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Nagpur: In a major breakthrough, Panchpaoli police nabbed a wanted criminal involved in the sensational 2012 murder committed at Great Maratha Hotel in MIDC area. The wanted criminal was facing offences of serious nature and was also booked under stringent MCOCA. The arrest was outcome of an excellent informant network.

According to details, the Panchpaoli PSI M S Gawande and his team of three other policemen were on patrolling duty on Monday. While patrolling, the cops received a tip off that the accused Satish Ramdas Dhakne (32), involved in the murder of Monty Sardar at MIDC-based Great Maratha Hotel in 2012, was on way to city’s Vaishali Nagar Ambedkar Garden from his residence in Butibori. The cops were also told that the murder accused was riding a Yamaha motorcycle (MH-31/AL 1101). Armed with the tip off, the PSI Gawande and his team spread a dragnet near the Garden and waited in ambush. The moment the police team spotted the described motorcycle, they surrounded the person riding it and asked for his identity. As soon as the person divulged his name as Satish Ramdas Dhakne, resident of Sidco Colony Qr No. E/2, Butibori, the PSI Gawande and his team pounced on him and took the wanted accused under custody. The accused Satish Dhakne was facing offences under Sections 302, 146, 147, 149 of IPC read with Sub-Sections 3, 4+25 of Arms Act, Sub-Section 135 of Mumbai Police Act registered at MIDC Police Station. The wanted criminal was also booked under Section 3 of MCOCA (Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act).

Major breakthrough: Wanted murder accused nabbed by Panchpaoli cops

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Nagpur: Sitabuldi police have booked two traders under charges of selling bogus electronics goods in the name of branded company’s goods.

The two accused have been identified as Vijay Chandumal Chang (32), resident of Shanti Nagar Colony and owner of Sunny Electronics, located at Modi No. 3, opposite Bapat Bandhu shop, Sitabuldi, and Ajay Shitaldas Martijani (34), resident of Plot No. 100, Jaripatka, and owner of White House Shop. The two accused traders stored bogus goods such as mobile batteries, Flip Covers and Battery Covers deliberately despite knowing that the fake goods were not of Intex Mobile Company. The two accused traders intended to sell the stored duplicate electronics goods, worth Rs 4,59,700, in the name of brand Intex Mobile Company.

On the basis of a complaint filed by Mukesh Ramsingh Pande (32), resident of Equity Express View Apartment, Noida, Sitabuldi API Mane has booked the two accused traders Vijay Chandumal Chang and Ajay Shitaldas Martijani under Sections 420, 34 of IPC read with Sub-Sections 63, 64, 65 of Copy Rights Act and investigating the matter further.

Two Sitabuldi traders booked for selling bogus electronics goods

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Cracking the whip, Municipal Commissioner Shravan Hardikar on Tuesday suspended a Junior Engineer and Sanitary Inspector for indulging in corrupt practices.

According to sources, the Junior Engineer who faced the action has been identified as A J Varambhe who is attached with Gandhibagh Zone. The punitive action was outcome of a complaint registered by a private contractor V H Mudhodkar who had accused the Junior Engineer Varambhe of deliberately not clearing bills worth around Rs 2 lakh for carrying out four works of laying i-blocks at different sites in this zone.

Sources further said the Nagpur Municipal Corporation had issued work order in 2010 and Mudhodkar, who bagged the tender, completed the work in 2011. But Varambhe was not clearing his bills. Fed up with this, Mudhodkar finally approached the top NMC boss and lodged a complaint against Varambhe. The complaint was also forwarded to Superintending Engineer Prakash Urade.

The preliminary inquiry, conducted by SE’s office, revealed that ythe Junior Engineer deliberately delayed the contractor’s bills of Mudhodkar. Following recommendations by the SE to constitute departmental inquiry against the Varambhe, the Municipal Commissioner Hardikar suspended him. The decision was confirmed by an official from NMC’s General Administration Department.

The Sanitary Inspector who was suspended is Sanjay Nagarale of Hanuman Nagar Zone. Nagarale was recently caught for demanding and accepting a bribe from a sanitary worker.

