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RISING consumption of drugs by youth of Nagpur has sounded alarm bells in the police department. Alarmed by the menace threatening to ruin young lives, Nagpur Police have planned a severe crackdown on illicit trade and consumption of drugs. After raiding 86 premises across the city and seizing drugs worth Rs 20 lakh in a single day, cops are now preparing the list of clientele of the drug traffickers. “Once the list is prepared, these ‘customers’ will face action under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act,” informed Commissioner of Police (CP) Amitesh Kumar, on Tuesday, while talking to media. It may be mentioned that the police, on Monday, carried out a massive drive against drug peddlers by raiding 86 premises across the city in which a total of 130 gm Mephedrone (MD) worth Rs 13 lakh, 133 gm of Charas worth Rs. 7.8 lakh and 2.5 kg Ganja worth Rs. 37,500/- were seized. Total 20 persons were arrested on various charges by police during the action. Police have credible inputs...

Tehsil police arrested two persons for stealing the belongings of persons who had died from the novel coronavirus at the Covid-19 facility at Mayo hospital. The accused are employees of Speak and Span company. The police have recovered stolen valuables including gold ornaments and mobile phones from their possession. The accused have been identified as Ganesh Uttam Dekate (24), a resident of Plot No. 40, Wanjra Layout, Parvati Nagar, Kalamna an Chhatrapal Kishore Sonkusre (25), a resident of Old Mangalwari, Lakadganj. According to police, The Speak and Span Company has been given a contract to pack the dead bodies of Covid-19 patients. Both Ganesh and Chhatrapal have been appointed by the company at Mayo Hospital. The duo used to steal jewellery, mobiles and cash from the dead bodies. A few days ago, the father of Anjali Girjaprasad Tiwari (22) passed away while undergoing Covid-19 treatment at Mayo Hospital. The two had stolen Girjaprasad’s mobile phone while packing his body. The gir...

The Local Crime Branch (LCB) of Nagpur Rural Police arrested a man for being involved in preparing fake driving licences on Tuesday. The man was working from Mauda area of Nagpur district. The accused was identified as Nawab Jamir Baig (50), a resident of Om Sai Nagar, Mauda.According to police, Baig owns Nawab photo studio. He was running a parallel RTO office in the studio. He used to issue bogus licenses from this studio. Superintendent of Police (SP) Rakesh Ola got the information about him. SP Ola instructed the LCB to raid the studio. LCB’s in-charge Police Inspector Anil Jittawar, PSIs Narendra Gaurkhede, Sachin Matte, ASI Laxmi Prasad Dubey and staff including Vinod Kale, Shailesh Yadav, Satyashil Kothare, Arvind Bhagat, Pranay Banafar, Virendra Narad, Sahebrao Bahale and RTO vehicle assistant Amit Karad raided the studio on Tuesday and arrested Baig. A total of nine bogus vehicle licenses, printers, computers and other materials were seized from him. An offence under Sections ...

A 24-year-old youth was arrested by Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of Nagpur police who was hiding Mephedrone (MD) and Hashish drugs in his prosthetic leg. The police have seized 131 gm of MD worth Rs 13.10 lakh and 130 gm of Hashish worth Rs 39,000/-.   The accused was identified as Salman Khan Nadir Khan (24), a  resident of Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh. A police official said that Khan was smuggling drugs from Mumbai for two drug-peddlers in Nagpur. Salman is disabled and has a prosthetic leg. Therefore, no one get suspicious of him. He used to take advantage of this in smuggling. The ANC team received a tip-off that Salman is coming to Nagpur from Mumbai with drugs. He boarded a Bihar bound train at Mumbai. The police laid a trap at Eastern gate of Nagpur Railway Station on Monday night. As soon as Salman got down from the train, the police team caught him at the gate. The police were surprised after not finding any drugs with him. The cops then checked his prosthetic leg...

A picnic turned into a tragedy as a man and his 12-year-old son drowned in Zilpi Lake in the Hingna area on Monday morning. The family of four - husband, wife and their two sons - had gone to the lake to celebrate the birthday of their younger son, police officials said. The deceased are identified as Abdul Asif Abdul Gani Sheikh (35) and his son Abdul Chahbil Abdul Asif (12). According to police, the family is residents of Tipu Sultan Chowk in Yashodhara Nagar area. They had gone to the lake on a motorcycle at around 11 am. Before celebrating the birthday, Abdul and his son Chahbil ventured into the waters for swimming while Abdul’s wife Asma (30) and their younger son were waiting on the banks of the lake. After swimming for a while, Abdul and Chahbil stuck in the mud. While drowning into the water, they raised an alarm for help. As no one was present near the lake, Asma immediately ventured into the waters. Before she could reach upto Abdul, she also struck in the mud and started dr...

