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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,...

ATM with Rs 16 lakh cash stolen from Katol

Date - 13-10-19
A Bank of Maharashtra’s ATM carrying Rs 16 lakh was stolen from Katol on Sunday. The thieves also decamped with Digital Video Recorder (DVR) and CCTV from ATM kiosk. Katol police have registered a case under Section 457 and 380 of Indian Penal Code (IPC). 
According to police, a citizen reported to the police that the ATM was stolen from the kiosk. The ATM system was disconnected from bank’s server at 2 am. It was having Rs 15,99,700/- cash, said Police Inspector (Local Crime Branch) Anil Jittawar.  Superintendent of Police (SP) Rakesh Ola visited the spot in the morning and launched probe. 
The theft occurred at 2 am. The accused have used a Mahindra Pick up jeep to carry the ATM machine. “They transported the machine towards Jalalkheda where the vehicle was captured in a CCTV footage,” said a police officer.  
SP Ola informed that Rs 23 lakh were filled in the ATM on Friday. The thieves have also stolen CCTV and DVR to destroy the evidence. 
After studying the modus-operendi, the police are suspecting involvement of a gang from Mewat of Haryana. The gang had targeted ATMs in neighbouring Wardha district in year 2015. According to SP Ola, the ATM was not affixed with concrete as just kept on the floor. 

Jobless girl duped of Rs 82,000

A job seeking girl was duped of Rs 82,000 by on-line fraudsters on pretext of job in Axis Bank’s Shivaji Nagar branch.
According to police, Arpita Vitthalrao Adase (25),a resident of Plot No. 21, Ayodhya Nagar, received a phone call from a persons who introduced himself as official of Axis Bank. He told the girl that she was selected for the job of Finance Executive in the bank and asked her to make payment of Rs 82,000 for appointment letter. Without suspecting intention of the caller, the girl had credited the amount in the bank account given by the caller. She realised the fraud, when the accused stopped responding to her phone calls. Hudkeshwar police have registered the case under Sections 419, 420 of Indian Penal Code. 

Olx user duped girl of Rs 35,000

A girl duped of Rs 35,000 by an Olx users on pretext of selling his moped. Hingna police have registered an offence under Section 420 of Indian Penal Code against the accused. 
According to police, accused Vikas Patel had posted an advertisement on Olx about selling of his scooty moped. Complainant Sulabh Kalluchand Jain (26), a resident of Emporium City, Kothewada, Hingna, sent a request to Patel and fixed the deal at Rs 35,000. She also transferred the amount in Google Pay account of the accused in May this year. However, the accused has not yet given the scooty moped to the complainant. 
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