It is pertinent to recall that Nagpur Today had recently flashed a report titled “NMC Contractors’ Association puts Junior Engineer on notice for harassment” wherein it was reported that taking the issue of harassment and non-clearance of NMC contractors’ bills, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation Contractors’ Welfare Association has knocked doors of Mayor Pravin Datke and Municipal Commissioner Shravan Hardikar specifically against the Junior Engineer Arun Varambhe.

The Contractors’ Association in its complaints dashed to the Mayor and Municipal Commissioner stated that the NMC engineers take unexplainable period of time in preparing their bills but the Junior Engineer Arun Varambhe has crossed all the limits. “The Junior Engineer Varambhe has not prepared bills of contractors since the past 3-4 years.

There are not one or two contractors but many who have been deprived of bill amounts due to lethargic attitude of the Junior Engineer. Varambhe has a distinct record of such dubious practice of delaying bills. For obvious reasons, some contractors hesitate to dare the Junior Engineer but some have decided to expose him in no uncertain terms,” said the complaints.

The Nagpur Municipal Corporation Contractors’ Welfare Association has further said that more and more contractors are raising the issue of their harassment at the hands of Junior Engineer Warambhe and even named the contractors such as Vilas Mudholkar, Prakash Kalambe, Sanjay Kubde and N U Kalambe among others who have come forward in exposing Varambhe.

NMC’s Junior Engineer, Sanitary Inspector suspended for corruption

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Nagpur: Panchpaoli police on Tuesday evening foiled a dacoity by arresting a gang of four robbers including an externed criminal in a swift action. Cops have seized arms and other lethal material from the arrested desperadoes. A search is also mounted to nab one accomplice of the gang.

Cops received a secret information that certain suspicious elements have gathered at a secluded place near Shaitan Chowk, Vaishali Nagar, with the intention of committing a dacoity. Acting on the information, a team of policemen rushed to the spot and surrounded the gang of suspicious persons. When asked about the reason for assembling at the spot, the gang fumbled and could not provide satisfactory answers.

Suspecting a foul play, the cops frisked the gang members and found two large rusted knives, chili powder, a rope, iron cutter and a Bajaj Pulsar motorcycle. The seized arms and other lethal material clearly pointed out the dacoity plan being hatched by the gang. The goons were immediately taken into custody and whisked away to Police Station.

The arrested members of the gang have been identified as Akash alias Tingya Ishwar Pantaone (23), resident of Vaishali Nagar, Deepak alias Khatya Manohar Jhamre (27) of Barse Nagar, Surat Sunil Kaore (22) of Bezonbagh Slums, and Ashish Yadavrao Choudhary (23), resident of Gautam Nagar, Bezonbagh. However, an accomplice of the gang named Bhurya managed to escape from the spot. Interestingly, Akash alias Tingya Ishwar Pantaone was externed for his criminal activities in the past but still managed to come to the city and was planning an armed robbery.

Panchpaoli API Keche has registered offences under Sections 399, 402 of IPC read with Sub-Section 4+25 of Arma Act and Sub-Sections 135, 142 of Mumbai Police Act against the arrested gang members.

Cops foil armed dacoity, arrest 4 members of gang in Panchpaoli

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Nagpur: An RTI activist, who was arrested on the charges of theft and molestation, has again been booked for demanding extortion money from a school bus owner. Interestingly, two such offences were already registered against the RTI activist at Kalamna Police Station. Unconfirmed report says that the RTI activist Mukesh Shahu is in jail for the past offences.

According to police, the complainant Dilip Kapse (50), resident of Sonbaji Nagar, Kalamna, told police that between February and September this year, the two accused Mukesh Jaideo Shahu and Kamlakar Lohbare, both residents of the same area, first smashed glasses and damaged two school buses owned by him. The buses were parked in front of his (Dilip Kapse’s) house. After damaging the buses, the accused Mukesh Shahu and Kamlakar Lohbare abused him and demanded Rs 10,000 as extortion money every month. The two accused even threatened of dire consequences if Dilip failed to meet their demand. Scared by the threats, Dilip acceded to their demand and paid Rs 10,000 to them every month till September.