A stepfather, who served four years in jail after being convicted of molestation, was killed by a teenage girl at her house in the Hingna police station area on Monday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Dhnyaneshwar Gatkar (60), a resident of Seloo town in Wardha district. According to police, the 17-year-old girl lives with her mother at Sawali village, near Hingna. Her father passed away when she was just one-year-old. Since then, her mother has been working as a housemaid. The girl is studying in Standard XI. Gatkar was in a relationship with her mother and used to stay at their house in Sawali. He was booked under molestation charges after the girl had lodged a complaint against him in 2015. He was convicted for the same and released from the jail in February. In April, he visited the girl’s place and created a scene over some issues. On Monday, he again came to the house and started abusing her mother. When he pulled hairs of the girl’s mother, she got angered and picked a ...

A Police Sub-Inspector (PSI) and his writer, attached to Kuhi police station, were caught red-handed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) while accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000/- on Monday. The arrested accused include PSI Bharat Ramesh Thite (30) and Constable Amit Shankar Pawar (28). An ACB official informed that the complainant runs a Dhaba on Umred Road and is a resident of Chitnis Nagar of Tajbag. PSI Thite was in-charge of Panchgaon beat of the police station. On May 12, Diesel was being stolen from the tipper of DP Jain Construction Company in Pachgaon area. The manager of the company had complained to Kuhi police against tipper driver Deepak Ingale, a resident of Sai Nagar, Umred Road. The police had registered a case of theft against the driver. The investigation of the case was handed over to PSI Thete who arrested Deepak. In the one-day police custody, Deepak told the police that he had sold the diesel to the Dhaba owner. He was arrested under Section 411 of IPC for purchasing s...

Cracking a whip against rule violators, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Zone II Vinita S initiated stern action against four restaurants for violating Covid-19 protocol by serving food to customers. Acting on a tip-off, DCP Vinita conducted surprise checks in the restaurants and found that some youngsters are being served by these restaurants. The youths were found eating the food in the basement of a commercial building. McDonalds in Sadar area was sealed with the help of NMC for circumventing rules and serving orders through Zomato in premises and vehicles. Similarly, Belgian Waffles in the Sadar area was sealed for serving customers in vehicles.   Cafe Illusions in Sitabuldi area was slapped with fine of Rs.25,000/- for serving in customers in vehicles. An offence was registered against Krishnum Plaza under Section 188 of Indian Penal Code and provisions of Epidemic Diseases Act for serving in the premises. DCP Sahu appealed the people to do not violate Covid-19 by visiting ...

Nagpur police on Monday carried out a massive drive against drug peddlers by raiding 86 premises across the city and seizing drugs worth over Rs 20 lakh in one go. A press release informed that a simultaneous raid was carried out at 86 premises of habitual drug peddlers across the city. A total of 130 gm Mephedrone (MD) worth Rs 13 lakh,  133 gm of Charas worth Rs. 7.8 lakh and  2.5 kg Ganja worth Rs. 37500/- was seized during the action. Around 20 persons were arrested by the police during the action. The police were busy in registering offences under Arms Act, Gambling and Prohibition Act late in the night. This crackdown against the drug peddlers would be further intensified in the days to come, the press release claimed. Sources informed that the top brass of City police got the information about the drug rackets operating in the city. An intensive intelligence gathering exercise was carried out by the City Police Chief Amitesh Kumar. Based on the information, a plan was d...

MIDC police on Sunday claimed to have solved murder case of Vijaya Tiwalkar (62) by arresting four persons. Shockingly, the woman’s granddaughter and her boyfriend are the prime accused in the murder case. The accused are identified as Nilesh Paunikar, Aarzoo Khan, Farid Ansari, Tajir Khan, granddaughter of Vijaya and her boyfriend. The girl and her boyfriend are juveniles, MIDC police claimed. “Prima facie, six accused are involved in the murder case and the teenage granddaughter and her boyfriend are ones who planned and executed the murder for easy bucks,” claimed a police official. The girls have some psychological problems too. She left the house of her parents last year and was living with the boyfriend who is working in a manufacturing unit of wooden doors. She used to tell her boyfriend that her grandmother had lots of money and ornaments at her house. As the duo were facing financial crunch to cope up with their financial needs, they decided to commit a theft in the house of V...

A 32-year-old man was killed after his bike skidded on the Chikhali flyover and he fell off from the bridge in Shanti Nagar area on Sunday night. The deceased was identified as Rajkumar, a native of Karnataka. He was living in a rented accommodation in Koradi and working in a company. The accident occurred around 9 pm when he was heading towards Koradi on a motorcycle with a pillion rider who also works with him in the company. When the two were passing through the flyover, the bike skidded due to sudden rain. After hitting the railing of the bridge, Rajkumar lost his balance and fell off the bridge. A large number of onlookers gathered to the spot and informed the police. The pillion rider sped away from the spot after spotting onlookers. He later returned to the spot and narrated the incident to the police. Rajkumar was wearing a helmet but he sustained grievous injuries in the mishap. It appears that he lost balance after hitting the divider, a senior police officer said. The police...

