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SP Vishal Anand : Fulfilled unrealised dreams of father

Vishal Anand, SP Nagpur Rural Behind every happy parent is a truly amazing son/daughter who fulfills their dreams by surpassing all the odds and this in turn showcases the grit and determination of the family as a whole. Superintendent of Police (SP) Vishal Anand Singuri, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of 2014 batch, perfectly fits the description mentioned above. Vishal's father Arjun Prasad Singuri had always aspired to serve the country in the capacity of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) or IPS. However, senior Singuri could not chase the dream as family obligations and some problems in early career made him drop the plans. But for him it was a cherishing moment 30-year later to see his son don the Khaki after Vishal cracked the tough Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exam and was shortlisted for IPS. Vishal Anand on Thursday took charge as Superintendent of Police (SP) Nagpur District police unit. Prior to this he was serving as Aide De Camp (ADC) to the Govern...

Activities of Bangladesh terror group on rise in Maharashtra: Intel

Correlating the arrest of Ansar-Ul-Bangla team (ABT) member in Mumbai with increasing activities of the terrorist group in Maharashtra, the intelligence agencies have sounded a warning and alerted Maharashtra Police to keep close tab on the activities of Bangladesh nationals. The sleuths unearthed the methodology of the ultra that could be used by banned organisations to widen their network in the State. After careful analysis of the data and matching the same with internal inputs, the Maharashtra police disseminated specific inputs for follow-up action, said the sources. ABT is a terrorist organisation in Bangladesh, implicated in crimes including some brutal attacks. The cadre of the ABT was arrested from Mumbai on September 2, 2022, which points towards increased activities of the banned terror organisation in Maharashtra, the alert stated. The officials also warned that a considerable population of Bangladeshis has settled in various parts of Maharashtra and their activities are ne...

Take stray dogs home, HC tells pet lovers

OBSERVING that fed on the goodies or food provided by the animal lovers, many of the stray dogs become insolent and get even more violent in their behaviour towards human beings in general and children in particular, the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court has lashed out at ‘so called’ animal lovers or sympathisers and asked them to adopt such dogs, take them home or at least put them up in some good dog shelter homes. The HC also asked pet lovers to bear all the expenses for their registration with municipal authorities and towards their maintenance, health and vaccination. The division bench of Justice Sunil Shukre and Anil Pansare, after the intervention of Dhantoli Nagarik Mandal in a pending writ petition about stray dog menace, issued various directions to the authorities concerning capturing, sheltering and feeding of stray dogs. The court directed that no citizen of Nagpur and areas surrounding it shall feed or make any attempt to feed stray dogs in public places, gardens etc. It...

HC directs SECR to pay Rs 8 lakh to kin of mishap victim

JUSTICE M S Jawalkar of Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court quashed a judgment of Railway Claims Tribunal, Nagpur Bench and ordered to South East Central Railway (SECR) to pay Rs eight lakh compensation to dependents of a passenger who died while travelling in a passenger train from Gondia to Wadsa. Mina Punamchand Shahare (45), a resident of Ghoti village in Goregaon tehsil of Gondia district had filed the claim application on account of death of her father Suraj Ganvir in an accident on April 14, 2011. The counsel of the applicants told the court that he was travelling from Gondia to Wadsa by a passenger train by purchasing a valid ticket. As there was heavy rush of the passengers in the train and the deceased was standing near the door of the coach, when the train reached in between Hirdamali to Pindkepar, the deceased fell down, sustained injuries and died on the spot. SECR had resisted the claim application by filing a written statement that it was not an untoward incident and the d...

HC upheld Special court’s order to extend time of 45 days to police for filing chargesheet in MCOCA case

Justice Vinay Joshi of Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court upheld the order passed by the District Judge-1 and A.S.J. (MCOCA), Nagpur to extend the time of 45 days for Sakkardara police for filing chargesheet against three MCOCA accused persons and also rejected their bail in default. MCOCA accused Shehzada Khan Aziz Khan (60), Amjad Khan Aziz Khan (42), Iqbal Khan Igga Aziz Khan, (44), All residents of Bada Tajbagh, Umred Road, filed a criminal application before the court. A case was registered against applicants on August 31, 2021 for the offence punishable under Sections 384, 386, 420, 467, 471, 447, 504, 506 and 120(B) of the IPC and Sections 3[1][ii], 3[2], 3[4] and 4 of the MCOCA at Sakkardara police station. The applicants challenged the order passed by the Special Judge on June 10, 2022 by which the judicial custody remand of applicants came to be extended for a further period of 45 days, thereby granting extension for filing charge-sheet. An application seeking extension of per...

Poor maintenance turning fly-overs into death traps: Traffic Police survey

‘28 fly-overs in city require fencing, illumination, blinkers, CCTVs’ AFTER a detailed survey of 30 fly-overs spread across the city, the Traffic Police department has suggested a slew of measures to prevent fatalities. The report has exposed poor maintenance of the bridges by the agencies which are turning them into death traps. The survey has come against the backdrop of two ghastly mishaps last month where five people lost their lives after being knocked down by speeding vehicles on Sakkardara and Shaheed Gowari fly-overs. In both the accidents, the victims were tossed in the air by the impact and fell on the road beneath. The preventive measures suggested in the survey report include installation of metal fencing or sound barriers on parapet walls, CCTV cameras, rumble strips, blinkers and proper illumination. The study report exposed the shoddy maintenance work of the fly-overs by construction agencies in the second capital as the fly-over are becoming death traps for motorists wi...

Unsafe fly-overs : 13 killed while 18 injured in past 8 months

Five deaths in two major fatal accidents on Shaheed Gowari and Sakkardara fly-over within a fortnight raises a question mark on traffic management and safety measures on these bridges. Lane cutting, overtaking, overspeeding, using mobile while driving are regular rule violations on the city over-bridges by negligent drivers. In fact, the deterrent of law is the main factor as violators are going scot free even after snuffing out lives. In the past eight months, 13 persons were killed and 18 injured seriously in various accidents reported on fly-overs in the city, according to data compiled by traffic police. A police official privy to the investigations of the two fatalities said that two things were common in recent these two major accidents -- first thing was the vehicles were driven at great break-neck speed and second was the height of the parapet wall, it was not enough to save the bike riders falling from the bridge. In the Sakkardara bridge case, the negligent car dri...