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Tight security of 7,000 cops for Winter Session of State legislature

Around 7,000 police personnel will be deployed for security of Winter Session of State Legislature slated to begin here from Monday. The security arrangements are being monitored by Commissioner of Police (CP) Amitesh Kumar and Joint CP Aswati Dorje. Director General of Police (DGP) Rajnish Seth would review the bandobast plan likely on Sunday. The police are geared up to ensure that no untoward incident takes place during the Session. The top officials conducted a meeting of officials and issued necessary instructions. The security cover for the Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and the Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis have also been strengthened. Security at the Vidhan Bhavan, where the two houses of the legislature meet, 'Ramgiri', the official residence of the Chief Minister and 'Devgiri,' the official residence of the Deputy Chief Minister, has been beefed up. No person without valid photo identification would be allowed entry at the three places. Security had

Cop on-duty killed as car goes berserk, ran over seven

A speeding car went berserk and ran over half a dozen men including an on-duty policeman who was inspecting an accident spot at Naya Kund in Parseoni police station area. The cop was killed and seven persons injured in the horrifying accident reported on Wednesday night, police said. The deceased cop was identified as Jayant Vishnu Sherekar (42), a resident of Ranala, Kamptee. He was attached to Paresoni police station. According to police, first accident occurred near Naya Kund between Amdi turning and Paresoni at around 8.30 pm. A recklessly driven truck rammed into a car coming from the opposite direction. Car driver Vikram Singh Bais was trapped inside the mangled car. Staff of Paresoni police station including Jayant Sherekar along with villagers Gaurav Panwelkar and Amol Kanoje rushed to the spot. The police rescued profusely bleeding Vikram Singh from the car. The traffic movement was stalled as a large number of onlookers gathered to the spot. Jayant, Gaurav and Amol started st

Spurned lover set girlfriend’s shop afire

A married man set a mini truck and a vegetable shop of his girlfriend’s father afire after she turned down his marriage proposal. The incident took place at Waghoda village in the limits of Saoner police, police said. The accused was identified as Gani alias Palash Wasnik, a resident of Rambagh, Saoner. He was working in a barber’s shop. According to police, the man was in relationship with Sonali (name changed) for the past seven to eight months. Palash’s wife recently left the house when she learnt about his affair. Sonali decided to live with Palash and came to his house with a bag. When she went back home to get another bag, her mother realised something amiss and questioned her. She counseled Sonali and diverted her attention from Palash. As a result, Sonali refused to marry Palash, police said. Angry over Sonali’s decision, Palash went to the vegetable shop of Sonali’s father at 1 am. He set afire the shop and also a mini truck owned by her father. The villagers identified Palas

Teenager mows down by school bus

A 13-year-old student of Marie Poussepin's Academy was crushed to death by a recklessly driven school bus near the school located in the Mhasala area of Koradi police station on Tuesday afternoon. Just after leaving the school campus, the bus hit two motorcycles coming from the opposite direction and rammed the vehicle into a school van. Students who were boarding the van got trapped under the wheels of the bus. The uncontrolled bus moved on hitting the vehicles and stalled only after hitting an electric pole. The heart-wrenching incident created panic and chaos in the Mhasala area. The parents of the deceased student were crying inconsolably in the hospital after seeing the body of their child, a police official said. The deceased was identified as Samyak Dinesh Kalambe (13), a resident of Barakholi Indora. He was a student of standard VIII of Marie Poussin Academy, the official said. The school bus (MH-40/AP-0497) was driven by Ambadas Kavdu Ramteke (70). He drove the bus out of

Nagpur rural police bust fake tobacco manufacturing unit

A fake tobacco manufacturing unit was busted and three persons were arrested for making duplicate zarda products at Weltur near Saoner. The raiding party seized 347 kgs of raw tobacco worth Rs 16.22 lakh during the action, officials said. The police also seized empty tin boxes of tobacco, packing machine, empty tobacco pouch, weighing machine, electric stamp machine and other material. The racket was operated by Durgesh Vijay Agrawal (31), a resident of Old Mankapur. He went absconding after the police action, the official said. Acting on a tip-off, the police team raided the unit in a farm owned by one Shivaji Vath. The cops noticed labourers packing bogus tobacco in original tin boxes and a particular company. Investigation revealed that Agrawal was purchasing the empty tin boxes of the scented tobacco company from Paan Shops and filling the raw tobacco in it. Electric machines were used for packing of the boxes, the official said. The arrested labourers were identified Anand Balaji

Ragging row : Offence registered against 6 MBBS interns of GMC&H

Ajni police on Friday registered an offence against six interns of Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) of Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC&H) Nagpur for ragging a junior, said a police official. The accused students have been identified as Dr Om Vaidya, Dr Shivprasad Kute, Dr Shriganesh Nilwan, Dr Piyush Neharkar, Dr Sachin Bhosle and Dr Bhagat Shubham Mahajan. Sr. Police Inspector Nitin Phatangare informed ‘The Hitavada that the offence was registered on the complaint of Dr Akhil Bhagwan Giradkar on behalf of GMC&H administration. The interns are booked under Section 4 of Maharashtra Prohibition of Ragging Act and Sections 323, 504, 506, 143, 147 and 149 of Indian Penal Code. It may be mentioned here that the doctors were barred from internship on Wednesday after they allegedly found ragging a junior student. The interns were also asked to vacate the college hospital by the administration. An official of GMC&H had said that the MBBS students ar

Prison guards charge Rs 5,000 for Ganja in Central Jail

FIVE persons, including two prison constables, were arrested by the City Police for supplying Ganja (Marijuna) to the inmates of Central Jail, on Wednesday. The prison staffers were charging Rs 5,000/- for delivery of Ganja to the inmates and using WhatsApp messenger to convey demands of the inmates to their accomplices living in the city, police officials said. The arrested accused have been identified as Shrikant Thorat, Gopal Parate, Rahul Mendhekar, Prison constables Ajinkya Rathod and Prashant Rathod. Commissioner of Police (CP) Amitesh Kumar told that Shrikant, Gopal and Rahul were history-sheeters. They were in the jail for around six months and developed friendship with notorious goons Nished Wasnik and Vaibhav Tandekar, who are behind the bars. Nished and Vaibhav were sentenced on the charges of murder and crypto currency fraud. Later, Shrikant, Gopal and Rahul walked out of the jail on bail. While cooling their heels behind the bars, Nished and Ajinkya came in contact with th