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Suicide note dated Nov 18 found from Adv Khandalkar’s shirt  Family, friends confirm that he was under depression  Cops to probe homicidal angle Post martem report likely today  CM directs top brass to personally supervise probe  DBA demands CCTV surveillance, better security at Nyay Mandir  By Dheeraj Fartode Sensation prevailed in legal fraternity after a badly mangled body of a prominent lawyer Adv Shrikant Khandalkar was found inside Nyay Mandir premises on Sunday afternoon. The discovery of dead body on back side of District Court building Civil Lines under the jurisdiction of Sadar Police Station raised a serious question-mark over security of the building and after initial confusion about cause of death, it became clear by Sunday night that Adv Khandalkar abruptly ended his life by jumping from Nyay Mandir. The cops discovered a suicide note dated November 18 from his person and his elder brother confirmed the handwriting and...

By Dheeraj Fartode Maharashtra's Director General of Police (DGP) Pravin Dixit has rejected the report into the spat between Collector and Superintendent of Police in Bhandara, that had stirred hornet’s nest among the Indian Police Service (IPS) cadre in State. Principal Secretary (Revenue) Manu Kumar Srivastava was appointed by State Government to probe the matter and he had submitted the report to Government and made certain recommendations. One of the recommendation which Srivastava made was to delegated powers of writing annual confidential records (ACRs) of SP's to District Collector. This particular recommendation had the IPS cadre seething with anger as they claimed it an unwarranted intrusion on their powers. DGP Pravin Dixit DGP Dixit when contacted by The Hitavada to ascertain his views said he had read the report and found it to be totally one sided. Further he disclosed that the particular recommendation about ACR was also summarily rejected. Dixit said ...

By Dheeraj Fartode Crime Branch sleuths, on Tuesday night, busted an inter-State gang of online fraudsters and seized gold and cash totalling Rs 4.80 lakh. The cops arrested three young members of the gang, which operates out of West Bengal, came to the city to withdraw money.  The accused were identified as Krishnakumar Drupdeo Mishra (28), Raja Manjeet Bhattacharya (25), and Santosh Kumar Parsnath Yadav (34), all residents of Kolkata, West Bengal. They were picked-up after Crime Branch team fast paced investigations into a complaint from a Yavatmal-based businessman, whose account was hacked by the gang for making transactions worth Rs 54 lakh.  Staff of Crime Branch with arrested three accused.  According to Wadgaon Road Police in Yavatmal, Priyank Chandrashekhar Deshmukh, dealer of Tata Motors, has cash credit account with Datta Chowk branch of Bank of India. When he checked the account details on Tuesday morning, all details were okay. However, when he ch...

Tehsildar’s report exposes dubious role of cops  CM directs Collector to probe this serious issue  By Dheeraj Fartode  When there is growing demand to either close down or shift liquor shop or bars from residential localities, a classic example of how a favourable report was prepared by police tweaking the facts and manipulating statements of nearby residents and a non-existent women’s organisations has come to fore.  These discrepancies have been highlighted by a senior officer like Tehsildar of Hingna tehsil in his report submitted to the District Collector exposing misdemeanor of some personnel of MIDC police. It was on the basis of this questionable NoC granted by MIDC police, the permission to open liquor shop in dense residential locality of Gajanan Nagar, Nildoh in Hingna tehsil just outside the municipal limits of Nagpur city was granted.   Overlooking the opposition of residents, the police report attached statements of “neighbours” either...

The state have also reported highest fatalities in railway accidents, 20.1% (5,024 out of 25,006 deaths) By Dheeraj Fartode WITH 7,969 railway accidents and 5,024 deaths on railway tracks in the year 2014, Maharashtra has accounted for maximum railway accidents and deaths occurred in the country. A total of 28,360 railway accidents caused death of 25,006 persons across India. In Maharashtra alone, 3,208 out of 3,882 persons were injured in railways accidents. According to report of National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) on railway accidents, a total of 28,360 cases of railway accidents were reported across the India, showing a decrease of 9.2% during the year 2014 over 2013 (31,236 cases). 28,360 railways accidents rendered 3,882 persons injured and 25,006 dead during 2014. The month-wise distribution of railway accidents’ shows that most of railway accidents were reported in the month of June, contributing 9.4% of total accidents. Maharashtra (741 out of 2,653 cases) has ...

Full configuration flight of Panchi, a variant of Nishant, the unmanned aerial vehicle developed (UAV) by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for military use, is slated for later next year. By October 2016, the test flights with full configuration to assess its capability, are fixed, informed Dr K Tamilmani, Director General (DG Aero) (DRDO), while confirming the development to The Hitavada. DRDO’s Panchi, the wheeled UAV. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) systems are undergoing major upgrades in terms of data link, flight control and propulsion system to enhance the flight envelop, the DG explained further. Panchi is the wheeled version of UAV Nishant and is capable of taking-off and landing by using small airstrips, which will be a major advantage for field units. Panchi UAV has autonomous flight capabilities and is controlled from a user friendly Ground Control Station (GCS). GCS incorporates a microprocessor bases encoder/decoder unit which interface ...

By Dheeraj Fartode  Tiger Memon act had made us hang our heads in shame. The plight that befell Yakub and the Memon clan today is because of Tiger and Tiger alone, Suleiman Memon is learnt to have claimed as he paced frantically in his hotel room. Entire Memon family had suffered a lot due to the misdeeds of Tiger,” he further said as Suleiman tried to come to terms with life ups and down. He was camping in city since last three-days. The elder Memon always avoided media glare and did not utter even a word. On Wednesday, Suleman while interacting with some persons said he has full faith on Almighty and full faith in judiciary. Suleman and Usman Memon Sources further disclosed that Suleiman was frustrated over the hanging of Yakub. Suleman always told the sources that Yakub was very educated person and came back to India as former was keen to restart his business. “Tiger had used entire family members for the execution of the bombing and fled to Pakistan,” Suleiman...