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,...
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 Ambekar in the court and obtained his 10-days police custody. The police have recovered Rs 1.45 crore from Ambekar so far.
MCOCA was invoked against Ambekar four times in the past. But he was acquitted by court in all the cases. On Tuesday, an offence was registered against Ambekar at Lakadganj police station 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 money.
On the basis of complaint given by Kale, Tehsil police have registered an offence under Sections 386, 504, 506 (b), 34 of Indian Penal Code read with Section 44 and 45 of Maharashtra Money-Lending (Regulation) Act, 2014.
Ambekar was first time arrested by police this month 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, 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.
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