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CITY Traffic police have booked a total of 111 underage drivers along with their parents for driving motor vehicles in public places without license. Collective penalty worth Rs 1,03,900/- was recovered from the parents and the vehicles were released only after the parents/owners of the vehicle came to the spot or office of Traffic police.  Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Traffic Chinmay Pandit said that the action would continue as underage drivers are a threat for lives of themselves as well as others. According to statistics of traffic police, between January 1, 2019 and September 23, 2019, Indora Division topped the tally, fined 45 vehicles and collected fine worth Rs 45,000 from the parents or vehicle owners. It was followed by Sadar Division which fined 26 vehicles and collected fine of Rs 22,300. 12 vehicles were fined by Ajni Division with fine of Rs 12,600; nine by Lakadganj Division with fine of Rs 7,500; six by Cotton Market Division with fine of Rs 6,000; fo...

Posing as technician with Indira Gandhi Government Medical College (IGMCH), a fraudster tried to dupe a man on pretext of government job in the hospital. But he ran out of luck when Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) came in picture and arrested him red-handed for accepting bribe worth Rs 20,000 cash on Tuesday.   The accused has been identified Javed Pathan Hamid Pathan (31), a resident of Gadchiroli. He was living in a rented accommodation in the city. The complainant is an auto-rickshaw driver and resident of Tajbagh area. The accused met the complainant when he was transporting patients in the auto. Posing himself as technician with IGMCH, Javed told the complainant that he was having good relations with senior officials of IGMCH and collecting money for them. He demanded Rs eight lakh from the complainant for the job of driver in the hospital. The complainant smelled the fraud and approached ACB. The ACB team led by Police Inspector Dinesh Labde laid a trap and arrested Jave...

A human skeleton was found in a well located in Pension Nagar under the jurisdiction of Gittikhadan police station area on Tuesday night.   According to police, the skeleton was found by NMC employees when they were cleaning the well with the help of water pump. They found the skeletal remains, and alerted the police. Police said that the deceased person is suspected to be aged between 30 and 35 years.  The remains have been collected and sent for the post-mortem examination to the hospital. A DNA test will be performed to the remains and police teams are on the job to identify the deceased and also checking missing persons. Gittikhadan police is investigating the case.  MahaGenco Engineer jumps to death in Khaparkheda A junior engineer with Maharashtra State Power Generation Company  (MahaGenco) committed suicide by jumping from the top of three-storey government quarter in Khaparkheda.  The deceased has been identified as Shubham Rameshkumar Sablok...

A nine-year-old boy died in a freak mishap when he was strangled while playing on the handmade swing-like cradle at his house in Pardi area on Saturday night. Mohit Narendra Dhore (9) was found hanging from the cradle by his parents at their one room house.  According to police, the parents of the boy are daily wage workers. They had gone to the job in the morning while Mohit and his younger brother (7) were at the home. The incident occurred in the afternoon when Mohit was playing on the cradle and his younger brother was sleeping due to fever.   When the parents returned home at 7.20 pm, they found Mohit strangled in the rope of cradle. They took him to the hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. A police officer said that Mohit was used to swing on the cradle, he must have got entangled while playing. Pardi police have registered a case of accidental death. Further investigation is on.  Man mows down by bus in Kalamna  A 50-year-old man was...

A picnic party turned into tragedy when a youth drowned in Ambazari lake while swimming on Sunday morning. The youth is native of Mumbai and was an executive at Ascent Business Solutions at IT Park. The deceased has been identified as Anand Rajesh Dwivedi (23), a resident of Matunga, Mumbai. According to police, Anand was staying at a rented accommodation near Sambhaji Chowk in Pratap Nagar area. He got the job in the company only about two and a half months ago.  Anand along with co-workers Harshal Gedam, Atul Namdev, Aditya Hedau and two others had gone to Ambazari lake for picnic in the morning hours. The youths had no plan of swimming before reaching the lake. After seeing people swimming in the lake, some of the youths decided to swim.  Harshal and Anand ventured into the waters. But Anand did not did not come up after diving into the lake. This panicked the youths and other swimmers. They started searching for Anand, but he was not found.  Meanwhile, the pol...

