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,...
An extra-marital affair is suspected to have led to murder of a woman allegedly by two women in Kalamna area on Saturday night. Investigation revealed that Puja alias Pinki Paresh Bakhariya (35), a resident of Plot No. 68, Kalamna, was allegedly having an affair with a chicken shop owner Bhojraj Boduje Sahare (34), a resident of Plot No. 175, Chikhli, Kalamna.
Bhojraj’s wife - Jyotsana (32) - learnt about the affair and determined to teach a lesson to Pinki with whom her husband was involved. Jyotsana and her mother Pramila Jain Tabhane (50), a resident of Kamal Chowk, went to meet Puja near Chikhli Chowk at around 11 pm. Jyotsana lost her cool on seeing Puja and picked up a quarrel with her.
In a fit of rage, Jyotsana took out a sharp-weapon and stabbed Puja on the stomach. After Puja collapsed on the ground, Jyotsana and Pramila fled the spot. Puja was lying on the ground for more than 20 minutes. She was rushed to the hospital where doctors declared her brought dead.
Puja’s husband Paresh Bakhariya (42) is working in a garment shop at Gandhibag. Before she was killed, Puja had came to the shop on a moped of her female friend and took Rs 5,000 from Bakhariya. The female friend had dropped her near Chikhli Chowk. Bakharia reportedly heard screams of Puja when she was killed by the assailants, police said.
Police Inspector Vishwanath Chavan said that the women and Bhojraj Sahare were arrested on the murder charges. As Bhojraj used to speak with Puja on mobile phone, Jyotsana grew suspicious on him which led to revelations of extra-marital affair, he said. An offence under Sections 302 and 34 of Indian Penal Code was registered at Kalamna Police Station.
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