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Secretary General of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Milind Parande on Saturday said that more than 25,000 of Muslims and Christians were reconverted in Hindu religion in 2018. “We are organising reconversion programmes regularly across the country to reconvert Muslims and Christians in Hindu religion. The programme was conducted this year too but the figures are not compiled,” he said.  Addressing a press conference, Parande said that religious conversion is a national problem. “VHP want a bill which will make it difficult to convert people to other religions. Conversion is an attack on country and a conspiracy to divide it again by attacking the roots of our national culture,” he said and added that  On the issue of Ram Mandir, Parande said that the VHP was expecting positive verdict in Ram Mandir case as all archaeological facts were in the favour of Ram Mandir. “We are expecting result before November 17,” he said.  When asked about killing of Hindus in the parts ...

Cops probing into the ‘iridium fraud’ case were shocked to learn that accused Raj Singh alias Rajeshkumar Tarkeshwarsingh, a resident of Jharkhand, was posing as a RAW agent to impress the investors. The fraudster was arrested by the police for duping film producer-director Vipul Shah and his business partner of Rs. 5 crore by luring them into investing in ‘iridium business'. The accused was carrying three to four fake identity cards with him. He was organising seminars for handicapped people in which senior government officials were called as chief guest. After identifying ‘targets’ from the audience, he get befriended with them. Slowly, he was introducing “iridium business” to the targets. To convinces the ‘targets’, he was posing himself as secret agent of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL).  A police official informed that Raj Singh had even told one investor that he was working with Indian government for extradition o...

25-10-19 JEALOUS with regular Facebook posts of a friend with his girlfriend, a youth kidnapped his friend with the help of two ‘fake policemen’ to extract details of his business. But the kidanppers landed in police lock up when beat marshals rounded them on suspicion.  The accused have been identified as Anmol Babulal Dongre (23), a resident of Manewada, Vidhnyan Nagar; Kishore Babanrao Chunatkar (42), a resident of Mhada Colony, Wadi and Shahzad Khan Habib Khan (41), a resident of Mominpura.  Dongre is a Medical Representative while Kishore and Shahjad are security guard and mechanic respectivelly.  Accused Dongre is the friend of complainant Neeraj Verma (17), a resident of Vidya Nagar. Dongre was obsessed over Verma after observing his regular posts with his girlfriend on Facebook, in which he was seen spending money on new cloaths and shopping. He presumed that Verma was indulged in some “illegal business” and making lakhs of money.  To get his busi...

24-10-19 Film Director and producer Vipul Shah and his partner in the film production company were duped by fraudsters to the tune of Rs five crore. The fruadsters assured investment of Rs 100 crore in their upcoming movies and told him that they were making money through old coins of British era, saying that the coin minted from Iridium, a precious metal, had some supernatural powers.   The accused have been identified as Rajsingh alias Rajeshkumar Tarkeshwarsingh, a resident of Jharkhand; Builder Keshav D Padole, a resident of Nirmal Puja Building, Shivaji Nagar and R. Krishnakumar, a resident of Chennai.  Vipul Shah and his partner Vinit Ramlalprasad Singh (41), a resident of Flat No. 802, Brmhasan City, Building No. 6, Wadgaon, Pune lodged a complaint with EoW this month. The accused met Shah and Singh at Nagpur in thier office and promised investment in their upcoming movies. Padole posed himself as Chairman of Builder Association of India and told the victims t...

23-10-19 NATIONAL Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) statistics for the year 2017 ranked Nagpur seventh in crime rate among 19 metro politan cities ofIndia and firstinthe State. The ranking is for cases registered under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Special and Local Laws (SLL) category.Most shocking fact is - Nagpur is ranked third in violent crimes across the country and again tops the list in Maharashtra. The statistics is a commentary on the law and order situation in the city, where frustration among populace about lack of adequate opportunities seems to play a majorrole in youth taking to crime to further their dreams. The crime rate describes the number of crimes reported to law enforcement agencies per 1,00,000 total population.A crime rate is calculated by dividing the number of reported crimes by the total population; the result is multiplied by 1,00,000. The NCRB chart shows 25 lakh population of Nagpur,1.84crore .5 population of Pune city. A study of NCRB’s Cri...

