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A Village Burnt Overnight: Tears, Loss and Survival in Dhamangaon Blaze

  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,...

Jilted lover stabbed girl in Laxmi Nagar, girl’s condition serious


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 him. However, Hemnani was repeatedly asking her to meet. Avinash immediately intervened and asked Hemanani that she would not talk to him. Meanwhile, Avinash came to his office, where the accused again pleaded to meet the girl for five minutes. 
Avinash’s wife Sarika too arrived at the office and refused for meeting with the girl. Meanwhile, Sanika came to the office then Avinash allowed them to speak. During a discussion with Sanika for around five minutes, Hemnani was trying to convince her to continue the friendship but Sanika turned down his advances and asked to leave the place. Avinash too asked him to leave the place. He had brought a dragger with him. Hemnani rose to move out and whipped out the dragger and attacked Sanika. Avinash caugth hold his hand. He received an injury on his palm. But the accused succeeded in stabbing the girl on chest and back and fled the spot leaving the girl in pool of blood. The police have recovered the dragger from the office and its cover from parking area. 
Panicked Avinash and his relatives rushed severely bleeding Sanika to Sanjeevani Hospital and later shifted to Orange City Hospital. According to doctors, the girl received multiple grievous stab wounds over lower back near kidney,  chest and foot.
Staff of Bajaj Nagar police station arrived at the spot and registered a case under Section 302 of Indian Penal Code.  The police have launched hunt for arrest of the accused. 
The incident left residents of Laxmi Nagar area in panic as the teenage girl was stabbed in front of her relatives. The cops are also checking CCTV footage of SBI ATM for evidence. 

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