of murder.
Bobby's body was found on Sunday morning under jurisdiction of Kondhali police station. As it is suspected that crime started from city precincts, a case of murder was registered here on the basis of complaint given by his wife Parminder (49).
The investiators were banking on some leads from preliminary autopsy to move ahead with investigations. However, doctor’s report of no external or internal injury found on the body has put police in fix.
Another murder theory is that the assailants might have poisoned Bobby on Thursday night and then threw the body in the nullah so that no one could easily trace it. So the doctors have collected viscera to ascertain the cause of death in cases where post-mortem is inconclusive. Viscera are human tissues and sample of body wash collected from stomach that are examined in forensic laboratory.
Senior police officials informed The Hitavada that the case was being investigated on various angles including property dispute, betting disputes, money laundering, old rivalry and extra-marital affairs. Crime Branch and Jaripatka police are parallely investigating the case and the culprits would be behind the bars within next 48 hours, the official further claimed.
Sources informed that the Kondhali Police would submit papers including preliminary finding of post-mortem to the Jaripatka police. A team of City Police on Monday visited the spot where body of Bobby Sardar was found on Sunday. The cops have also identified CCTV camera locations for recovery of video footages.
Investigation revealed that Bobby left his office on Thursday night and therefore disappeared. The family members approached Jaripatka Police and lodged a missing complaint. An Innova car of Bobby was recovered from Mangalwari Bazaar area on Saturday.
A police officer claimed that as there was no injury marks on his body, its difficult to ascertain reasons of his death. Boby having DTC Transport office at Automotive Chowk. He was also involved in property dealing, Kerosene business and Cricket betting.
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