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NAGPUR (Rural) Police finally arrested four youths involved in Kuhi gang-rape and dacoity case. Those arrested have been identified as Dinesh Rajlakhan Chavan (22), Gulabchand alias Ninniki Bagchand Bhosle (23), both residents of village Jhiri, district Harda (MP), Chacchu Joharshigh Bhosle (22), and Atish alias Tenten Artisingh Bhosle (26), both residents of village Champa, taluka Kuhi.  Team of Nagpur (Rural) Police with accused.  Interrogation revealed that the accused Dinesh, Gulabchand, and Ravi (who is still at large) had arrived at Pardhi hamlet at Champa to participate in ‘Pardhi Panchayat’. Two others namely Chacchu and Atish, meanwhile, kept a watch on some of the farm-houses near Nawargaon. On Friday evening, after consuming liquor, all the accused boarded a jeep and stopped at a farm-house near Nawargaon. From that farm-house, they started the series of assault of workers and looting. At one of the farm-houses, after beating workers, they gang-raped a gi...

Dr Bhalchandra Kango.  By Dheeraj Fartode Maharashta State Council of Communist Party of India (CPI), on Tuesday, demanded White Papers on first phase of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), and also voiced its opposition to direct transfer of cash subsidy scheme. It also demanded judicial probe into multi-crore irrigation scam. Dr Bhalchandra Kango, Secretary of CPI State Council, told reporters after the Council’s day-long meeting held in the city that direct transfer of cash subsidy scheme was aimed at rolling back public distribution system (PDS). “PDS is important in curbing price rise of essential commodities and ensuring proper prices for agricultural commodities. However, with direct transfer of cash subsidy, this system may be scrapped indirectly,” he said. CPI will create awareness among people about this, he added. On the issue of Food Security Bill, Kango said that CPI would submit a memorandum with 5,00,00,000 signatures to the...

 This in turn was result of senior officers’ attitude is not serious in ensuring their juniors do not take investigations lightly By Dheeraj Fartode The falling rate of conviction and shoddy investigations are two parts of same coin. Aiming to reverse the tide in Maharashtra, annual appraisal of Unit Commanders would now depend on conviction rate. Director General of Police (DGP) Sanjeev Dayal has drafted the new policy in a last ditch attempt to remove complacency that has set in the force. DGP, Maharashtra of Police, Sanjeev Dayal Senior officers were asked umpteen numbers of times to focus on ensuring that water tight cases are filed in the court to get conviction. But the large scale acquittal in sensational and also in not so sensational cases followed by chiding by courts, it was felt that unless top brass is brought in picture the scenario would not change. Hence, sources said, the new policy aims to ensure that annual confidential reports (ACRs), where fav...

By Dheeraj Fartode Angry villagers of Kuhi tehsil on Monday observed Bandh and expressed their deep anguish against the brutual gang rape and dacoity case. Villagers, including school and college girls, stormed the streets of Kuhi on Monday morning and marched to Kuhi police station and Grampanchayat to register their strong protest against the dastardly act. A group of armed dacoits on wee hours of Saturday raided a house in four villages and looted gold ornaments, cash and raped an 18-year-old girl. The villagers along with different social and political organisations gathered at the Police station and Grampanchayat and demanded stern action against culprits. The agitators submitted a memorandum to Superintendent of Police Dr Manoj Kumar Sharma demanding better policing to protect the lives and properties of the villagers. Addressing the protesters, Dr Manoj Kumar Sharma said that cops will take stern action against all culprits and no mercy will be shown towards anyo...

By Dheeraj Fartode Villagers of Kodamendhi village blocked Ramtek-Bhandara state highway and ransacked vehicles including a police jeep and MSRTC’s bus after one police officer allegedly thrashed a rice mill owner on Monday. Demanding suspension of Police Inspector of Ramtek Police station, Kishor Gavai, the irked villagers launched protest on the state highway. Cops resorted to mild lathi charge to disperse the angry mob and clear the highway. The villagers torched some tyres on the road and created ruckus to press their demand to take action against police official for his alleged high-handed act. The protest continued for around five hours. Additional Superintendent of Police Prakash Jadhav intervened into the matter and pacified angry villagers. Raghunath Deshmukh (42), a rice mill owner was heading towards Kodamendhi village with his tractor. PI Gavai and staff were in front of his vehicle in a police jeep. Deshmukh accelerated his tractor and tried to overta...

By Dheeraj Fartode An on duty keyman of South Eastern Central Railway (SECR) Nagpur Division was run over by 12906 Howrah-Hapa Express at Kamptee station on Sunday. Rajkumar Ishwar Tembhurne (46), a resident of Rama Nagar, Kamptee, was working on the track. The incident occurred at 5 pm when the keyman was busy tightening keys of the track at railway station. As he noticed an approaching train, Rajkumar shifted to adjoining track ignoring that another train was also arriving on that track.  Though the Loco Pilot honked, as the adjoining track was still not clear the keyman froze and was run over. Staff of Government Railway Police (GRP), Itwari, rushed to the spot and sent the body for autopsy. Cops have registered a case of accidental death and launched a probe.

Maharashtra Minister Rajendra Mulak consoling a victim of dacoity at Kuhi Rural Hospital on Sunday.  As the crime happened in the night time, the cops hurdle is identification of accused By Dheeraj Fartode Nagpur Rural police on Sunday rounded up five more persons in the serial dacoities in the Kuhi tehsil. The criminals under influence of liquor had also raped a girl who tried to intervene when the former were beating her parents. Just after the incident, the cops had netted three in combing operations. Rural police that had formed 11 teams had fanned out in different directions and have brought in person who have past record of such crimes, said the Superintendent of Police, Dr Manoj Kumar Sharma. The police officers in Nagpur Rural Police jurisdiction were on roads all night and the combing operation led to nabbing of the three in immediate aftermath of the dacoities. “We are quizzing the suspects and hopeful of cracking the case,” he added. “The eight pe...