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ACB seize Rs 48 lakh cash from Edn officer Netam’s residence

Besides cash, documents about three plots, agriculture land was recovered in searches By Dheeraj Fartode Sleuths of Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) have seized Rs 48 lakh cash and property related documents collectively worth Rs 3 crore in searches at residence of Education Officer (Primary) Someshwar Netam. The search which started on Saturday evening continued till Sunday afternoon. A senior officer of ACB told ‘The Hitavada’ that besides cash, Netam also possessed three plots, agriculture land at three places and 21 tola gold ornaments. All valuables and documents have been seized by ACB and Netam was asked to disclose source of income from which these assets were purchased. If Netam fails to disclose sources, he will be booked under relevant provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act. In Soup: A perturbed Education Officer Someshwar Netam snapped at his residence after ACB searches. Netam is set to retire on March 31...

Ignoring good samaritan DCP lands quarreling youth in jail

The youth realised their grave mistake of ‘ignoring’ plain clothes police officer’s intervention By Dheeraj Fartode Men in khaki can control a mob. And what happens when the same policemen in plain clothes appears before the crowd? The reaction of crowd is entirely different. An incident that occurred well past Saturday midnight at Empress mall, proves the above point. A Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) of Nagpur city police who tried to intervene in a brawl was manhandled by the mob. In the melee, the DCP’s spectacle was also damaged. The DCP had gone to watch late night show of ‘Ragini MMS 2 movie’. The DCP was clad casually in T-shirt and jeans. After the movie was over, an altercation occurred between two groups over eve teasing. According the police, the brawl started after a youth molested a girl. Attention of the audience got diverted towards the brawl and the mob immediately gathered around the fighting youth. The enthusiastic DCP intervened in the matter ide...

ACB seizes Rs 15 lakh cash from Education Officer Netam’s residence

By Dheeraj Fartode Sleuths of Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB), on Saturday night, conducted searches at the residence of Education Officer (Primary) Someshwar Netam just two days before his retirement. During searches, the ACB seized Rs 15 lakh cash and other documents at his posh flat along Koradi Road. A senior officer of ACB told ‘The Hitavada’ that searches were conducted after court’s permission. A team of ACB raided Netam’s residence in the evening hours and searches continued till late night. According to sources, Netam was to retire on March 31 and directors and teachers of various educational institutions were in touch with Netam to get approvals. ACB kept a watch on Netam’s activities for past 15 days and noticed that many high-profile people associated with educational institutions met him at his house in morning hours. All visitors entered Netam’s house with a packet but came out without it. ACB then approached the court and sought permission to cond...

Government made speed government mandatory for commercial vehicles

By Dheeraj Fartode In a move to restrain reckless drivers of commercial vehicles, Government have made it mandatory for all such vehicles to have speed governors. The Government has fixed the upper speed limit to 80 km/hour for such vehicles and the restriction comes into effect from April 1. As per the amendment to Motor Vehicles Act, the Government has now made it compulsory for manufacturers to roll out vehicles with pre-installed speed governors. State Transport Department have directed all vehicle manufacturers to install the device in their vehicles at manufacturing stage or either at distribution stage. It can be mentioned that Volvo buses, MSRTC buses and other long haul vehicles ply with speed of 100 km/hr and at time beyond it also. Accidents of such public transport vehicles has resulted in deaths on large scale across many parts of States. Speaking on the development, Regional Transport officer (RTO), Nagpur City, Sarjerao Shelke informed ‘The Hitavada’ tha...

City and District police gear up for tight vigil ahead of LS Polls

Flying surveillance squads and Static surveillance squads are formed Paramilitary forces to stage flag march at sensitive areas By Dheeraj Fartode Nagpur City and District police are leaving no stone unturned to ensure safe and secure atmosphere during Lok Sabha election campaigning for Nagpur and Ramtek constituencies. 36 Flying surveillance squads and static surveillance squads have been formed in city and 28 squads have been constituted in district. These squads have already swung into action and have launched operation to put check on illegal activities and keep a tab on notorious history sheeters. The district has a total 4,034 polling booths including 2,224 in Ramtek and 1,810 in Nagpur constituency. A special meeting of personnel of the special squads was conducted recently and senior election officers guided the members about action plan. Commissioner of Police K K Pathak informed ‘The Hitavada’ that additional bandobast of 1,200 home guards including...

Nine nominations for Nagpur, Ramtek LS seats rejected during scrutiny

Muslim League, TMC candidates failed to get past even scrutiny stage 45 forms accepted for Nagpur LS and 27 for Ramtek LS By Dheeraj Fartode As many as nine nominations for Nagpur Lok Sabha were rejected during the scrutiny on Monday and three in Ramtek Lok Sabha constituency. Most of the rejected nominations were filed by independent candidates and dummy candidates of political parties. Addressing a press conference, District Returning Officer and Collector Abhishek Krishna informed that 84 nominations forms of 51 candidates were received. During scrutiny, nomination forms of six candidates were rejected as they did not fill the paper properly while 45 forms were properly filled and hence accepted. Nomination papers of Aslam Khan Rashid Khan of Indian Union of Muslim League, Uttam Janglu alias Baba Mendhe of Akhil Bharatiya Trinmul Congress, Archana Nilkanth Kadsait-Bagde of Aam Admi Party (AAP), Siddharth Asharam Kurve candidate of Dalit Panthar of Indi...

Muttemwar and Wasnik file papers

Both sitting MPs from Nagpur and Ramtek confident about their victory MPCC Chief, other senior Congress-NCP leaders and thousands of workers were present By Dheeraj Fartode Seven-time Congress MP Vilas Muttemwar and former Union minister Mukul Wasnik on Friday filed their nomination papers for Nagpur and Ramtek Lok Sabha (LS) constituency amid huge fanfare. Flanked by thousands of Congress workers and amid slogan shouting, Muttemwar and Wasnik submitted their nomination papers before the Returning officers at Collectorate. Both Muttemwar and Wasnik paid floral tributes to Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar at Samvidhan square and reached the District Collectorate in a huge procession. MPCC President Manikrao Thakre, Health Minister Suresh Shetty, Minister of State for Finance Rajendra Mulak, Saoner MLA Sunil Kedar, PRP President Jogendra Kawade, BEM president Adv Sulekha Kumbhare, Rajya Sabha MP Avinash Pande and Hussain Dalwai, former MP Balkrishna Wasnik, AICC secretary Swaraj...