An Income Tax (IT) Commissioner posted in Bengaluru was booked by Khaparkheda police for sexually exploiting a doctor and also carrying out her abortion. The accused was identified as Sudhadira Punnoswami Balan (35), a resident of 43, Main Road, Pondicherry. According to Khaparkheda police, Balan was living in Nagpur for training at National Academy of Direct Taxes (NADT) in 2019 while the complainant was working as a resident doctor at a government hospital. They befriended when Balan came to the hospital for treatment. When the girl told him that she is preparing for UPSC, Balan gave his mobile phone number to her. Soon after, Balan told her that he was unmarried and wanted to marry her. On the pretext of marriage, Balan sexually exploited the girl for several months and also filmed her obscene pictures. When the girl got pregenent, he carry out her abortion. He also threatened the girl to make the obscene picture viral on social media. On the basis of a complaint given by the doctor...

Posing himself as cop, a home guard sexually exploiting a doctor on pretext of marriage for three years. Ajni police have booked Suraj laxman Madavi (31), a resident of Arjun Nagar, Katol, on rape charges. According to police, Madavi befriended with the girl on Facebook in 2018 when she was student of ophthalmology. The girl was living with her mother at Nagpur while her father was staying at village to supervise their farming. Madavi introduced the girl as a cop. Loved was blossomed between the two. Madavi exploited the girl for three years. Even after realising the facts, she asked him for marriage. However, the man started giving her excuses. On the basis of complaint lodged by the girl, an offence under Sections 376, 376 (2) (n) and 417 of Indian Penal Code was registered by Ajni police. Further investigation is on.

A man died after falling from the ramp at Super Specialty Hospital on Saturday morning. The incident sent shockwaves across the hospital employees and a large number of people were gathered to the spot. The deceased was identified as Tulshiram Pandurang Bangade (67), a resident of Plot NO. 118/A, Siraspeth Chowk, Umred, Nagpur. According to police, Bangle was suffering from a urological illness for the last one and a half-year. Earlier, he was admitted to the hospital. On Saturday morning, he came to the hospital as doctors are supposed to have a surgery. Prima facie, he walked a little over upto second floor on the ramp before falling from it.He sustained multiple injuries in the accident. Doctors rushed him to the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) where he breathed his last. According to police, Bangade sustaiend griveous head injuris after falling from the ramp. Police Inspector Vinod Choudhary of Ajni police rushed to the spot and inspected the crime scene. Senior doct...

A truck driver was burnt alive after his vehicle, carrying consignment of country liquor, fell into a river and caught fire. The accident occurred near Ruikhairi village in Butibori police station area in the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. The deceased was identified as Hemraj alias Pintya Devidas Pingale (25), a resident of Masal village, Teshil- Lakhandur, District - Bhandara. According to police, the truck was laden with consignment of country liquor and heading towards Nagpur. He lost control over the vehicle when he took turn on Chandrapur-Nagpur road. As a result, the truck went off the road and fell into the river. The liquor catches fire within a minute and Pingale burnt alive. Staff of Butibori police station led by PSI Sanjay Bharti rushed to the spot and inspected the crime scene. A case under provisions of IPC and MVA was registered by Butibori police.

A youth was killed by two drunkards and set the body ablaze after pouring it with fuel at Ridhora village in Katol police station area. The police have arrested Akshay Ramdas Ghicheria (31) and Mangesh Eknath Jichkar (32), both residents of Katol, for killing Angad alias Bittu Ashokrao Kadukar (28), a resident of Ridhora village. According to police, Kadukar had recently purchased a jeep. Since then, he was use to roam in the four-wheeler in nearby areas. On Thursday night, Kadukar was consuming liquor with Ghicheria and Jichkar near a Jhunka Bhakar Kendra. A quarrel broke out between the three over some issue which later turned into ugly fight. The accused took Kadukar to Parbat Savali village where they killed him by stabbing with a sharp-weapon. Later, the accused set the body ablaze after pouring it with fuel and tyres. The incident came to fore on Friday morning, when passersby noticed the body. Staff of Katol police station led by API Rahul Bondre rushed to the spot and inspected...

Two murders within a span of four hours rocked the city on Friday. While a notorious goon was brutally killed in Kotwali, an aged-woman found dead with her throat slit in MIDC area. In Kotwali, Shanu alias Shahnawaz Khan (19) was killed by three assailants over old-rivalry when he was returning home on an Activa at around 10.30 am. The police have arrested Saurabh Ghate (28), Pravin Ghate (35) and Raja Khan (28) on the murder charges. Saurabh is accused in an attempt to murder case. Sr Police Inspector Dhnyaneshwar Bhosale informed that Khan was accused in two attempt to murder cases and externed from city limits last month. In 2019, Khan and his four accomplices had attempted to kill Pravin Ghate. Since then, Ghate brothers were trying to eliminate him. Khan had gone somewhere on an Activa moped in the morning hours. When the accused got the tip-off, they came near Ram Cooler square with sharp-edged weapons. After spotting Khan on the two-wheeler, the goons ran towards him and blocked...