A priest at Hanuman temple was attempted to murder by a man for Rs 30 in Narayanpur village in Katol police station on Friday night. The accused has been identified as Ramgopal Mishra (34), a resident of Naraynpur.  According to police, Gopalrao Mahadeo Gahukar (64), a resident of Paradsingha is priest at the temple for last 25 years. The unidentified accused came at the temple in the evening hours and demanded Rs 30 but the priest refused. Furious, the accused started abusing him and when he objected, he attacked Gopalrao with sharp-edged weapon. After stabbing the priest in neck, face and chest, Mishra fled the spot leaving Gopalrao in the pool of blood. He was rushed to the hospital by villagers where his condition is reportedly critical. Katol police have registered the case under Section 307 of Indian Penal Code and arrested the accused. Man booked for abetting wife to commit suicide  Hudkeshwar police have booked a man for abetting his wife to commit suicide. Jay...

A 80-year-old woman was mowed down by a speeding Aapli Bus of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) in MIDC police station area on Saturday afternoon.  The deceased has been identified Gourabai Bhagwandas Mahant, a resident of Gurajgaon, Tehsil- Saoner.   According to police, the accident occurred near Balaji Nagar Bus Stop in Hinga at 2.50 pm. The woman was walking on the road when the speeding bus mowed down her. Sustaining grievous injuries, the old-aged woman died on the spot. A large number of onlookers were gathered at the spot after the accident.  MIDC police have arrested bus driver - Sadashiv Manohar Jichkar (41), a resident of Indira Mata Nagar - and booked him under Sections 279 and 304 (a) of Indian Penal Code. Further investigation is on.  Woman killed by nephew at Katol  A 68-year-old woman was murdered by her nephew at Katol on Thursday night. The accused dumped the body in the well to destroy the evidence. The accused has been identi...

A 30-year-old woman committed suicide after finding out that husband had been cheating on her. The woman hanged herself at her residence in Hudkeshwar police station area when she was alone.  The deceased has been identified as Jayashree Vikram Narnawre, a resident of Lane No. 6, Mahalaxmi Nagar, Hudkeshwar.  According to police, Jayashree and Vikram tied nuptial knot in year 2014. Vikram have a shop in Ajni area. The woman learnt about Vikram’s extra marital affair on Thursday after checking his mobile phone. She decided to teach him lesson by ending her life. The woman committed suicide after Vikram went to office on Friday morning. Hudkeshwar police have registered a case of accidental death. A police officer informed that an offence under Section 306 of Indian Penal Code would be registered against the husband for abetting wife to committ suicide. Two killed in separate mishaps in MIDC and Gittikhadan areas Two persons were killed in city in separate road mi...

A 20-YEAR-OLD man, who has been previously booked in cases of attempt to murder, robbery and dacoity, has been has been put under a preventive detention, under the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities (MPDA) of Slumlords Bootleggers and Drug Offenders Act, by City Police on Tuesday.  The accused has been identified as Lakhan alias Rohan Shailesh Dhuria (20), a resident of Ganesh Chowk, near Haj House, is a habitual offender. An official said Dhuria has been booked in several cases in Tehsil, Kotwali and Ganeshpeth areas.  Dhuria has been named in seven cases filed in various police stations across Nagpur City. He has been put under detention at Central Jail Nagpur, after an application to this effect was sent by Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Zone III Rahul Maknikar. Commissioner of Police Dr. B K Upadhyaya approved the application on Tuesday. A press release issued by the city police stated, “Despite earlier preventive measures taken against Dhuria, h...

NAGPUR Police have invited the ire of the Chief Secretary for their poor rate of investigation into sexual offences. Probe into more than 87.5 per cent sexual offences has not been completed within the stipulated 60-day period. The time-frame in sexual assault cases has been decided by Union Home Ministry by issuing The Criminal Law (Amendment) ordinance 2018. Chief Secretary of Maharashtra rapped the City Police for this lackluster attitude in a meeting held at Mumbai recently. “As per the new amendment, filing of chargesheet within 60 days is necessary in such cases. However, many police units in the State have failed to do it as many officers are simply unaware of new amendment,” Inspector General of Police Pratap Dighaonkar, Prevention of Atrocities against women (PAW), informed ‘The Hitavada’. The Centre had approved the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018 last year which prescribed the time-limit for completion of investigation to put check on sexual crimes against women...

TOTAL 284 customers of IDBI Bank across the country lost Rs 60 lakh after details of their debit cards were stolen by cyber criminals. The money was siphoned off to various accounts in banks across United States of America (USA). Prima facie investigation has revealed that the data of international debit cards (platinum) issued by IDBI was allegedly stolen by hackers and was then misused. Sources informed ‘The Hitavada’ that the on-line fraud was carried out in the intervening of August 25 and 26. Customers woke up to SMSs of transactions leaving them in shock. Many of them immediately blocked their debit cards after learning about the fraudulent transactions. An investigation in the crime revealed that the money was transferred from the accounts of the customers using international debit cards of the bank (platinum) of a particular batch. The revelation prompted the bank to withdraw that particular batch of platinum debit cards of 8,000 customers as a safeguard against future su...

