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WITH a jump of 11 per cent, Nagpur Range Police have recorded 60.58 per cent conviction rate in Indian Penal Code (IPC) cases, an indication of improvement in quality of investigation and argument of cases by prosecution. Nagpur Rural police topped the chart in the range with whopping 77.09 per cent conviction rate with Wardha police (37.75 per cent) running behind Chandrapur (67.23 per cent) and Bhandara (39.48 per cent) districts. Conviction rate is number of cases per hundred in which court has held the accused guilty and awarded punishment. Special Inspector General of Police (IGP), Nagpur Range, Mallikarjuna Prasanna informed ‘The Hitavada’ that conviction rate of the range was 20.17 per cent in 2015, 31.17 per cent in 2016, 46.66 per cent in 2017 and improved to 49.69 per cent in year 2018.  After taking over reins of Nagpur Range, IGP Prasanna focused on improvement in the conviction. He analysed the situation and ordered head-wise analysis of each and every case....

A nine-year-old boy was killed when the driver of the school bus he travelled ran him down in Bajeria, near Santra market on Friday evening. The bus driver failed to notice the boy as he got down from the bus and walked in front of the vehicle. Deceased Yash Mishra, a resident of Telipura, Bajeria, was studying in Standard III at Orange City High School, Mohan Nagar. The police have arrested bus driver Prafulla Gajanan Mathure (26), a resident of Jaripatka and seized the bus.  According to police, the accident occurred at 3.30 pm. The bus (MH-40/BN-3620) came from Santra Market side and stopped at Daulat Patel square with 16 students onboard. Yash deboarded the bus and went to the front to walk towards his home. Thinking that Yash had crossed the road from the back, the driver started the bus in a hurry and run over the boy. He realised the accident when passers-by raised an alarm. The boy came under the rear wheels and sustained multiple injuries including head injuries. T...

A 12-year-old boy was kidnapped by a man who got the contract from the kid’s aunt. The woman was inspired by a crime show on television, said police. The boy was released by the kidnapper after Local Crime Branch (LCB) of Rural Police tightened noose of accused involved in the crime.  According to police, accused Sarika Dinesh Bhagat (36), a resident of Ward No. 3, Butibori, is aunt of Saniket Rajesh Ingole (12), a resident of Butibori. Sarika hatched the conspiracy of kidnapping and roped in Gangaprasad Mohanlal Yerne (27), a resident of Khapri in the crime. She had promised Rs 50,000/- to Gangaprasad for same.  Sarika and Gangaprasad kidnapped the boy from his school in Butibori on Wednesday. They bundled him in a car and drove to Shegaon in Buldhana district where Gangaprasad stayed with the boy while Sarika and returned Butibori with car driver.  When Saniket did not return home, his mother lodged a missing complaint with the police. Butibori police registered...

HANGING was the most favourite mode adopted by suicide victims in India as 51.5 per cent victims ended their lives by hanging themselves. More suicide victims are leaning towards this mode as such cases increased by 0.7 per cent in year 2018 as against 49.8 per cent in 2017.  The shocking revelation came to fore in data released by National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) for year 2018. According to statistics, Indians are adopting hanging, poisoning, jumping methods more for suicide which are easily available and effective mode of suicide than painful means such as self-inflicted injuries.  A total of 26.7 per cent persons had committed suicide by consuming poison in year 2018 as against 27.5 per cent in 2017. It showing declined trend among the Indians. As many as 4.9 per cent victims adopted drowning as mode of suicide while 4.4 per cent adopted self immolation and jumping by 1.9  per cent victims.  The number of male victims were more than females in all means...

Yashodhara Nagar police have arrested five persons in the murder case Samir alias Babu Sheikh Ramjan who was killed by the assailants at a restaurant on Tuesday night.  According to police, Samir alias Babu Sheikh Ramjan (23), a resident of Indira Mata, was murdered by Vijay Naresh Padole (19), a resident of Yashodhara Nagar; Ajay Chavan (22), a resident of Yadav Nagar;  Aryan alias Gaurav Mohanlal Gupta (20), a resident of Prem Nagar; Ankush Uttam Suryawanshi (21), a resident of Kanji House Chowk; Pradip alias Bunty Yadav Kanpate (19), a residnet of Kanji House Chowk; Mahesh alias Sonu Rajkumar Kusere (25), a resident of Yashodhara Nagar and two others.   Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Zone V Neelotpal informed that the murder was fall out of rivarly between the accused and the deceased. Samir was accused in murder case reported in year 2017. He had threatened accused Vijay Padole and Ankush Suryawanshi of eliminating them on January 6. Before Samir could atta...