THE City police have denied permission to 11,044 persons who had submitted applications for e-passes to travel within State or out of State. Similarly, the police have booked a whopping 600 motorists for travelling without e-pass since April 23. As part of the lockdown imposed in the State, e-passes were made necessary for inter-district as well as inter-state travel. Maharashtra Police had started issuing e-passes from April 22 to stop unnecessary travel while tackling the second wave of COVID-19. As per data, since April 23, Nagpur Police received a total of 21,227 applications for granting of e-pass. Of them, while 11.044 (55.90 per cent) applications were rejected, 9,361 (44.09 per cent) e-passes were issued. Out of the total issued passes, 6,739 (71.99 per cent) were issued for inter-district movement while 2,185 (28.01 per cent) were issued for inter-state movement (out of Maharashtra). Sources claimed that some applicants did not have an essential reason or emergency to travel a...

A Godman who claimed to cure novel coronavirus infection of positive patients was arrested under anti-superstition law by MIDC police on Friday. The Godman also claimed to trigger ‘rain’ of money, said Sr Police Inspector Yuvraj Hande. The accused was identified as Shubham Tayde (22), a resident of Lane No. 20, Ekatmata Nagar, Nagpur. A woman told Harish Deshmukh, General Secretary of Akhil Bharatiya Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti about the Godman. The Godman claimed that he can cure Covid-19 infection of positive patients, the woman told Deshmukh. He then approached the MIDC police and narrated the incident.   The team of police station with volunteers of the Samiti reached at the house of youth on Thursday at around 9 pm. A large number of locals were found gathered at the house Tayde and he was engaged in frantic dancing. The followers were also not maintaining social distancing, PI Hande said. After spotting the policemen, the youth stopped his dancing. The police took him to th...

A married woman, living with parents, committed suicide by hanging herself in Kotwali area. The deceased was identified as Riya alias Pournima Sumeet Awthankar (34), a resident of Chitnis Park, near Bhart Vyam Shala. According to police, Riya studied MCA and married to Sumit in 2016. Sumit is working as engineer with a private company in Pune. She returned to maternal home with her son after family feud in November last year. Later, her husband and father-in-law were infected with novel coronavirus and admitted to hospital as their condition deteriorated. Riya had visited their house in Pune but Riya’s husband and his family members were unable to discuss the issue due to their bad health. After having dinner on Monday night, Riya told her parents that she was going to sleep on the first floor of the house as she was not feeling well. She hanged herself from a ceiling fan with a dupatta and ended her life. The incident came to fore on Tuesday at 10 am. After spotting the dangling body ...

In a major decision, the State Home Department decided to cancel the condition of 15 years of service required for transfer of State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) jawans in the District Police units. The Home Department issued a Government Resolution after Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil conducted a meeting. State Environment and Tourism Minister Aditya Thackeray, ACS Home Manu Kumar Shrivastava, Director General of Police Sanjay Pandey and ADG Archana Tyagi were present in the meeting. Earlier, the condition for transfer of SRPF personnel was 15 years of service. It has been decided to do it for 12 years now. Also, after the transfer in the district police force, it has been decided to decrease the duty period in the district police headquarters from five years to two years. According to the GR, the list of transfer requests will be kept at the office of Additional Director General (ADG) SRPF. The list will be shared with the State Police during a police recruitment drive and transfer o...

A newborn girl child was found abandoned in bushes in the Koradi area on Tuesday morning. The child was spotted by a passerby who promptly alerted the police. The Koradi police rushed to the spot and admitted the girl to Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H). The police have launched a probe to identify the biological family of the girl. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) (Zone V) Neelotpal informed ‘The Hitavada’ that the infant was lying on a cement platform in the bushes. The passersby noticed her at around 7 am and alerted the police. She was taken to the hospital by Woman Head Constable Shoba and other staff of Koradi police station acting in a swift manner early morning. The girl is alive and declared healthy,” DCP Neelotpal said. Importantly, the child was taken to the hospital before the animal could harm her.The girl is probably kept in the hospital for the next few days under observation. There is no sign of injury on her body. The police are investigating whet...

CONSIDERING the high requirement of medical oxygen during the latest wave of Novel Coronavirus, a total of 25 medical oxygen generation plants will be installed in Nagpur city and district in June. Of these, four plants are cryogenic oxygen plants which create molecular oxygen at relatively high purity. The oxygen plant network is expected to increase availability of oxygen-supported beds in the urban and rural areas for COVID-19 patients. Chief Executive Officer Yogesh Kumbhejkar of Zilla Parishad Nagpur informed ‘The Hitavada’ that the administration was trying to install the plants at the earliest so that there would be no shortage of oxygen beds for COVID-19 patients. Six plants will be installed in Nagpur city and remaining will be in the government hospitals at tehsil levels. Two oxygen plants each will be installed at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H), Mayo Hospital and AIIMS while one each will be installed in government hospitals at Kalmeshwar, Narkhed, Katol...

