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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,...

Sex racket busted in Kotwali area, three woman rescued

Social Security Branch (SSB) of City Police busted a prostitution racket at DK Resto and Lounge and Rooms in Kotwali area and rescued three girls including a Kyrgyzstan national. The cops have arrested four persons in this connection. 
The accused have been identified as Dipesh Dilip Kanabar (35), a resident of Matoshri Apartment, Satnami Nagar, Central Avenue; Sachin Kashinath Sonarkar (34), a resident of Sanjay Gandhi Nagar, Ram Nagar; Ankit Kishor Wahane (19),  a resident of Bhande Plot, Umred Road and Rajesh Harishchandra Gokhe (35), a resident of Bapu Kuti Nagar, Pachpaoli. 
Acting on a tip off, a decoy customer of police contacted the accused on telephone and fixed the deal. The customer reached the resto at 9 pm and given money to the accused. The police raided the resto after signalled by the decoy. 
A police officer informed that the accused had constructed eight rooms in the resto where he was providing the girls for Rs 5,000 to 15,000. The girls were travelling by flights and roaming in the Honda City car. The police have seized the car along with four mobile phones. 
An offence under Sections 370 of Indian Penal Code read with Sections 3, 4, 5, 7 of Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act (PITA) was registered at Kotwali police station against the accused. 
Under the guidance of Addl CP Nilesh Bharne, DCP Gajanan Rajmane, ACP Sudhir Nandanwar, the arrest was made by PI Kishor Parwate, API Anupama Jagtap and staff includng Nagorao Ingale, Narendra Baghele, Sandesh Patil, Jawahar Dhonge, Vilas Choubitkar, Chandrakant Ghagare, Nitin Wankhede, Surekha Sandekar, Geeta Sharma, Shrikant Marwadi, Vandana Devkate, Chhaya Raut, Seema Baghele, Bhimrao Meshram, Yogesh Ippar and others. 

Gujarat man booked for doing unnatural sex with boy 

Wadi police have booked a Gujarat man for allegedly doing unnatural sex with an 18-year-old boy. The accused has been identified as Sanjaysingh Shriransingh Thawar (37), a resident of B/26/ Shrivijay Nagar society, New VIP Road, Baroda, Gujarat. According to police, the accused met the boy during a train journey in year 2016. Soon after, the accused befriended with the boy on Facebook and was in contact with him on telephone. A police officer said that Thawar was in the city for business work. He was staying at a room near Naka Number 10. He called the boy at his room and exploited the the boy. He also shot the video and threatened the boy of making the video clip of viral on social media. Wadi police have booked the accused under Sections 377, 323, 506 of Indian Penal Code read with Sections 4, 6, 8 and 12 of POSCO Act. 

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