POVERTY is the major reason for suicides in India as two-third of people who ended their lives in 2018 belonged to the poorest sections of the society with annual income of less than Rs One lakh. The statistics provided by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) indicate growing suicide tendencies among the poor people. A total of 66.2 per cent (88,986 out of 1,34,516 victims) of suicide victims in year 2018 were having annual income of less than Rs one lakh. Similarly, 29.1 per cent (39080 out of 1,34,516 victims) of suicide victims belong to annual income group of Rs one lakh and above to less than Rs five lakh. Education also played important role in suicide cases as the maximum numbers of suicide victims - 23.6 per cent - (31,757 out of 1,34,516 victims) were educated up to Matriculation/Secondary level. Middle level educated victims accounted 19.5 per cent (26,252 out of 1,34,516) suicides; Primary educated persons accounted for 17.1 per cent (23,048 out of 1,34,516) suicides...

Sensation prevailed in Kanhan town when son-in-law of Shiv Sena’s candidate for ensuing Kanhan Municipal Council (KMC) polls was brutally murdered by four drunkards late Monday night. The accused were arrested by Local Crime Branch (LCB) of Nagpur Rural Police within five hours. The KMC elections will be held on January 9.   The deceased was identified as Sanjiv Pramod Khadse (34), a resident of Satrapur area of Kanhan. He was son-in-law of Shiv Sena’s candidate from Prabhag No. 8 Daynal Shende in KMC elections. The accused persons have been identified as Sachin Prakash Wadibhasme (22), a resident of Kandri, Kanhan; Bhupesh Sahilkumar Shahu (19), Nitesh Mulchand Patle (30), both residents of Jam Nagar, Bharatwada, Kalamna, Nagpur and Swapnin alias Chuha Marathe (22), a resident of Nagpur. According to police, Sanjiv and the accused were consuming liquor at Gaurav Beer Bar at Kanhan on different tables at 10 pm. As on the accused person broken a glass, Sanjiv tried to stop the...

CP Dr. Bhushan Kumar Upadhyay addressing the press conference while Joint CP Ravindra Kadam, Addl CPs Nilesh Bharne and Dr. Shashikant Mahavarkar were looks on.  Family disputes was the only reason behind 47 per cent reported in the city in year 2019, informed Commissioner of Police (CP) Dr. Bhushan Kumar Upadhyay on Monday and added that crime in the city decreased by 10 per cent last year compared to year 2018.   Presenting the annual crime data at a press conference, Police Chief Dr. Upadhyay claimed that the city had become a lot safer because street crimes — like dacoities, robberies, thefts, crime against woman and chain snatching — had decreased. According to statistics, murders showed an upward tick last year compared to the year before. The city  witnessed 83 murders last year against 77 murders in year 2018 with increase of 7.22 per cent. Of them, 39 murders took place due to family disputes. A total of 75 attempt to murders were reported in year 2019 ...

TEENAGE girls are more prone to committing suicide than adults when it comes to failed love as ratio of female suicide is 30 per cent more than male suicide under 18 years while ratio of male suicides is more than 26 per cent than female in adults. According to National Crime Record Bureau’s (NCRB) data, 665 women below 18 years committed suicide due to failed love in year 2018 as compared to 466 men who ended lives due to same reason in that period. Suicides by women were 30 per cent more than males in that age group. However, the trend took a big turn in above 18 years age group where 39 per cent more men committed suicide than women. A total of 2611 men ended their lives due to failed love while number of women for the same reason was 1600. Family problems and illness were the major causes of suicides which accounted for 30.4 per cent and 17.7 per cent of total suicides respectively during 2018. Marriage related issues caused 6.2 per cent, drug abuse 5.3 per cent, love aff...

KALAMNA police have booked more than 15 persons for setting a truck on fire following a road accident in which two youths were killed on Chikhli fly-over late Sunday night.  According to police, Devlal Rumlal Shahu (30), and Kamlesh Santosh Mahamalla (20), both residents of Vinoba Bhave Nagar were killed in Rohit Anand Katekar (26) was seriously injured in the accident. He was admitted in the hospital and his condition is reportedly critical.  According to police, angry over death of the youths in a road accident, unruly mob ransacked a truck and torched another truck on Chikhali fly-over. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Zone V Neelotpal informed that the truck was moving in a great speed towards Yashodhara Nagar Chowk and three youngsters were also moving in same direction in a Bajaj Pulsar motorcycle at around 11 pm. When the youths were overtaking the truck, the truck driver hit the truck from behind. Soon after, the bikers lost control over the bike and came un...