An under-trial prisoner escaped while being treated for tuberculosis from Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H)  late Monday night. He was accused in a gang-rape case reported in year 2017. Within eight hours of his escape, Pardi police nabbed the accused from Bhavani Nagar area and handed him over to Imambada police. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Zone IV Dr. Akshay Shinde informed ‘The Hitavada’ that Krishna Dongre (23), a resident of Rana Pratap Nagar area, is accused in a gang-rape case registered in Sitabuldi police station in year 2017. Dongre and Jeetu Manglani, both working as auto-rickshaw drivers, had raped a 16-year-old girl who had escaped from the government observation home. The girl was gang-raped twice in Khamla and Jaripatka area on April 20 and 22 in 2017. A total of 10 accused were arrested by the police in this case and Dongre was named as prime-accused. Since then, he has been cooling heels behind bars in the Central Jail. He was admitted to ...

A Deputy Executive Engineer (Deputy EE) of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) was caught red-handed by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Nagpur on Tuesday while accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000/-. The official demanded the bribe to accept a completion report of High Tension (HT) Line work to the contractor, ACB officials said. Deputy EE Gajanan Baliram Dabre (54) was posted at Khapa sub-station of MSEDCL in Saoner tehsil. Dabre will be produced in the court on Wednesday by ACB. An ACB official informed that the contractor had shifted three HT Lines from residential area. He approached Dabre and submitted a completion report. To accept the report, Dabre demanded Rs 30,00/- bribe to him. The contractor then approached ACB Nagpur and lodged a complaint. The ACB officials verified the demand and laid a trap. Dabre was arrested red-handed by ACB officials on Tuesday while accepting the bribe in his office. An offence under provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act was...

A Principal and a Senior Clerk of Pragatik High School, Koradi, caught red-handed by Anti-Corruption Bureau Nagpur on Monday while accepting a bribe of Rs 20,500/- from a retired teacher to sanction his pension proposal. Principal Anil Sagne (57) and Clerk Prashant Kuralkar (52) are cooling their heels behind the bars and they would be produced in the court on Tuesday by the ACB. An ACB official informed that the complainant retired from the school as assistant teacher on August 31, 2020. As per the rules, the school administration have to send the pension proposal of retiring teacher to Education Officer (High School) six months prior to his date of retirement. However, the accused hold the pension proposal in the office. When the teacher approached Principal Sagne, he allegedly told him to meet the clerk. During the meeting, the clerk asked the teacher to fill the forms and submit it to Treasury Office. When the teacher requested Principal Sagne and Clerk Kuralkar for No Objection Ce...

In a shocking incident, the head of a youth got severed when the SUV he was travelling brushed against a tree near Fetri on Kalmeshwar road, police said. Two persons were killed in the accident and two injured seriously on Sunday night. Police Inspector Asif Raza Sheikh informed ‘The Hitavada’ that Akash Sonawne (24), a resident of Surendragadh, Nagpur, was driving the Mahindra Xylo SUV (MH-12/HL-7010) while his friends Dinesh Kirnake (30), Ashish Dhurwe (25) and Pawan Kirnake (38), all residents of Makardhokda, were co-passengers in the SUV. The youths might have gone for dinner somewhere as the police found a packet of Biryani in the car, PI Sheikh said. The accident occurred at around 7 pm when the SUV was passing through Fetri village. After crossing Bezonbagh farmhouse, driver Akash lost control over the wheels and rammed the SUV against a tree. The front tyre of the vehicle burst and due to this, the SUV moved ahead and brushed against the tree. Head of Dinesh Kirnake got severed...

Tension prevailed at Mankapur square when a 12-year-old girl was crushed to death by a speeding truck in front of her father on Monday. The driver managed to escape from the spot after the accident. According to police, Alankrita Mahesh Nunnare, a resident of Mankapur, was riding pillion on the motorcycle of her father to buy a fish pot at 10 am. When the motorcycle was passing through Mankapur square, a speeding truck (MH-04/CG-4643) came from another side and brushed against the motorcycle. As a result, Mahesh lost control over the bike and they fell on the road. Alankruta came under the rear wheels of the truck and got crushed in front of her father. The truck driver stopped the vehicle and fled the spot leaving the truck abandoned. Mahesh was in shock after seeing the death of own daughter. A large number of passers-by gathered to the spot following the accident. Mahesh also sustained injuries in the accident. Staff of Mankapur police station led by Sr PI Vaijayanti Mandawdhare rus...