Pintu Shirke  THE love of a mother can move mountains. But for Vijaya Dilipsingh Shirke the task ahead was much tougher. She was taking on the mountain of a corrupt system, enduring threats to life, and fighting the might of muscle power. Never did she flinch even once, and after a longdrawn legal battle of 15 years ensured that the killers of her son did not go unpunished. After all, it was a resolute mother’s promise to her  slain son. On October 31, 2017 the mother was full of anxiety waiting for a word about the outcome of hearing in the Apex Court. The decision would have a bearing on the Shirkes’ years of struggle to get justice for their slain son Swapnil alias Pintu Shirke. When the learned Apex Court judges threw out challenge of main culprits, including prime plotter Vijay Mate, and upheld life sentence handed out by the High Court, the 15-yearlong fight of Vijaya Shirke had finally reached its logical conclusion. “The promise made to Swapnil when...

Publsihed on July 5, 2017  With an aim to reclaim the lost glory of detection’, Commissioner of Police (CP) Dr. K Venkatesham has decided to scrap all zonal units of City Crime Branch and revert back to centralised system. The Zonal units were launched last year to create deterrence in the crime world and aim was that it would provide operational flexibility. But the idea did not bear fruits and result were not up to the mark, revealed the assessment done by top bosses.  When asked, CP Dr. Venkatesham told The Hitavada that all territorial units would be scrapped and new ‘functional units’ would be formed to improve detection rate. The zone-wise Units were launched by the then City Police Chief Sharda Prasad Yadav on the lines of Mumbai and Thane Police. Prompt reaction and penetration of deep roots of informers in crime world was the idea behind the zonal units. Another exception was that the unit offices would also help the informers and complainants to have better ...

Published on July 5, 2017 Tense moment bear at Alankar Talkies square when a BMW car caught fire on Tuesday. The three occupants of the car managed to escape unhurt. But traffic movement on VIP road and North Ambazari Road was badly affected for an hour. The car belongs to Dr. Sudhir Narel and Dr. Narel was in the car when the engine caught fire.  According to information, thick smoke bellowing out of the engine after the car (MH-31/DC-0007) arrived at Alankar square from Shankar Nagar square at 7.45 pm. As soon as the three occupants noticed smoke from the engine, they immediately deboarded from the car. The information was given to the fire and emergency services. A fire tender from Civil lines fire station rushed to the spot and controlled the fire in an hour.  An eye-witnessed informed that the car driver tried to switch off the engine, but in vain. Just minute before the fire engulfed the front area of the car, the occupants came out of the car. Traffic movement ...

Published on July 4, 2017 WITH an aim to curb the menace of power pilferage and recover pending amount in power theft cases, Spanco Nagpur Discom Ltd (SNDL) has started booking those involved in power theft under Section 3 of The Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984, a non-bailable offence. Earlier, the accused used to be charged only under the Electricity Act provisions which has failed to act as a deterrent.  About 20 persons involved in power theft have been booked under the act last month and the action would be continue to create deterrence of law.  It may be mentioned that electricity meter is considered as public property among host of other electrical infrastructure publicly installed for providing services to citizens at large. The other benefit of this move is that First Investigation Report (FIR) for power theft can be filed in other police stations for early action or taken upto the court for cognizance in case of delay. A person pronounced as...

Published on July 4, 2017 Despite monthly checking of dispensing machines by State-owned oil companies, consumers used to get short changed at fuel outlet is quite a surprising factor. The fraud unearthed shows use of advanced technology to cover-up the tampering and this was not known till date even to best of brains in business. In Uttar Pradesh, the fraudsters were controlling chips (installed in petrol dispensing machines) through remote control. But this was not the case in Maharashtra. Here it was controlled by the codes or nozzle of the dispensing machine,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Thane Police Abhishek Trimukhe.  DCP Trimukhe further informed The Hitavada that when they went deep into investigations were left bewildered as fraudsters had used mind blowing technology to help petrol/diesel pump owners to cheat the consumers. They were setting the quantity of petrol through pressing code in the machine. Every tampered dispensing machine was provided ...