With 17,972 suicides Maharashtra holds the dubious distinction of being the State with highest number of suicides in the country. The State share was 13.4 per cent of suicide cases reported in India during the year 2018.  The shocking information came to fore in a report of National Crime Record Bureau’s (NCRB) report which said that 134 of every one million of person living in Maharashtra ended their lives in a year due to various reasons. A total of 1,34,516 suicides were reported in the country during the year 2018, showing an increase of 0.3 per cent in comparison to year 2017. Rate of suicides has been calculated using projected population for the non-census years. Each suicide is a personal tragedy that prematurely takes the life of an individual and has a continuing ripple effect, dramatically affecting the lives of families, friends and communities. Every year, more than one lakh people commit suicide in India leaving behind a trail of devastation that is hardly...

Published on November 11, 2019 An Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) was collapsed and died on-duty during bandobast of the India vs Bangladesh 3rd T20 cricket match at Vidarbha Cricket Association’s (VCA) Jamtha Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The incident raised the issue of deteriorating health of policemen in City Police.  The deceased policeman was identified as ASI Sheikh Madar Sheikh Hussain Qureshi (54), (Buckle No. 2378), a resident of Mominpura, near Police Chowkie. A police officer said that ASI Sheikh died of cardiac arrest on-duty during bandobast for the cricket match. ASI Sheikh was attached to police headquarters. The incident occurred at 12.15 pm when ASI Sheikh was sitting on the chair in the Police Pandal outside the stadium. He suddenly collapsed from the chair and fell unconscious, the officer said. He was rushed to the hospital in Ambulance where he doctors gave continuos cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), an emergency life saving procedure for people suffer...

Published on November 11, 2019 In a road-rage incident, a rash car driver assaulted a man for objecting rash driving at RPTS road in Bajaj Nagar Police Station area.  Sunil Harishchanda Ingole (50), a resident of Plot No. 382, near FCI Godown, was passing through RPTS Road on his motorcycle on Friday at 10 am, said a police official. A speeding Swift car (MH-31/CR-5962) came behind and dangerously came close to him. The car driver stopped after asked by the driver, he said. Ingole had word with him and asked to drive the vehicle safely. This comment irked the driver and he took out a hockey stick from the car and assaulted Ingole, the official said. Ingole collapsed on the road and suffered grievous injuries on leg and palm. Passersby rushed him to hospital where his condition is reportedly normal.  On the basis of complaint given by Ingole, Bajaj Nagar police have registered the case under Section 326 of Indian Penal Code. Further investigation is on.

Published on November 11, 2019 Bajaj Nagar Police have arrested a youth for stealing Innova Crysta SUV of BJP leader Sandip Joshi and also recovered the vehicle. The accused is history-sheeter goon having 18 offences against him.  The accused has been identified as Sandesh Siddharth Bhoyar (35), a resident of Plot No. 6, Rahate Nagar, Ajni.  Police Inspector Raghvendra Kshirsagar of Bajaj Nagar Police Station informed that the accused had introduced himself as Sandesh when he came at Joshi’s residence. After getting the key, the accused vanished from the spot.  During investigation, the police have searched crime record in Crime and Criminal Tracking Network (CCTNS) in the name of Sandesh and got the result. The Police then launched searches for Sandesh Bhoyar and visited his house. He was not present at the house and his mobile phone was switched off . Acting on a tip-off, the police have arrested the accused from Rambagh Maitri Bauddha Vihar on Sunday even...

Published on November 10, 2019 In shocking incident, an Innova Crysta SUV of BJP leader Sandip Joshi was stolen from outside of his house in Laxmi Nagar on Saturday morning. “A youth posing as car cleaner vanished with the SUV,” informed Sandip Joshi. According to Joshi, two car including the SUV (MH-49/7732) were parked outside of his house at Plot No. R-6, Laxmi Nagar on Saturday. A regular car cleaner - Mangesh - came to his house to clean the vehicles at 7 am. Joshi’s wife asked Mangesh to wash another car as she was going to school of her children in the vehicle. Mangesh then went to clean vehicles other residents in the area.  Posing as Mangesh’s friend a youth came to Joshi’s house and ask for key of the SUV for washing purpose. Without suspecting for a second, Joshi had simply put the key in his hand. When Joshi had closed the door, the youth vanished from the spot with the vehicle. The theft came to fore when Joshi had not find the SUV in parking. He dialed pho...