Office-bearers of Active Growth company were booked by Economic Offences Wing (OCW) for duping investors to the tune of Rs 1.34 crore on pretext of double their investment within three months. The accused have been identified as Ganesh Shriram Kaikade, Vilas Shriram Kaikade and Sushma Ganesh Kaikade, all residents of Plot No. 60, Ayodhya Nagar, near Sai Mandir.  Complainant Vilas Vitthalrao Bobde (60), a resident of Plot No. 383, Vitthal-Rukmini Palace, Laxmi Nagar, lodged a complaint with EoW alleging the accused had collected Rs 28.50 lakh from him and Rs 71.84 lakh from other investors in July 2019 on pretext of doubling the investment. The accused told the investors that the company was investing in foreign currency and forex trading and assured 33.33 % returns per month. They also assured that the returns would increase upto 50 %, 70 % and 100 % periodically. After giving the money to the accused, they had done agreement with the investors and given post dated cheques to...

In heinous crime, Imambada police have booked a 55-year-old man for raping a seven-year-old girl by luring her of money on Wednesday.  Accused Ramdas Punavu Shendur, a resident of Imambada, called the girl at his residence in the morning and raped her by luring her of money, said police. The girl narrated the incident to her parents, who reported the matter to police. The police have registered the case under Section 376 of Indian Penal Code read with Section 3, 4 of POSCO Act. The accused was arrested by the police.  A police official informed that the girl was used to come at the house accused as the family know each other.  In another rape case, Mankapur police have booked a teenager for raping a 16-year-old girl at her house. The crime took place in May 2017, said police. The boy befriended with the girl on facebook and met her at house in Mankapur area. He sexually exploited her when she was alone at home.  The girl currently living at Mumbai, the police...

23-10-19 An Accounts Officer attached with Finance Department of Zilla Parishad Nagpur was caught red-handed by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Nagpur while accepting bribe of Rs 4,500/- on Wednesday.  The complainant is a contractor with ZP Nagpur. He bagged nine tenders of various works in Mouda area. After completion of works, he submitted the file with finance department to get his bills cleared. Accounts officer Sudam Pangul had demanded Rs 4,500/- bribe to the contractor to clear the bills. The contractor then approached the ACB and lodged a complaint.  The ACB officials laid a trap accordingly and nabbed the contractor red-handed while accepting the bribe at his office in the evening. An offence under various sections of Prevention of Corruption Act was registered Sadar police station. Under the guidance of Superintendent of Police Rashmi Nandedkar, Addl SP Rajesh Duddhalwar, DySP Sudip Jagtap, the arrest was made by Pravin Padole, Sunil Kalambe, Dinesh Shiwal...

23-10-19 City police have slapped stringent Maharashtra Conrol Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) gangster Santosh Ambekar and his 11 accomplices on Wednesday. Ambekar was arrested by Crime Branch recently for duping a businessman of Rs five crore in a property deal and also issuing threats to him for extortion of Rs one crore. Soon after, a series of offences were registered agaisnt him within a fortnight at Lakadganj, Ambazari, Sonegaon and Tehsil police station.  On the basis of guidlines issued by Commissioner of Police (CP) Dr. Bhushan Kumar Upadhyaya, ACP Crime Kishore Jadhav made a proposal of MCOCA after studying in past criminal records. The proposal was approved by Additional Commissioner of Police (Addl CP) Nilesh Bharne.  Along with Ambekar, a resident of Doshiwadi Bhava, Itwari, Nilesh Kedar, Chandan Choudhary, Juhi Choudhary, Ankit Patel, Ajay Patel, Raju Armarkar, Arvind Patel and four others were booked by the police under MCOCA.  The police produced Am...

22-10-19 Two girls were killed in separate road accidents in Ganeshpeth and Yashodhara Nagar police station area on Wednesday. A father of a girl was also seriously injured in the mishap.  In the first accident, a girl was killed in a road accident when a speeding Shivshahi bus of MSRTC hits her moped on which she was riding with her father on Wednesday morning. The deceased has been identified as Divya Gulab Sontakke (70), a resident of Plot No. 197, Pitruchhaya, Ladikar lay-out, Manewada. She recently came to Nagpur after completing her education at Pune.  According to police, the accident occurred at 10.40 am when Divya was heading towards home on Scooty moped after medical check-up of her father at a hospital. When she was passing through Vimal Complex, a Shivshahi bus (MH-09/EM-1960) came from opposite direction and hit the moped. Divya and her father fell on the road and sustained grievous injuries. They were taken to the hospital where the girl succumbed to th...