After clocking 50,000 positive cases in Nagpur district in a year, the novel coronavirus spread its tentacles so rapidly in the second wave that another 50,000 cases were recorded in just 23 days. This is how the ‘super-spreader’ virus has wreaked havoc in Rural areas of Nagpur. Compared to urban areas, the villagers are far away from health infrastructure. A top rank officer of Zilla Parishad Nagpur informed that the peak of COVID-19 cases was recorded on July 29, 2020 in Nagpur Rural during the first wave with 1292 cases on a single day. This year, the peak was recorded on April 29 when the district registered 3067 positive cases. Highest number of deaths were recorded on April 22 when 45 persons died while battling with the infection. As per the official data, in January, the district registered 1793 positive cases and 51 deaths with 7.66 per cent monthly positivity rate and 2.84 per cent case fatality rate (CFR). The monthly positivity rate and CFR reduced to 1.16 per cent and 5.07...

A meat shop owner was murdered by his distant relative and his three accomplices in Patankar Chowk following an altercation over a shop of the accused on Sunday. The police have arrested Kunal Bawne (30), a resident of Patankar Chowk, Raju Marotrao, a resident of Pachpaoli; Vickey Bawne and Balraj Katre for killing Jagdish Madne (47), a resident of Patankar Chowk. A police official said that Bawne is the distant relative of Madne and both lives near Patankar Chowk. Madne runs a meat shop near Patankar chowk. On Sunday morning, Kunal Bawne also set up his shop around 30 feets away from Madne’s shop. Madne got irked over Bawne’s shop and asked him to set up the shop in the market and not on the road. The shops were closed at 11 am. Later, Bawne came to Patankar Chowk with the three accused and questioned Madne for not allowing him to set up his own shop. A brawl broke out between Madne and the accused. Meanwhile, one of the accused whisked out a sharp-weapon and stabbed Madne in the back...

An accused in Remdesivir black-marketing case, who had escaped from police custody on Tuesday, was arrested by Pachpaoli police on Saturday. Ubed Raza Ekram Ul Haq (31), a resident of Vinoba Bhave Nagar, was arrested from Uppalwadi area, police said. Ubed Raza and Ahmed Hussain Zulfiqar Hussain were arrested from Apollo Medical Stores near Pachpaoli Gurudwara by PSI Manish Godbole when they were illegally selling Remdesivir vials for Rs 25,000 each on May 2. Cops produced them before the court and obtained remand for their custodial interrogation for three days. On Tuesday evening, accused Ubed Raza had asked policemen to the toilet for washing hands as he wanted to have meals to break his daily Ramadan fast. He told them that they break their fast at the time of the call for evening prayers. Cops took him out from the lock up and got busy in initiating action against some persons involved in selling scented tobacco. There was a rush at the police station. Ubed Raza sat in the police s...

A man was duped of Rs 20,000/- on pretext of getting his wife admitted in a private hospital, Nandanvan police said. According to police, wife of Amrendra Narayansingh (60), a resident of Flat No. 203 (A), Jagdeep Apartment, was undergoing treatment at a private hospital. As he was not satisfied with the treatment, he wanted to shift her to some other hospital. A relative of Amrendra gave him the phone number of one Rahul Kumar who is reportedly helping people in the process of admission. When the man contacted Rahul Kumar on his mobile phone, he allegedly asked him to transfer Rs 20,000/- to his bank account to book a bed on Thursday evening. Amrendra transferred the amount in the bank account. When the fraudster again asked for money, Amrendra grew suspicious of him. He visited the hospital and inquired about Rahul Kumar. The hospital staff told him that no such person is working with the hospital. After realising the fraud, the man approached the police and lodged a complaint. An of...

A Covid-19 positive woman committed sucide by jumping off the fifth floor of AIIMS Nagpur on Thursday night, police officials said. The deceased was identified as Renuka Ramesh Aldhare (45), a resident of Takalghat Colony No. 2, Hingna. According to police, the woman was admitted in Covid ward on the fifth floor of the hospital on May 3. Due to the severe effect of Covid on her mental health, she was talking to herself. She jumped off from the fifth floor at 7.45 pm and ended her life. A police official said that the woman was observing fast when she attracted the virus. A case of accidental death was registered by Sonegaon police. Further investigation is on.

A youth infected with Covid-19 was found dead at his house in Bhende Layout in Sonegaon police station area on Thursday. The police registered an accidental death case and are conducting a preliminary inquiry. The police said the body was discovered by his relative.According to police, Sanket Sanjaykumar Panda (22) was an MBA student and living alone at his house at Plot NO. 13, Bhende Layout as his parents are living in Odisha. Sanket was tested positive on April 29. He was taking treatment at home only. As he did not respond to phone calls of his mother on Thursday, she asked her relative to visit the place. The relative visited the place at 10.30 am. He knocked on the door but Sanket did not respond. He then peeped through a window and was shocked after seeing Sanket lying on the bed unconscious. He then alerted the police. The police broke-open the door and found Sanket was lying dead on the bed. A case of accidental death was registered by Sonegaon police. Further investigation is...

