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,...
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.
Madne collapsed on the ground in the pool of blood. Staff of Kapil Nagar police station rushed to the spot and admitted profusely bleeding Madne to Mayo hospital where he breathed his last in the evening.
DCP (Zone V) Neelotpal visited the spot and inspected the crime scene. DCP Neelotpal informed ‘The Hitavada’ that there is only a single wound on the back of Madne. He might have died due to severe blood loss, he said.
Three accused were arrested from Patankar Chowk area while Marotrao was arrested from Pachpaoli area who is a history-sheeter. Initially registering a case of attempt to murder, the police have increased a section of murder in the case.
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