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An accused arrested in the murder case of his paramour attempted to committ suicide at Umred Police Station by consuming toilet cleaner. Jitesh Waman Kumbhre (24), was admitted at the hospital and his condition is reportedly normal.  A police official said that Kumbhre, a resident Mangli (Arab) village in Nagbhir teshil of Chandrapur district, was arrested for killing Aishwarya Sunil Chavan, a resident of Umred. The girl had went missing on August 6, 2018.  Her parents, who are daily wage workers, had lodged a missing complaint with Umred police. However, the investigation had not moved even an inch for last three years.  WAPI Sheetal Khobragade resumed investigation in the case. After checking Call Detail Records (CDRs) of the girl and her two sisters, the police suspected some phone calls made by Jitesh Waman Kumbhre (24), a liquor peddler, who was living at Mangli (Arab) village in Nagbhir teshil of Chandrapur district. The woman cop conducted secret inquiry ...

DGP Maharashtra Subodh Jaiswal By Dheeraj Fartode Director General of Police (DGP) Subhodh Jaiswal has directed police personnel not to use force against civilians in a bid to enforce total lockdown in Maharashtra. Asking cops in the field to observe restraint, DGP said it is not advisable to punish people just for stepping out of the houses. “Force should not be used.. I repeat not be used against civilians for implementing government orders,” said DGP Jaiswal in a wireless message to all police units.  A senior police officer informed that DGP Jaiswal issued the orders in the wake of videos circulated on social media in which police personnel were seen using force against civilians for implementation of lockdown. Mixed signals from the political brass had confused the police personnel and they have used force against civilians which disrupted movement of essential goods for citizens in many districts.  An angry CM Uddhav Thackeray called up the state DGP Jaiswal ...

By Dheeraj Fartode Amid round the clock bandobast duties for implementation of lockdown, Maharashtra police have extended the date of submission of forms for General Transfers (GT) by a week. The GT may get delayed this year as police staff assuming longer period of lockdown, claimed sources.  However top officials are confident that despite the outbreak of coronavirus, the transfer would be carried out as per routine. Additional Director General of Police (ADG) Establishment Board Kulwant Sarangal told ‘The Hitavada’ that the date was extended as the police officials are busy with bandobast duties. “Approval from Unit Commander and Inspector General of Police (IGP Range) is needed to approve the submitted forms. However, these senior officials are busy in implementation of lockdown in the state,” he said and added that the transfer orders would definitely be issued before May 31st.  ADG Wireless Retesh Kumaarr has sent a wireless message to all police units alerti...

An 18-year-old polytechnic students attempted to committ robbery at State Bank of India in Vaishali Nagar on Friday. He pocketed Rs 1.13 lakh from the bank and luck ran out as vigilant citizens caught and bashed him.  According to Pachpaoli police, the boy is student of Government Polytechnic College and also a photographer. He was in the need of Rs 10,000/-. As the there is very few customers in the banks, he decided to rob the bank near his house.  After doing recce of the bank, the entered at 11.45 pm with a sharp-weapon. He caught hold a sanitation worker Tushar Bawangade and threatened him with the sharp-weapon. He took the man near the cashier Sarika Jambulkar and also threatened her with the weapon. On his demand, the woman gave him Rs 1.13 lakh from the cash counter. When the youth went out from the bank, the staff alerted passersby who immediately caught him. He was handed-over to the police. An offence under Section 392 of Indian Penal Code was registered by Pa...

A man was brutally murdered by family members of a girl with whom he married on March 1 this year. The incident happened at Vitaa Bhatti Chowk in Yashodhara Nagar police station. The assailants attacked the man with sharp-edged weapons and fled the crime scene only after he collapsed in the pool of blood, the police said.  The deceased was identified as Nitesh alias Chhotu Kalya Yadav Satokhiya (27), a resident of Dhamma Deep nagar. The police have arrested four persons on the murder charges - identified as Sheikh Naushad, Ayan Pathan, Sheikh Shahrukh, Aftaaf Pathan and others. A police official said that Satokiya tiled his nuptial knot with Saba Parwin on March 1 against the opposition from her family members. The couple was living together after the marriage. On pretext of tying their nuptial knot as per the rituals, the accused called him near a Paan Kiosk for discussion in the evening hours.  When Satokhiya arrived with his friends, the accused attacked him with sw...

Tightening noose against fake news spreaders on social media, the Maharashtra cyber have registered 36 First Investigation Reports (FIRs). Of them, 20 FIRs were registered for spreading fake news on WhatsApp alone showing the platform is more popular among the rumour mongers leaving behind Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has recently instructed State police and Maharashtra Cyber to initiate stringent action against rumour mongers so that people would not be scared through such fake news. Maharashtra Cyber on Saturday released statistics about spread of fake news and action taken by the state police. As per the report, three FIRs were registered for spreading fake news on Facebook while two were registered for tweeting fake news on Twitter. One was registered against Tik Tok user and 10 cases registered against users of other platforms.  Balsingh Rajput, Superintendent of Police (SP), Maharashtra Cyber, said that the FIRs were registered after re...