22-1-19 One more offence was registered against Gangster Santosh Ambekar by city police for extorting Rs 15 lakh from a person who was co-accused in the murder case of Balya Gawande, an arch rival of Ambekar.   Complainant Jaibharat Jaihind Kale (43), a resident of New Subhedar lay-out, Sakkardara, and Ambekar were accused in Balya Gawande murder case. Gawande was killed in year 2017 at Sant Tukaram Nagar. The court had acquitted all the accused including Ambekar and Kale citing loopholes in the investigation by Kalamna police.  “Ambekar told Kale that he had spent Rs one crore in Mantralaya to secure their acquittal. Of them, Rs 15 lakh was borrowed from Raju Armarkar at 3 per cent rate of interest. Ambekar was collecting Rs 45,000 per month from Kale as the interest on the Rs 15 lakh,” said police quoting statement of Kale.  Ambekar and another accused Nilesh Kedar have collected Rs 11.25 lakh Kale so far. They were used to issue death threats to Kale for the ...

22-10-19 Five police personnel attached to Nandanvan police station were suspended by Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Zone IV Nirmala Devi on Tuesday in connection with seizure of mephedrone (MD) drug and cash of Rs 2.45 lakh from their possession.  Suspended policemen have been identified as constable Sachin Emprediwar, Rajendra Sirbhate, Dilip Awgan, Roshan Nimbarte, Abhay Marode. An offence under Sections 22(b), 29(b) and 59(a) of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 Act, 1985 was registered against the policemen and two drug peddlers Jamal and Javed on the basis of complaint given by Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) of Sakkardara Division Vijay Dhapawkar on Monday.  Investigation revealed that the police personnel had nabbed a drug peddler Jamal in Nandanvan area on October 14 at 2.30 pm. The police had seized the MD drug from his possession. But Jamal somehow managed to escape from the police custody. Soon after, another drug peddler Jave...

Body of a newborn girl was found floating in a nullah under a bridge in Hingna police station area on Tuesday morning. The infant was found by Durgesh Ashokrao Kuhite (27), a resident of Chini Mangli village in Hingna tehsil, when he was passing by the area around 7 am. Staff of Hingna police station rushed to the spot after being informed by Kuhite. The police have recovered the body from the nullah and sent it to hospital where doctors declared her brought dead. A police official said that it was a case of a mother abandoning the newborn. The child might be died after birth, but to conceal the birth and to destroy evidence, the accused dumped it in the nullah, the official said.  “We have sent the body to hospital for a forensic post-mortem,” said the official. Hingna police have registered the case under Section 318 of Indian Penal Code for concealing the birth of a child by secretly disposing of the body. The offence is punishable by up to two years of imprisonment.

21-10-19 Crime Branch of City Police have arrested three burglars for committing eight house-breaking thefts across the city. The police have recovered 150 gm of gold ornaments from a jeweller who had purchased stolen property from the accused. The accused have been identified as Kapil Ishwar Maskari (24), a resident of Sakharkar Wadi, Kalamna; Shubham Mahendra Marathe (22), a resident of Punjaram Wadi and Manoj Ramadhar Lilhare (34), a resident of Dipti Signal, Kalamna. The burglars had stolen gold ornaments and cash collectivelly worth Rs 2.45 lakh from the house of Rajesh Nandkishore Sulbhear (38), a resident of Mhalagi Nagar on April 6, 2019. During investigation, the police have arrested Kapil Maskre and Manoj Lilhare from Hyderabad with their Pulsar motorcycle while Shubham Marathe was nabbed from Bele Nagar, Kamptee.  The accused confessed for committing eight burglaries in Hudkeshwar and Kalamna police station area. They had sold the stolen property to jeweler Pra...

21-10-19 In a major breakthrough, a five-member interstate gang of robbers was busted by Local Crime Branch (LCB) of Nagpur rural police on Monday for robbing an Umred businessman of Rs 8.5 lakh last week. The robbers committed the crime last Monday at 11:30 am when the victim Nikesh Mahesh Tolani (29), a distributor for Hindustan Uniliver Ltd, was on his way to a bank with two bags containing cash. Tolani was accosted by the accused who tried to snatch the bags from him. They stabbed Tolani in his head and stomach before fleeing on a motorcycle with the bags containing Rs 8,53,000 cash. After registering the case under Sections 394 and 34 of Indian Penal Code, the police started checking footage and location of history-sheeters active in the area. Acting on a tip-off, the police nabbed the accused persons from their houses. During interrogation, the goons confessed for the crime.  The arrested accused have been identified as Sumit Prabhakar Somkuwar (22), a resident of S...