A Tax Collector of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and a supervisor of a Cyber Tech company working for NMC were caught red-handed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau on Friday while accepting a bribe of Rs three lakh. The accused demanded the bribe to reduce assessed property tax of the complainant, ACB officials said. Accused Tax Collector of Asi Nagar Zone - Suraj Surendra Ganvir (34), a resident of Bezonbagh and Supervisor of Cyber Tech company - Ravindra Bhaurao Bagade (31), a resident of Wing A, 401, Ganesh Nagari Apartment, Koradi Road - are cooling their heels behind the bars. The ACB will produce them in the court special court on Saturday. An ACB official informed that the complainant is the owner of ‘Resort and Lawn’ situated in Nara area near Jaripatka. He received an assessed tax receipt of Rs 80 lakh with signature of Ganvir. The complainant approached Suraj Bagade and discussed the matter. Bagade allegedly told the complainant to approach Ganvir to get the tax reduced. On A...

A TOTAL of 41 hospitals are awaiting approval from the district administration to operate as Dedicated COVID Hospitals (DCHs) due non-supply of medical Oxygen. The administration is presently concentrating on ensuring oxygen supply to the already established COVID hospitals. “Permission has not been given to these hospitals so far to cater to daily medical oxygen demand of the already established hospitals,” said District Collector Ravindra Thakre. Thakre informed ‘The Hitavada’ that the 41 hospitals with capacity of more than 1,024 beds have applied to operate as COVID hospital with medical oxygen supply. Claiming that the administration was facing problems to sanction supply to the hospitals, Thakre said that facility of oxygen beds was ramped up in the district as well as in the city. “Nagpur city has around 9,000 beds and 2,000 have been added in hospitals in the districts at tehsil levels. These new facilities require regular supply of medical oxygen which the administration is pr...

An oxygen supplier was robbed of Rs 40,000/- cash by four robbers in Sitabuldi police station area in the wee hours of Tuesday. According to police, Akshay Kishore Madavi (22), a resident of New Futala area, works as ward boy with Dande Hospital and also supplies oxygen and kits to patients in coordination with a private agency. After supplying oxygen cylinders to patients and collecting money for the same, Madavi had gone to Mominpura for dinner at around 12.30 am. After having dinner, he was going home on a motorcycle. Four youths stopped him near the State Board’s office in Civil Lines on pretext of inquiring an address at 3.50 am. Before he could understand anything, the robbers caught hold of him and snatched his packet containing the cash with Aadhar, PAN and Debit cards. The robbers sped away from the spot on a motorcycle. Madavi approached Sitabuldi police station and lodged a complaint. PSI Rasool Sheikh informed that an offence under Sections 392 and 34 of Indian Penal Code w...

WHILE enforcing lockdown and saving commoners from the coronavirus it is necessary for the police personnel to maintain their health as 21 policemen had succumbed to COVID-19 last year. To help the force tide over the second wave of the pandemic, Nagpur Police brass has adopted a series of welfare measures including vanity vans, quick response for medical needs, discounts in private labs and ambulances. A official informed ‘The Hitavada’ that three fully air-conditioned vanity vans have been arranged for the cops so that they can take a break and refresh themselves in the scorching heat. These vans remained stationed at bandobast points and police personnel are feeling some relief in the vans. “We are going to arrange four more such vans this month,” the official said. The vans are equipped with washrooms, beds, television, tea tables and microwave ovens. A team of five officers has been constituted to help the COVID-19 affected police personnel immediately. These officials are availab...

A male nurse had injected two injections of acidity to a Covid-19 patient struggling for life in a hospital instead of Remdesivir only sell the Remdesivir at high rates and pocket easy bucks, said police officials of Sitabuldi police station investigating the case of black-marketing of Remdesivir injections. After arresting three persons with two vials of Remdesivir on April 20, Sitabuldi police have arrested two more persons including a male nurse and a doctor.   The accused have been identified as Shubham Sanjay Panatavane (24), a resident of Sevagram; Pranay Dinakrao Yerpude (21), a resident of Mahal; Manmohan Naresh Madan (21), Dinesh Gaikwad (27), and Dr Dewani Padole, who is working with a hospital in Sevagram. Shubham, Pranay and Manmohan were arrested by the police on April 20 with two vials of Remdesivir. During interrogation, Shubham told the police that his roommate Dinesh works as male nurse in Kovidalaya hospital near Jamtha. The hospital nurse gave him two Remdesivir ...

  A major fire broke out in Indus Paper Boat Company at Bazargaon on Amravati road on Monday evening, around 50 km from Nagpur. Nobody was injured in the incident but several hundred tonnes of raw material was gutted. As many as four fire tenders were struggling to douse the fire on factory premises. The company is a manufacturer of tissue paper and toilet paper rolls. Chief Fire Officer (CFO) of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) Rajendra Uchke informed that the fire broke out in raw material including waste paper and compressed bales at around 4 pm. The waste papers bales were stored in the tin shed and open premises. After receiving information, two fire tenders from NMC, one each from Kalmeshwar and Wadi Municipal Council rushed to the spot and launched fire fighting operations.  The bales of paper and the blowing wind caused the fire to rage for a long period. The fire fighters are trying to control the fire immediately so that it would not spread to the adjoining product...

