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,...
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday arrested a peon with District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) for demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 4,000 from a man. The accused demanded the money to held up issuance of warrant from the court in a dowry case.
The accused has been identified as Abdul Salim Abdul Jabbar (45). According to ACB, the complainant is the resident of Bhandara. He tied nuptial knot in year 2013 and a case under Section 498 (a) of Indian Penal Code was registered against him at Kamptee police station on the basis of complaint given by his wife.
Abdul befriended with the victim during court proceedings at Kamptee. Abdul was used to make phone calls to victim asking for monetary favours.
On September 20, he phoned the complainant and asked for Rs 4,000 bribe to held up issuance of warrant from the court. The complainant then approached the ACB and lodged a case against him. The ACB team laid a trap and arrested the accused when he received the bribe near office of Saini travels, Chhatrapati Square. An offence under various Section of Prevention of Corruption Act was registered against the accused at Rana Pratap Nagar police station. Under the guidance of Superintendent of Police (SP) Rashmi Nandedkar, Addl SP Rajesh Duddalwar, DySP Sandip Jagtap, the arrest was made by PI Gorakh Kumbhar and staff including Sunil Kalambe, Ravikant Dahat, Laxman Parteki, Vakil Sheikh and others.
A supervisor was killed when a crane crashed at Mahalaxmi Trading Corporation in Pardi police station area on Friday night.
The deceased was identified as Pramod Madhukar Dhomne (37), a resident of Pardi. According to police, the accident occurred at 7.30 pm when Pramod was supervising loading of material in the truck. The crane toppled after the operator lost control over the machine due to uneven surface. Pramod was crushed to death under the crane. Akshay Ramteke, a resident of Pardi informed that labourers rescued Pramod and transported him to hospital with the help of police where doctor declared him brought dead. The company is owned by one Sanjay Omprakash Agrawal.
Pardi police are investigating the case.
Supervisor crushed under crane in Pardi
A supervisor was killed when a crane crashed at Mahalaxmi Trading Corporation in Pardi police station area on Friday night.
The deceased was identified as Pramod Madhukar Dhomne (37), a resident of Pardi. According to police, the accident occurred at 7.30 pm when Pramod was supervising loading of material in the truck. The crane toppled after the operator lost control over the machine due to uneven surface. Pramod was crushed to death under the crane. Akshay Ramteke, a resident of Pardi informed that labourers rescued Pramod and transported him to hospital with the help of police where doctor declared him brought dead. The company is owned by one Sanjay Omprakash Agrawal.
Pardi police are investigating the case.
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