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Bus passengers foil robbery bid near Central Jail

Courage and chivalry shown by bus passengers foiled an audacious robbery bid in a running bus right in front of Central Prison by a group of robbers on Sunday. The robbers were trying to overpower bus driver on Wardha road, behind Central Jail under the jurisdiction of Dhantoli Police station. Accused were identified as Suraj Wasudeo Dhurve (18), a resident of Pandharabodi and two others, who succeeded to flee from spot. A bus of ‘Savera’ travels (MH-40/Y-2115) was heading towards Wardha from Rahate colony square at 1.50 pm. Three scooty borne youths came from behind and blocked the bus right in front of Central jail gate. Two of them forcefully entered inside the bus and threatened bus driver Ravindra Kisanrao Kamble (34), a resident of Savangi Meghe, Wardha, with sharp edged weapons. One accused forcefully snatched Cash of Rs 1,000 and a mobile of Kamble. When the robbers abused driver, the driver promptly caught hand of Dhurve. Meanwhile, attentive passengers als

Bank Manager lands in trouble while trying to rescue a damsel in distress

At times, helping others can land you in deep trouble. A Bank Manager learnt this bitter lesson on Saturday evening when he himself landed in trouble after realising that he was lured into a trap by some mischief mongers and a gang of criminals. Ram Dhapodkar, working as Manager with Nandanwan branch of Bank of Maharashtra received a call from an unidentified person informing him that one of his acquaintances was in trouble at Fetri. The manager rushed to help the lady in question and straightway played into the hands of armed gang who robbed him and relieved him of cash and other valuables. After receiving the call, the Manager along with his colleague one Sunil Choudhary drove their Car (MH-31/CB-1034) to help said Rupali. When the car arrived at the spot, two persons approached them and threatened with sharp edged weapons. The robbers forcefully took them to Mahurzari village in the same Car. API Ukey of Kalmeshwar police station said that the accused abused and bashe

Quartet abducted woman, attempts unnatural sex

In a heinous crime, three youths abducted a woman and then forcefully attempted unnatural sex with her on Saturday evening from a very busy area. The shocking incident was reported from the jurisdiction of Dhantoli police station when the woman was searching for a place to answer nature’s call. Accused have been identified as Venkatesh Narayan Mudliyar, Mohan Narayan Mudliyar, Rajesh Narayan Mudliyar, all residents of Sitabuldi and an unknown driver who have been charged with abduction and attempting unnatural sex. A police officer said that Asha (30) (name changed), a resident of Kausalya Nagar and a vendor, was abducted by the quartet, near Janki talkies lane on Saturday evening at around 6.45 pm to gratify their unnatural lust. The quartet then forcefully took her near mortuary of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) and between the journey the accused forced her to perform unnatural sex. Using brute force, the accused threatened the victim with dire conseque

Cops in action to avert Facebook row

Facebook logo Cyber Cell of city police is showing grave concern over abusive comments on social networking sites and started operations to control it. The men of Cyber Cell are continuously surfing the sites round the clock and sending email to head office of social websites for removal of abusive data. Assistant Police Inspector and In-charge of Cyber Cell Tapan Kolhe confirmed the information and said that offensive data on Facebook, Twitter, You Tube and other social networking sites was being continuously monitored by the Cell. If any offencive data is found on the webpages, the Cell promptly sends e-mail to the websites concerned requesting its removal from the webpage. The websites also act promptly over e-mail and remove the data in 48 hours, the API said. Row over Facebook posting occurred in state after two girls from Palghar posted comment on bandh called after death of Shiv Sena Supremo Balasaheb Thackeray. Fake accounts of Raj Thackeray and his son Amit were als

Poisonous gas in choked gutter claims life of Railway employee

Nagpur Railway Station A RAILWAY employee died after inhaling poisonous gas in a choked gutter he had wriggled into to open at Railway Station on Saturday evening. Identified as Manoj Pannalal Grawkar (40), the deceased was a resident of Ajni. According to Government Railway Police (GRP), Manoj and six other workers attached to Central Railway’s Inspector of Works (IoW) Department were on their routine duty. They came near the gutter. Manoj removed the manhole cover and wriggled into the gutter to remove blockage. When Manoj did not come out after a long time, another employee went inside the 12 ft deep gutter. He was shocked to find Manoj in an unconscious state. He tried to rescue Manoj but he too fell unconscious due to inhalation of the poisonous gas. Other workers somehow pulled him out and within minutes, he regained his consciousness. The employees immediately alerted superiors about Manoj lying unconscious in the gutter. Railway Protection Force (RPF) jawans

Irate over unavailability of bed-rolls, passengers detain Garib Rath Express for 25 minutes

Unavaibility of bed-rolls in Indian railway As the passengers got irate over unavailability of bed-rolls in the train, 12611 Chennai-H Nizamuddin Garib Rath Express was detained at Ballarshah Railway Station for 25 minutes on Saturday. Divisional officers of Central Railway assured them to fulfill their demand at Nagpur Railway Station, following which the train moved ahead. At Nagpur station, demand of passengers was fulfilled and tension was relieved. The train started journey from Chennai Central at 6.10 am. Sources said that a truck laden with bed-rolls for the train met an accident. Hence, Southern Railway missed to provide bed-rolls to around 500 passengers. The passengers demanded bed-rolls to Railway employees but, employees passed the buck by saying that they would provide bed-rolls at next station. The passengers got angered when bed-rolls were not arranged by Railway employees even after journey of 12 hours. Passengers lost patience at Ballarshah Statio

MIDC returns back NIMZ proposal to acquire 6,000 acre land

NIMZ Kuhi Nagpur National Investment Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ) project proposed at Kuhi will be completed in two phases as first proposal of acquisition of 6,000 acre land was returned back to District administration by Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC). Regional officer of MIDC, Vijay Bhakre confirmed the development and said that the proposal was rejected by the MIDC head office after noticing inclusion of 1,700 acre irrigated land in the said proposal. NIMZ is an industrial zone spread over an area of 6,000 hectares that comes to almost a quarter of the present size of Nagpur city. NIMZs is being set up in 8 centers throughout the country, expected to drive growth of economy and boost the manufacturing units. NIMZ is being projected as a major catalyst for the region’s growth. However, even as two such zones have been notified in the state the one in Kuhi has only got an in-principle approval. Following the approval, the administration identified 6,0