20-10-19 Five police personnel attached to Nandanvan police station have been booked under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 after Rs 2.45 lakh cash and 34 gm of mephedrone (MD) drug was seized from their cupboard at the police station. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Nirmala Devi informed ‘The Hitavada’ that a surprise checking on conducted at the police station on the basis of a tip-off. “We have found the cash and MD drug in their cupboard in DB room of the police station,” she said.  The accused policemen have been identified as constable Sachin Emprediwar, Rajendra Sirbhate, Dilip Awgan, Roshan Nimbarte, Abhay Marode. An offence under Sections 22(b), 29(b) and 59(a) of NDPS Act, 1985 was registered against the policemen and two drug peddlers Jamal and Javed on the basis of complaint given by Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) of Sakkardara Division Vijay Dhapawkar.  Investigation revealed that the police personnel had nabbed a drug ped...

The BJP and Congress supporters on Monday clashed with each other following a quarrel over clicking of pictures near a polling booth at Sillewada. Windshield of a car of BJP candidate for Saoner assembly segment Dr. Rajiv Potdar was damaged by Congress supporters during the fight. Khaparkheda police have registered cross complaint against supporters both parties.  Dr. Potdar was arrived at Sillewada with his supporters in the afternoon. When he entered a booth, one Congress supporters objected him and asked to do not enter in the booth with such a large supporters. Dr. Potdar did not responded to him and entered in the booth. Meanwhile, the Congress supporter clicked his picture.  When Dr. Potdar came back, he asked his supporters to take the picture of the Congress supporter. At the same time, someone pelted a stone at vehicle of Dr. Potdar damaging its windshield. He somehow managed to move from the spot and reached Khaparkheada police station. On the basis of complain...

A constable of Prison Department was attacked by a goon at Central Jail on Saturday. The constable was seriously injured in the attack and admitted to the hospital and his condition is reportedly critical.  According to police, accused Ashwajeet Pradip Tagde (25), a resident of Kausalya Nagar, Chimni Chowk, is history-sheeter goon of Ajni area. He is accused several body offences.  On Saturday evening, Tagde came at the jail to meet a prisoner. As he was talking on a phone, constable Rajesh Mahadeo Doifode (43) asked him to do not use telephone in the premises. This irked Tagde and he picked a quarrel with Doifode. Tagde then wrapped a stone in Dupatta and hit it on the head of Doifode. As the constable collapsed on the ground, the accused fled the spot.  Profusely bleeding Doifode was admitted at hospital and his condition is reportedly critical. Police Inspector Vijay Akot of Dhantoli police station informed that searches were launched to arrest the accused. An ...

24-10-19 There used to be time when everyone knew every other person in their neighbourhood. The society that time believed in sharing and caring as family ties were quite deep. Anyone passing through a crisis just has to call someone for help and help would pour in from entire neighbourhood. That was the bonding between people and though means in those times were less but happiness was never ending. Also there was a charm of neighborhood in the society when people invested their time in building relationship in the society. It was a long term investment wherein no one bored of meeting and discussing issues, common problems and living happy go luck style. In contrast today the idea of neighbourhood seems to have almost vanished from the Indian society. Me and myself are now the dominant theme as people do not even know who lives in neighbourhood nor they have inclination of wanting to establish a bond with them.  The society that was interconnected has now shifted to soci...

19-10-19 State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) Group IV have received ISO certification for achieving stipulated parameters in policing, a senior official said Sunday. The certification is given by Geneva-based International Standards Organisation (ISO) on the basis of various parameters. A team of ISO conducted survey on August 18 and given some guidelines. Commandant G Shridhar completed all the formalities within two months required for the certificate.   The certificate was received for ideal furniture, drinking water system, toilets, use of modern system for maintaining records, vehicle parking, tree plantation, names to the offices, job profile, mess for policemen and others.     Police personnel were briefed about working in a certain manner to improve the functioning of key areas which constituted the focus of ISO. It was received on October 18 and handed-over to Commandant of SRPF Group No. 15 Javed Anwar. A press release issued of SRPF informed that the I...