Published on November 10, 2019 A multi-tier security system and closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras will function to ensure foolproof safety during the India vs Bangladesh 3rd T20 cricket match at Vidarbha Cricket Association’s (VCA) Jamtha Stadium on Sunday. Addressing a press conference on Additional Commissioner of Police (Adll CP) (Crime) Nilesh Bharne said that whole premises of the stadium will be covered under CCTV cameras to monitor the movement of the general public in and outside the stadium, entry to dressing rooms and all parking stands. As many as five Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCPs), 11 Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACPs), 18 Police Inspectors, 52 API/PSI, and more than 450 constabulary force would be deployed for the match, he added. Dog squads and Bomb Detection and Disposal Squads (BDDS), would be engaged at all entry points, said Bharne and added that Quick Response Teams (QRT) and two Ambulances would be placed on the alert to respond to any e...

Published on November 9, 2019 More police personnel died in road accidents in the country than and terrorist and left-wing extremist (LWE) attacks in year 2017. A total of 502 police personnel (59.67%) were killed in road accidents out of total 840 police personnel killed, said National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) in its recently released report. Maharashtra lost two police personnel in naxal attacks and one due to accidental firing of weapon.  In sharp contrast, 30 were killed road accidents in the state which describe need of providing secure vehicles and safeguards to the policemen.  In Jammu and Kashmir 237 police personnel were killed including 157 killed by riotous mobs and 71 in action against terrorists, 93 policemen were killed in Uttar Pradesh, 78 were killed in Punjan including 72 in road accidents, 51 were killed in Tamil Nadu including 50 in road accidents, 50 were killed in Madhya Pradesh including 39 in road accidents while nine by riotous mob, 41 polic...

Publsihed November 9, 2019 A 22-year-old veterinary student was murdered allegedly by the family of his girlfriend in Parseoni tehsil and dumped the body in jungle. The woman’s father and uncle have been arrested. The deceased has been identified as Ashish Raghunath Kangali (22), a resident of Bachhera village of Parseoni tehsil while the accused involved in the murder are - Ramdas Mayaram Parteti (50) and Dilip Mayaram Parteti (45), both residents of Bachhera village. The youth was pursuing diploma in veterinary medicine. He was in a relationship with a woman, whose husband was living in Nagpur while she was living with parents at Bachhera village. Her father was upset with the relationship and he reportedly told the youth to do not contact the girl. However, the youth and the woman had continued their relationship and were meeting everyday in the farm of the woman which just behind her house. On October 31 at 6 pm, the youth had signaled the woman to come at the farm. But the f...

Published on November 7, 2019 Ahead of Ayodhya verdict, the state Police has begin preparations for maintaining law and order situation in the state. The top brass of state Police has asked all unit commanders to make action plan for sensitive areas and trouble mongers.  Sources informed that the unit commanders have conducted first phase of meetings with in-charge of Police Station and directed them to prepare list of trouble mongers. Two Policemen would be designated to keep watch on the these trouble mongers. If anyone create nuisance, the cops would immediately took him in custody.  “In Nagpur, there are 14 localities have been identified as sensitive areas. We are making deployment plans for these areas,” said a top official on request on anonymity.  Meanwhile, Director General of Police (DGP) Subodh Jaiswal had issued an wireless message on November 2nd cancelling leaves of Police personnel in the state till next order as a precautionary measure as the h...

Publshed on November 6, 2019 With 456 criminal cases registered against Police personnel in the State, Maharashtra Police ranks first in the ‘unwanted list’ of committing crime in India. The shocking revelation came to fore in a report issued by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) for year 2017. In crime committred by Police personnel, the state recorded a jump of 256 per cent in year 2017 as compared to 173 cases in year 2016, reveals the study of the situation of two years ago.   After Maharashtra Police, Gujarat Police ranked 2nd for committing crime with 191 cases, followed by 169 cases committed by Rajasthan Police, 164 cases committed by Andhra Pradesh Police, 116 crime committed by Tamil Nadu Police, 114 crimes committed by Punjab and Kerala Police, 106 crimes committed by Uttar Pradesh Police and so on.  Of all the 456 cases, the Maharashtra Police department has filed its chargesheets in 237 cases while 35 such complaints against the cops have been quas...

Beltarodi Police have booked an account for staging a robbery of Rs 5.64 lakh and sending the Police on wild goose chase.  The accused has been identified as Atul Jamnadas Parate (37), a resident of Plot No. 50, Sai Nagar, Pram Nagar, Nagpur. He is working as accountant in a hostel at Gumgaon.  On Tuesday evening, complainent Sarang Prakash Upgandalwar (45), a resident of Flat No. 102, Laxmi Nagar, near Bal Jagat and Director of the hostel, had given Rs 5.64 lakh cash to Parate and asked him to deposit at his home in Laxmi Nagar.  After reaching Nagpur, Parate dialed phone number of Upgandalwar and informed him that he was robbed of the cash by two robbers on outer ring road. Upgandalwar asked him to lodge a complaint with the Police. Parate then appraoched the Police and lodged compalint. During investiation and panchanama process, the Police noticed variation in his statements. “We suspected his story when showed two different spots during spot visits,” said P...

