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 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 women and teenagers came near the police jeep and pelted stones on it. Front windshield of the police jeep was damaged in the stone pelting. The cops then immediately issued a message to the police control room for additional staff to control the mob.
After receiving the message, Additional Commissioner of Police (Addl CP) South Region Dilip Zalke, DCP (Zone IV) Dr. Akshay Shinde rushed to the spot with a team of Riot Control Police (RCP) and additional staff of Zone IV. The cops launched a combing operation across the area and nabbed more than 16 persons. The accused were taken to Ajni police station. A large number of police personnel were deployed in the area in the night.
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