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 five-year-old boy was killed when the gate he was playing with collapsed on him in the limits of Kalamna police. The heart-wrenching incident took place on Saturday evening, Kalamna police said.
According to police, Tulsidas Ramchandra Tangale (46) was living in the rented accomodation at Plot No. 114, Nivrutti Nagar, Gujrati Colony, for the past few years. His son Riyash was playing with the gate on Saturday at 4 pm. The heavy gate suddenly collapsed on him. Riyash was trapped under the gate. The family members rescued him. He sustained grievous head injuries in the accident. Profusely bleeding Riyash was taken to the hospital where he breathed his last. A case of accidental death was registered by Kalamna police. Further investigation is on.
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