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

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  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,...
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Woman duped of Rs 30,000 by seeking details of debit card

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A 38-year-old woman working was duped of  30,000 by a person who posed as a State Bank Of India (SBI) official. The trickster duped the woman by making a phone call and sought Debit card details. 
In her complaint, Archana Premanand Undirwade, a resident of Plot No. 55, Ekatmata Nagar, Wankhede layout, said she was cheated by a person who called her for restoring her Debit card. As trickster posed as SBI official, she gave details. 
Using the details, the trickster conducted on-line transactions four times. After getting the message, the woman called him up about debit entries and he told the woman not to worry and the bank will refund the money. A police officer said that the woman had shared One Time Password (OTP) three more times and Rs 13,990, Rs 5000, Rs 9,999 and Rs 262 were debited from her account. MIDC police have registered the case under Sections 419 and 420 of Indian Penal Code. 

Girls and women molested at five spots in city

Five cases of molestation were registered in the city under the jurisdictions of Yashodhara Nagar, Dhantoli, Pachpaoli, Koradia and Wadi police station areas. In the first case, an unidentified man molested a woman when she was going to home on an Activa moped in Yashodhara Nagar. According to police, the incident took place between August 29 and September 23. The accused was following the victim everyday when she was going to home, said police. A case under Section 354 (d) of Indian Penal Code was registered against the accused by Yashodhara Nagar police. Dhantoli police have registered a criminal case against a 25-year-old youth who allegedly molested a 17-year-old girl. The accused, Aditya Raju Rangari, a resident of Lane No. 2, Rameshwari Raod, used to stalk the girl, the police said. He allegedly intercepted the girl while returning home and molested her in the basement of an apartment. Based on a complaint lodged by her parents, a case under Section 354, 354 (d) of Indian Penal Code read with Section 12 of POSCO Act was registered against him.In the third case, Pachpaoli police on Tuesday registered a case against a 27-year-old man for outraging modesty of a 13-year-old girl when she was dancing on Garba. The accused has been identified as Harshal Sonu Raju Masram (27), a resident of Pachpaoli. Police have booked the accused under Section 354 (a) of Indian Penal Code read with Section 12 of POSCO Act. In the fourth case, a 28-year-old man was booked by Koradi police on Tuesday for allegedly molesting his a teenage girl. According to the police, the accused - Jitendra Bhagwandas Nistane (28), a resident of Koradi - allegedly followed the girl on the motorcycle and molested her by touching her appropriately. Koradi police have slapped Sections 354, 504 of Indian Penal Code and Sections 7, 8 of POSCO Act against the accused.In the fifth case, a juvenile was booked by Wadi police for outraging modesty of a 15-year-old girl. The boy called the girl for help when she was passing by the road. He asked her to collect the lamps of Hanuman temple at 7.30 pm. When the girl started helping him, he allegedly molested her. Wadi cops have registered the case under Section 354 of Indian Penal Code read with Section 8 of POSCO Act. 


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