A police team which was conducting raids on the illegal liquor and gambling dens was attacked by the bootleggers and their supporters. The anti-socials resorted to stone pelting to release the accused persons in Ramteke Nagar (Toli) area on Monday evening. The area is infamous for illegal liquor distillation and criminal activities. Due to intensified police patrolling and continuous raids, the police have managed to put checks on the illegal activities in the area. Liquor is illegally distilled in the many houses in the area. Some residents are also running gambling dens where many criminals are used to visit dens. Despite continuous police action, the anti-socials somehow manage to continue their illegal activities. A police team of around 10 personnel from various police stations raided the dens on Monday at 5.30 pm. The police have managed to nab six bootleggers and bundled them in the police jeep. As the news of arrest spread in the area, the supporters of the accused including wo...

A 15-year-old girl committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her residence after she was scolded by her mother, who had asked her not to waste time on mobile phone, Mankapur police said.The deceased was identified as Sanskruta Chandrashekhar Singh, a resident of Waghoba Nagar, Godhani road.Sr Police Inspector Vaijayanti Mandawgade informed that Sanskruta was a student of standard IX. The mother asked the girl to have lunch immediately instead of wasting time on mobile phone on April 24 at 3 pm. The girl got angered and hanged herself from a ceiling fan in the bedroom. After noticing the dangling body of their child, the parents rushed her to hospital where she breathed her last on April 29. Her father is working with railways. A case of accidental death was registered by Mankapur police. Further investigation is on.

A 30-year-old youth committed suicide following a quarrel with mother over playing of loud music, Nandanvan police said. Deceased Mayur Manohar Lohkare, a resident of LIG Quarter No. 24/7, Nandanvan, was jobless for the last few months. He was used to returning home after heavily consuming liquor. A few days ago, he got a new job in a sanitizer company as a salesman. However, he attended the work for just a day. On Friday evening, he returned home in an inebriated condition and switched on the music system in loud noise. As his mother was performing Aarti on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi at home, she asked him to reduce the volume. This irked heavily drunk Mayur and he picked a quarrel with mother. Shockingly, he threw the mother out of the house. The mother sat near the house of the neighbour for some time. Meanwhile, Mayur hanged himself from  a ceiling fan with a saree and ended his life. The incident came to fore at 7.30 pm when the mother entered the home. A case of acciden...

Relatives of a patient assaulted a doctor and staffers of New Era Hospital in Lakadganj police station area. According to police, Dr. Mubassir Ulla Najim Khan (29), a resident of Hasanbagh, was on duty in casualty ward of the hospital. Patient Gayatri Vishnu Verma was admitted to the hospital on Friday. Dr. Khan performed her check up and also sent her blood sample for testing. She breathed her last at 11.30 pm. When the doctor informed her relatives about death of the patient, the relatives got angered and attacked him. They allegedly bashed up the doctor and staffers of the hospital. An offence under Sections 143, 147, 149, 452, 324, 323, 504 and 188 of Indian Penal Code read with provisions of The Maharashtra Medicare Service Persons and Medicare Service Institutions (Prevention of Violence and Damage or Loss to Property) Act, 2010 and Epidemic Diseases Act.

An offence of culpable homicide was registered against a contractor of Nagpur metro rail in a death of a lady security guard on March 5. The woman had accidentally hit ropes erected across roads to restrict movement of vehicles on the over-bridge. The deceased was identified as Manisha Viroj Wasnik (45), a resident of Imambada. According to police, Wasnik was working as a security guard at AIIMS hospital. She was going to the hospital on a two-wheeler at 4.45 am. She accidentally hit ropes erected across roads near Ajni Metro station to restrict movement of vehicles on the over-bridge as work was under progress on the bridge. Sustaining serious injuries, Wasnik died in the hospital. After registering a case of accidental death, Dhantoli police investigated the case and found Metrol rail contractor NCC Ltd company responsible for hear death. An offence under Section 304 of Indian Penal Code was registered by the police.

Two youths attempted to set a petrol pump afire by throwing a petrol bomb following a quarrel over wearing face masks in Lakadganj police station area on Saturday. According to police, accused Omkar Bhaurao Tale (44), a resident of NIT garden, Shastri Nagar, Nandanvan and Suraj Ramesh Dahake (23), a resident of Jai Bhim Chowk, Hiwri Nagar, came to Bharat Petroleum’s fuel station on a motorcycle without wearing face masks on Saturday evening. When the employee was filling petrol in the motorcycle Dahake spitted near the petrol filling machine. When the employees objected to Dahake, the two refused to pay the bill of petrol. Later, the accused left the spot and threw the money on the face of the employees. Soon after, the accused came back to the fuel station and threw a petrol bomb on the petrol filling machine. As the machine caught fire, the employees doused the flames using a fire extinguisher. The accused were nabbed by the employees and handed-over to the police. An offence under S...