19-10-19 An accountant manager with SMS Ltd duped the company to the tune of Rs 52 lakh. Rana Pratap Nagar police have booked the accountant on the charges of cheating and criminal breach of trust.  The accused has been identified as Amit Santaram Apreja (41), a resident of Plot No. 10/B, Gokuldham, Godhani. According to police, Apreja committed the fraud from December 2012 to July 2019. Instead of transferring the money to accounts of other companies, Apreja allegedly diverted the amount to the bank accounts of wife and other relatives. The company had conducted an inquiry following an alert email sent by another accountant officer to senior company officials.  After finding Apreja’s involvement in the fraud, a complaint was lodged with Rana Pratap Nagar police by Abhishek Anil Mehta (37), a resident of Plot No. 404, Maharshi Kapil Apartment, Swawlambi Nagar. The police have booked the accused under Sections 420, 406 and 408 of Indian Penal Code.

The city police is geared up for the October 21 Assembly elections with a heavy deployment of over three lakh personnel along with the Central forces, an official said on Saturday. The election results will be declared on October 24. A heavy blanket of security will be seen across the state for peaceful polling, the official said. At least three helicopters along with drones will be used in Naxal-affected Gadchiroli district, Milind Bharambe, special inspector general of police (Law and Order) said. Apart from two lakh personnel from the state police, 350 companies of Central Industrial Security Force, Central Reserve Police Force, Nagaland Women Police Force will also be roped in, he said. At least 100 companies of State Reserve Police Force and around 45,000 jawans of State Home Guards have been deployed on 24-hour duty, he said, adding that services of 20,000 Home Guard jawans of other states are also sought.

19-10-19 THOUSANDS of police personnel would not be able to vote in the Assembly elections as they failed to file form no. 12 mandatory for casting postal ballot, thanks to senior police officers in Nagpur Police who failed to convey the last date of filing to the constabulary staff. More than 5,000 policemen would be deployed for election duties at polling booths and management of sensitive areas, a top rank officer said. However, only a few have managed to file the Form No. 12, it has been learnt. Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Welfare, Vinay Marathe informed ‘The Hitavada’ that as many as 1,558 police personnel have filed form required for casting postal ballot. “A police officer at every police station was designated as nodal officer and forms were given to him on October 10. His duty was to distribute the forms to police personnel at police station and submit it on October 16 for further action,” he said. “We have received 1,558 forms. Remaining constabulary forc...

 19-10-19 A man was arrested by Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) from Mominpura locality of city in connection with the murder of former Akhil Bhartiya Hindu Mahasabha (ABHM) leader Kamlesh Tiwari in Uttar Pradesh.  A senior rank official in ATS Maharashtra informed ‘The Hitavada’ that the man was arrested from Mominpura following tip-off from UP police. “He was connected with the accused persons arrested from Gujarat on Saturday,” he said. The police found continuous phone calls between the accused persons.  The ATS team raided his house and bundled him in police jeep. He was taken to the ATS office in the evening and would be produced in the court on Sunday for police custody.  Tiwari, who had appealed on behalf of the organisation in the Ayodhya case before the Supreme Court, was killed Friday at his Lucknow home. According to CCTV footage, two youths were seen entering his house on Friday noon.

19-10-19 Lakadganj police booked Gangster Santosh Ambekar for molesting and raping a woman for more than seven years. The woman alleged that Ambekar had allegedly raped her at his house, in office, in a hotel at Mumbai and a resort at Banglore.  Ambekar (49), a resident of Doshiwadi Bhavan, near Itwari High School, was slapped with Sections of 354 (a), 354 (d), 376 (2) (n) and 506 of Indian Penal Code read with Sub-sections 12 of POSCO Act.  The woman in her complaint alleged that Ambekar was used to call her on telephone in year 2011. He called her at his office and raped her in year 2015. Soon after, he took her to woman in a hotel at Ghatkopar in Mumbai and a resort at Banglore and sexually exploited her. Ambekar was already arrested by police for duping a businessman of Rs five crore in a property deal and also issuing threats to him for extortion of Rs one crore. The complaint was lodged against Ambekar by Jigar Pareshbhai Patel, a resident of Kapadvanj, Distric...

Launching a blistering attack on Congress-NCP alliance for indulging in vote bank politics, Union Minister Amit Shah challenged Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over scrapping of article 370 and dared him to restore the article 370 giving special status to Jammu and Kashmir after coming to power.  Shah was addressing a public meeting at Chankapur ground in Khaparkheda for candidates of BJP-Shiv Sena allaince on Friday. “The article 370 was nullified by Prime Minister Narendra Modi within three months after coming to power. It was responsible for promoting terrorism in Kashmir which claimed more than 40,000 deaths in last 50 years,” he stated and added that the article was hindrance in unification of India.  “The Opposition leaders were speaking on the lines of a neighbouring country on the issue of article 370 which is exactly opposite the national sentiment,” he said. “Rahul Gandhi had raised issue of human rights in Kashmir and that statement was quoted by Pakistan Prime M...

