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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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Ambekar hospitalised after collapsed in police lock up

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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 resident of Kapadvanj, District - Kheda, Gujarat with Sitabuldi police on Saturday accusing Ambekar and his accomplices for duping him of Rs five crore and demanding extortion of Rs one crore.

Truck cleaner killed after truck moved backwards 

A truck cleaner met with a tragic end when the truck moved in backwards on a slope, crushing the cleaner to death. The incident occurred in Hingna police station area and the police have booked the truck driver on the charges causing death by negligence. 
The truck cleaner Chandrabhan Shivram Hedaoo (52), a resident of Juni Mangalwari, Nagpur was cleaner of the truck (MH-40/Y-3499). The truck developed snag when it was passing through Banwadi village on Monday 8 am. Hedaoo get off the truck and started checking for the fault at rear wheels. However, the driver failed to control the vehicle on the slope and it moved in backwards. Hedaoo was crushed under rear wheels. He was rushed to the hospital where he succumbed to the injuries. 
Hingna police have registered a case under Section 304 (a) of Indian Penal Code against the truck driver. Further investigation is on. 

Man killed after bike hit electric pole 

A 44-year-old man died on Wednesday from injuries sustained in a road accident that took place on Friday in Yashodhara Nagar police station area. 
The deceased has been identified as Dindayal alias Rajesh Ramadas Lokhande (44), a resident of Yashodhara Nagar chowk. 
According to police, the accident occurred at 10.30 am when Lokhande was moving towards Yashodhara Nagar chowk on his bike. He lost control over the bike near a turning and hits a roadside electric pole. He was seriously injured in the accident. During treatment at hospital, Lokhanded succumbed to his injuries. Yashodhara Nagar police have registered the case under Section 304 (a) of IPC. 


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