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A history-sheeter was brutally murdered by four unidentified assailants on Jaitala Road under the jurisdiction of Sonegaon police station on Monday evening. The accused first bashed up the goon and when he escaped from their clutches, they chased and stabbed him to death with sharp-weapons. The history-sheeter was released from the jail on bail just three-days ago. The deceased was identified as Nilesh Rajesh Naidu (31), a resident of Khamla area. The police have arrested Mayur Sherkar, Govind Dongre and Sagar Bagga for killing Naidu. Three accused Suchit Chahande, Ashish Bandekar and Vishal Gondane are still absconding. A police official said that Sherkar owns a mobile phone shop - M S Collection - in Indraprastha Nagar. He was also accused in an attempt to murder case. Naidu on Monday afternoon came to the shop and accused Sherkar for allowing bail of Nikhil Kharat and Gullu Maliye, accused in Shera Chavan murder case. He then asked Sherkar to surrender his gold chain and a mobile ph...

With arrest of prime accused and recovery of stolen gold ornaments worth Rs 21 lakh, Bajaj Nagar police on Tuesday claimed to have solved a burglary case.  A police official said that house of Prof. Yogesh Shende (37), a resident of Railway Colony, Rana Pratap Nagar was burgled in August last year when Shende along with family members had gone to relative’s place. The intruders had stolen gold ornaments weighing 455 grams and Rs 35,000/- in cash, the police said. After registering an offence, the police started investigation and arrested Amol Mahadeo Raut (32), a resident of Butibori. But only cash of Rs 35,000/- was recovered from him. During interrogation, Raut told the police that his accomplices in the crime Shrikant Jeevan Nikhade (29), resident of Titur, Kuhi, had kept the jewellry with him. When the police failed to arrest Nikhade, they declared him absconding. He was evading arrest for past one year. Acting on a tip-off that Nikhade is working as driver in Lakhandur town of...

A ‘Friend’ from matrimonial site duped a woman of Rs 2.25 lakh, Sonegaon police said. The shocking incident is a lesson for those who shared their contact details with unknown persons on social media. According to police, complainant Meena Ashok Barapatre (42), a resident of Indrapuram, Gaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, befriended with accused Rimpi Khandusa (39), a resident of Greater Kailash, New Delhi. They met at Hotel Centre Point on Wardha Road on November 8. After roaming together in the city, the accused managed to gain her confidence with his sweet talk. When Meena was relaxing in the room, the accused took her Debit card and withdrew Rs one lakh from ATM and also transferred Rs 40,000/- to his bank account. Later, the walked away with her gold ornaments, i-phone and Rs 12,000/- in cash. The woman was shocked after realising the fraud. She approached the Sonegaon police and lodged a complaint. On the basis of complaint given by the woman, Sonegaon police have registered the case under ...

AN INTER-GANG rivalry simmered to such an extent in Dighori area that two members of the notorious Thawkar gang were brutally murdered by three members of Mohod gang. On pretext of having discussion, the accused took the youths to Dongargaon on Umred road in a car late Sunday night where they killed them by stabbing them with sharp weapons and also smashing their heads with a cement pole. Within six hours of murder, the Rural Police managed to crack the case and arrested the accused. Accused Rahul Shravan Lambat (27), a resident of Bhandewadi, Pardi; Nishant Prashant Shahkar (23) and Jageshwar alias Balu Santoshrao Dudhankar (33), both residents of Kharbi Road, Shaktimata Nagar, were arrested by Rural Police for killing Kunal Suresh Charde (29) and Sushil Sunil Bawne (24), both residents of Dighori. Bodies of Charde and Bawne were found in a pool of blood near Dongargaon on Monday at 7 am. Staff of Kuhi police station and Local Crime Branch (LCB) rushed to the spot and performed pancha...

  BEING a son of a top civil servant of Bihar, Amitesh Kumar decided to follow the footprints of his father since childhood and don the Khaki uniform in the very first attempt. Discipline and transparency flows in his words when one interacts with the dynamic police officer. And he wants the same to percolate in the Nagpur police force. Born on September 26, 1972, Kumar always followed his aim of becoming all India service officer with dogged determination. After doing 12th from Delhi Public School, Kumar did honours in economics and became Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of 1995 batch.   After taking reins of Nagpur City Police, Kumar has carried out massive crackdown on land-mafia and other illegal activities. Being a disciplined officer, Kumar does not indulge in making false claims. In a freewheeling chat with ‘The Hitavada’, the Commissioner of Police shared his opinion on the aspects of policing and his plans for Nagpur city.   Q: What was your fi...

THE road safety measures taken by Maharashtra Highway Police (MHP) are bearing fruits as the number of road accidents and fatalities is decreasing in the State. The State has recorded a drop of 8.47 per cent in all road accidents while road fatalities decreased by 3.56 per cent in year 2019. As per the statistics of road accidents from year 2016 to 2019, the State had recorded maximum 39,878 road accidents in year 2016. The number dropped to 36,056 in year 2017, to 35,717 in year 2018 and to 32,925 in year 2019. In effect, road accidents came down in Maharashtra by 17.43 per cent in last four years. Further analysis of the data showed that ‘without injury accidents’ played major role in bringing down graph of ‘overall accidents’ in the State. A total of 6,271 ‘without injury accidents’ were recorded in Maharashtra in year 2016 and the figure reduced to 3,568 with record drop of 43.10 per cent in year 2019. Maharashtra recorded 11,787 fatal accidents in year 2019 as compared to 12,098 i...

A 37-year-old woman was booked by Kelwad police for hiring contract killers to murder her husband. The police are wondering over the theory of contract killing as the woman hired the killers with a contract of Rs 50,000/- but gave just Rs 1,500/- as advance. The killers also accepted the contract with the promise of remaining amount would be paid after some time. A police official said that Devka alias Kavita Jaideep Lokhande (37), a resident of Saoner and Chandan Natthuji Diyewar (28), a resident of Saoner were arrested for killing Jaideep Sahebrao Lokhande (39), a resident of Saoner. Contract killer Sunil Malwiya (26), a resident of Chhindawara, Madhya Pradesh, is absconding after committing the crime, police said. Body of Jaideep was found with throat slit on Narsala-Kelwad road on Saturday morning. A case under Section 302 of Indian Penal Code was registered by Kelwad police. During investigation, the police questioned Devka and she told the police that her husband left the home on...