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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,...

Five arrested in Yashodhara Nagar murder

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 attack them, the accused hatched a conspiracy and decided to kill him . 
When he came to Kanji House chowk for some work at 6.35 pm, the rival gang came close to him to attack. Samir ran for life in a lane. The goons with sharp-weapons in hands chased Samir for several distance. When Samir entered R K Saoji restaurant from back door, the accused followed him where they stabbed him in stomach with sharp-weapons. 
A police official said that the goons stabbed Samir more then eight times in the stomach. Leaving Samir in pool of blood, the goons fled the spot. He died on the spot due to heavy blood loss. Staff of Yashodhara Nagar police station rushed to the spot and sent the body for post-mortem. 
A large number of onlookers were gathered at the spot after the crime. The police have registered the case under Section 302 of Indian Penal Code and arrested the accused.

Wathoda murder : Cops discover ‘love’ angle 

In Wathoda murder case, the cops are suspecting ‘love’ angle behind the murder of the youth. The youth was found dead in Wathoda area with his head smashed by a boulder on Tuesday night. According to police, a passersby discovered the body lying on the roadside with injuries on the head. He alerted the police about the incident. Staff of Wathoda police station rushed to the spot and performed panchanama (collection of evidence from crime scene). The body was sent to GMCH for post-mortem. 
The deceased was identified as Himanshu Manohar Denge (22), a resident of Plot No. 37, Anmol Nagar. Investigation revealed that one Vishal had killed Himanshu by smashing his head with a boulder over Vishal’s affair with a girl. Wathoda police have sent a team to Balaghat in Madhya Pradesh to arrest the accused where he is reportedly hiding. An offence under Section 302 of Indian Penal Code was registered at Wathoda police station. 



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