Published on July 2, 2018  A teenage girl was brutally stabbed by a jilted lover at office of her uncle in Laxmi Nagar on Sunday night when she refused to continue their relationship. The girl is reportedly battling for life at Orange City Hospital due to severe bleeding, said Bajaj Nagar police.  Accused Rohit Hemnani (21), a resident of Sindhi Colony, Khamla was knowing the girl - Sanika Pradip Thugaonkar (18), a resident of Saraswati Vinayak Apartment, Laxmi Nagar - since two years. They were close friends but the girl recently started ignoring him. A police officer informed that Sanika was living at her uncle’s (Mama) -- Avinash Patne -- home since childhood. House of Patne family situated at Opposite of Hotel Ashoka near Aath Rasta Chowk. The family living at first floor while Avinash’s office situated on ground floor near SBI’s ATM.  Accused Hemnani came to Patne house at 8 pm and inquired about Sanika. After seeing Hemnani Sanika refused to speak to...

Published in 2017  Giving a pep talk to lawyers, Chief Justice of Bombay High Court Justice Manjula Chellur said there are no shortcut to success. Concentrate on your profession... Don't think of becoming Bill Gates overnight...  Don’t think of having Mercedes, BMWs overnight... Work hard... Success will be yours... She was speaking at a function here in city on Tuesday after inaugurating renovated late Adv. R K Manohar High Court Bar Association’s (HCBA) library at Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court. Justice Bhushan Gavai, Justice P B Vairale, HCBA President Adv. Anil Kilor, Secretary Adv. Khubalkar were also seated on the dais.  In her 20 minutes of candid speech, Justice Chellur touched every aspect of law and justice. At the outset, she recalled glorious history of Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court and it’s stalwart Judges, her earlier days in field of law and these statements drew wide response from the audience. But when her voice got firm and she list...

Gold ornaments worth Rs 40,000 of a woman were stolen when she was traveling in an auto-rickshaw in Nandanvan area.  According to police, Shilpa Ravindra Nimcharkar (49), a resident of Plot No. 128, Telecom Colony, boarded in the auto at Rana Pratap Nagar to visit her brother’s house in Nandanvan area on Wedensday at 3.30 pm. When the auto was passing through Swami Narayan temple road, an unidentified woman co-passenger stolen her gold ornaments kept in a bag. Nandanvan police have registered the case under Section 379 of Indian Penal Code.  In another case, gold ornaments and cash collectively worth Rs 45,000 of a woman stolen from the bag at MSRTC Bus Terminus, Ganeshpeth. According to police, the incident occurred on September 5, when Gayatri Charudatta Hirde (35), a resident of Chandangaon, Chindawara, MP came to the bus terminus. Unidentified woman had stolen gold ornaments and Rs 5,000 from her bag. Ganeshpeth police have registered the case under Section 379 of I...

Economic Offences Wing (EOW) on Sunday were granted five days custody of Hemant Sikander Jham, Director of Jham Builders and Developers, and Youvan Jivandas Gambhir (34) whom they arrested for duping over 400 investors of crores of rupees. The accused were absconding for the past two years and landed in police dragnet on Saturday. District and Sessions Judge (MPID) Special Court Patil remanded the accused to police custody for five days. Jham (33) was arrested form his house at Flat No. 202, Orchid Bloom Apartment, Sai Nagar, Sonegaon. A police officer informed that Jham had duped investors Nagpur, Pune and Mumbai cities. Maximum investors are retired governemtn employees who had invested their savings in the fraudlent schemes floated by the fraudsters.  He had constructed a road at Kanhaiya City in Wagdhara to create an impression of construction of row houses among the investors. He had opened an office at Paryawaran Nagar in Somalwada where a large number of marketing exe...

South East Central Railway (SECR) has approved a proposal for construction of three kennels at Nagbhid, Dongargadh and Bilaspur station for dedicated detective dog squads. Railway Protection Force (RPF) of SECR will get a helping hand with the dog squad for checking of trains and passenger luggage.  Divisional Security Commandant (DSC) Ashutosh Pandey informed The Hitavada that tendering process would be start this month. Similarly, three dogs will be purchased from the Hydarabad this month. “The dogs will be inducted in the service after eight months of training,” he said and added that funds for maintaining the canines have already been sanctioned. The RPF is entrusted with the responsibility of escorting passenger trains and providing security on platforms, passenger and circulating areas besides protecting railway property. The SECR RPF have two dog squads stationed at Motibagh and Gondia railway stations. These squads have pair of sniffer and tracker dogs each.  ...