Ajni police have arrested six pesons for stealing Diesel from a private bus. The arrest also led to cracking of a bike theft case reported in Imambada area. Swapnil Akhand (29), a resident of Kalmeshwar lodged a complaint with Ajni police on Friday that 35 litres of Diesel was stolen from fuel tank of his bus when it was parked at Shatabdi Chowk at 2.30 am. “The thieves fled the spot after the driver noticed them, said police.  On the basis of RTO registration number (MH-49/AV-3034) of a bike that was used by the criminals given by the driver, the police identified the accused and arrested them.  The police have recovered the stolen diesel from the possession of the accused. During interrogation, the police learnt that the accused were involved in bike theft reported in Imambada area. The stolen Pulsar 220 motorcycle was also recovered by the police.  Arrested accused have been identified as Abhishek Bablu Dhabarde (20), a resident of Jai Bhim Nagar, Ajni; Rupesh ...

15-10-19 AS MANY as 292 police personnel, including 67 belonging to the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and 41 from Border Security Force (BSF), have laid down their lives in the line of duty in last one year, Deputy Director of Intelligence Bureau (IB) Badri Narayan said in a letter issued to Heads of State Police Force and Central Forces. The IB has issued a list of police personnel who laid their lives in the line of duty. According to the list, 292 police personnel were killed while performing various duties across the country from September 1, 2018 to August 30, 2019. As per the data released up to August 31, 2019, more than 35,136 police personnel have made supreme sacrifice in service of the nation. Among these police personnel, 67 belonged to the CRPF, 41 to the BSF, 23 were from the Indo Tibet Border Police (ITBP), 24 from the Jammu and Kashmir Police, 20 belonged to Maharashtra police, 14 from Chhhattisgarh, 12 from Karnataka police, 11 belonged to Railway Protect...

16-10-19 Around 600 employees of the bankrupt Spanco Nagpur Discom Ltd were left in the dark on Diwali after the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) failed to pay their salary dues, despite its commitment that their dues will be cleared within a month. The SNDL employees on Wednesday protested in the office of SNDL for the salary and dues.  Out of 600 employees, around 150 were on rolls including Department heads and Sub-Heads and 450 others. After the MSEDCL took over the operations, Energy Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule, MSEDCL’s MD Operations Dinesh Saboo and others had made a statement in the press conference that that salaries would be paid on time to the employees and they would be absorbed in Class III category on contract.  However, since the takeover and parallel operations, salaries of SNDL employees had never came on time. Last month, the salary for August 2019 was credited into accounts on 13 th of September 2019 and dues of the e...

Gangster Santosh Ambekar was hospitalised on late Tuesday night after he collapsed in the police lock up. He complained of dizziness, said police.   He is being treated at Intensive Carte Unit (ICU) at Ward No. 24 of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH). A large number of police personnel have been deployed near the ward.  Ambekar told the police that he is patient of Blood Pressure and Sugar. On Tuesday night, he collapsed in the lock up after which the police rushed him to the hospital.  An offence under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 384, 386, 506 (b) and 34 of Indian Penal Code was registered against Ambekar and five others on Saturday for duping a businessman of Rs five crore in a property deal and also issuing threats to him for extortion of Rs one crore.  Ambekar’s nephew Nilesh Dhnyaneshwar Kedar (31),a  resident of Darodkar Chowk was also nabbed by the police. The complaint was lodged against Ambkar by Jigar Pareshbhai Patel, a residen...

A debt-ridden farmer has allegedly committed suicide at Dhapewada Khurd village in Kalmeshwar tehsil. According to Kalmeshwar police, Mahadev Raghunath Ranade (48), a resident of Dhapewada Khurd village was under stress as he was unable to repay his loans. He committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling hook at his home in on Monday at 5 pm. He owned four acres of agricultural land in the village. His wife and son were at their farm when he took the extreme step. A suicide note was recovered from the spot in which Ranade purportedly mentioned that his cotton crop was severely damaged last year due to the pink bollworm (pest) attack, the official said. He had taken a loan of around Rs one lakh from his friends and other villagers for sowing cotton this year. But, as he was unable to repay the loan, he took the extreme step, said a police official, quoting the suicide note. Kalmeshwar police have registered a case of accidental death. Further investigation is on.  ...