Published on November 6, 2019 To reduce road fatalities, Maharashtra Highway Police (MHP) have revised speed limits for vehicles moving on Expressways to Municipal limits roads. The revision was necessary as a study of road mishaps done at national level concluded that 30 per cent of fatalities were caused due to overspeeding.  Additional Director General of Police (ADG) Vinay Kargaonkar issued a circular about the new speed limits and stated that it would came into force from November 18, 2019, onwards. According to the order, speed limit of vehicles on Expressways will be 100 kmph while on hilly roads and ghats it will be 50 kmph. On the National Highways, the speed limit is set at 90 kmph and on Urban Roads, 60 kmph. Earlier, on Expressway the upper speed limit was 120 kmph while on National Highways it was 100 kmph. Considering the terrain of roads, curves, plains and hilly areas, it was deemed necessary to restrict the speed of motor vehicles. In the light of these...

A 60-year-old motorcyclist was killed after his two-wheeler hit a dead cow lying on Nagpur- Jabalpur Highway near Khapri here, police said on Tuesday. The incident occurred at around 6 pm on Monday when Bhanudas Ramrao Jangle, a resident of Sudarshan Nagar, was riding towards Multi-modal International Cargo Hub and Airport (MIHAN) in Maharashtra's Nagpur district, an official said. Jangle, a technician with a private company, failed to notice a dead cow lying on the bypass, as it was dark. He hit the carcass, fell on the road and sustained severe head injuries, he added. "Although Jangle was wearing a helmet, it wasn't buckled properly, causing severe head trauma," said a police official. The victim was rushed to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to his injuries in the early hours of Tuesday, the official said, adding that CCTV footage from the area is being examined to ascertain the sequence of events. The police suspect that the cow may have been hit by...

Published on November 5, 2019  Former MLA Ashok Dhawad on Monday surrendered before special Maharashstra Protection of Interest of Depositors (MPID) court in connection with Rs 38.75 crore loan fraud of Navodaya Urban Co-operative Bank Limited.  Soon after, he was arrested by the Economic Offence Wing (EOW). He will be produced in the court on Tuesday by EoW for police custody remand. A senior official of EoW said that they would interrogate Dhawad over his alleged involvment in the loan fraud case.  It may be mentioned that Dhantoli Police had booked former Board of Directors (BoDs), office-bearers, officers and a few ‘selected’ borrowers of Navodaya Urban Co-operative Bank Limited in the infamous Rs 38.75 crore loan fraud on May 16. Shrikant S Supe, District Special Auditor (Class I) Co-operative Societies, Bhandara, lodged a complaint that former Board of Directors, office-bearers, and officers sanctioned loans to some persons without valid requirement betwee...

Published on November 5, 2019 Economic Offence Wing (EoW) on Monday arrested a Woman Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspector (WAMVI) in connection with learning license scam.  The accused WAMVI was identified as Sanjivani Chopde. Senior Police Inspector (EoW) Hemantkumar Kharabe informed The Hitavada that the EoW obtained two-days police custody of the accused officer for custodial interrogation.  He further said that RTO had set up an e-system to issue licenses. User id and password of the system was given to the touts by the RTO officials. The touts had issued hundreds of the licenses by accessing the system in connivance with the RTO officials. The touts were charging more than Rs 1,000 for each learning license and transferring a part of it to the RTO officials, PI Kharabe said. First Investigation Report (FIR) was registered at Sitabuldi police station on the basis of complain lodged by RTO, Nagpur on September 27. The scam came to fore in year November last year af...

Published on November 4, 2019 Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Nagpur Division has recorded its lowest conviction rate in the last three years with mere 13 per cent convictions this year till October. According to the information provided by the ACB, graph of conviction rate is more or less static, nor there is any significant rise nor any alarming drop.  Before 2017, ACB’s recorded 24 per cent conviction rate in the year 2017 and later dropped to 16 per cent in year 2018 and now dipped to al l time low of 13 per cent. The trend of falling conviction rate as seen during the three years is a worrisome development and is a set back in fight to eradication corruption in public places. In 2017, trials in 59 cases were completed and ACB secured conviction in only 14. Trials in 77 cases were completed in year 2018 and ACB managed to secure conviction in 12 cases. Out of 66 cases decided in the court, the ACB managed to get conviction in just eight cases and 58 accused government offic...