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A Village Burnt Overnight: Tears, Loss and Survival in Dhamangaon Blaze

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  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,...
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Rape accused escape from hospital, arrested

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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 the Tuberculosis Ward of GMC&H on May 4.
On Monday at 9.45 pm, Dongre was going to attend nature’s call with NPC Nilkanth Iwnate. He gave a jerk to NPC Iwnate and fled away after pushing him down. The cop alerted the police control room immediately. Staff of Imambada police station and DCP Zone IV Dr Shinde rushed to the spot. All police stations were alerted about the escape of the accused.
A team of Pardi police led by PSI Sharad Shipne received a tip-off about Dongre and arrested him from Bhavani Nagar area where he was hiding at the house of hsi relative. An offence under Section 224 of Indian Penal Code was registered at Imambada police station.
It may be mentioned that Shijo Chandrar Nadar, a MCOCA accused, also escaped from TB Ward of GMC on May 16 last year. He was later arrested from the national capital by Delhi police.  
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