However, the two accused hiked the amount and demanded Rs 15,000 as extortion money for allowing Dilip Kapse’s two school buses to be parked in the area. Fed up with ‘Dadagiri’ of the accused RTI activist Mukesh Shahu and Kamlakar Lohbare, Dilip Kapse approached Kalamna police and lodged a complaint in this regard.

Acting on the complaint, PSI Bhagile booked the accused RTI activist Mukesh Shahu and Kamlakar Lohbare under Sections 384, 504, 506, 427, 34 of IPC and launched an investigation into the matter.

Notably, Nagpur Today had run a report headlined: “RTI activist arrested on theft and molestation charge” wherein it was stated,  an RTI activist forcibly entered into a woman’s kirana shop and snatched over Rs 2000 from cash counter and also molested her daughter-in-law for refusing to give ‘Vargani’ (contribution/donation) for Navratri festival. A report says that the RTI activist has been arrested while police say he has been booked in the case.

On October 11, the 51-year old woman and her daughter-in-law, both residents of Kalamna, were manning their kirana shop. Around 4.30 pm, the accused RTI activist Mukesh Shahu (36), resident of the same area, came at the kirana shop and demanded ‘Vargani’ for Navratri festival. However, the woman refused to part with the money.

Enraged by her refusal, accused Mukesh Shahu forcibly entered into the kirana shop and snatched Rs 2040 kept in the cash counter. Not only the accused took money but also jostled with the woman’s daughter-in-law indecently and thus molested her. Based on the woman’s complaint, Kalamna PSI Raut booked the accused RTI activist under Sections 392, 354, 452, 506 of IPC and arrested him on Wednesday.

RTI activist, other booked for extorting money from school bus owner

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Nagpur: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Nagpur Unit, on Wednesday booked a Head Clerk working in the Office of Assistant Registrar, Saoner, District Nagpur, for demanding Rs 5000 bribe from a man in return of a favour.

The unidentified complainant’s wife was elected as Chairperson of Priyadarshini Multipurpose Cooperative Credit Society Ltd, Saoner, District Nagpur.

According to the Society’s rules, it is mandatory for the elected Chairperson to remit Rs 25,000 as security deposit within stipulated period. But the wife of complainant deposited the money late. Citing this reason, the accused Nitin Manikrao Bajad (42), Head Clerk in the office Assistant Registrar, Saoner, told the complainant that his wife could be removed the post.

To avoid this action the accused Head Clerk demanded Rs 5000 bribe from the complainant. Taken aback by the demand, the complainant approached the ACB, Nagpur.

Acting on the complaint, the ACB sleuths laid a trap at office of Assistant Registrar, Saoner and found that the Head Clerk Bajad indeed demanded Rs 5000 bribe and showed his readiness to accept it. With the eyewitness account and the complaint, the ACB sleuths booked the accused Head Clerk under Prevention of Corruption Act 1988. Further probe is underway.

Head Clerk at Saoner Asst Registrar’s office in ACB net for Rs 5000 bribe demand

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Nagpur: In a cracking success, Hudkeshwar police busted a gang of three women who posed as customers at jewellery shops and burgled valuables by diverting attention of salesgirls manning the counters. The gang targeted several shops in the city and neighbouring Chhattisgarh with the help of their accomplices. Cops have mounted a hunt to apprehend other members of the gang.

In the instant case, the three accused women had visited a jewellery shop named Matoshree Jewellers located at Ingole Nagar Square, Hudkeshwar Road, Nagpur, on 27-10-2015, and posed themselves as customers. At that time, the salesgirl Chitra Tokalwar was manning the counter. The three accused con women asked Chitra to show different variety of gold ornaments. Chitra followed the request and displayed an array of jewelleries to the accused women.

However, in the process, the three “customer” women diverted attention of Chitra and pilfered gold ornaments worth Rs 1,60,000 from the counter. When the heist came to the notice of owner of the jewellery shop Giridhar Dinkar Bangre (47), resident of Sainagar, Hudkeshwar Road, he lodged a complaint with Hudkeshwar police who registered a under Sections 380, 34 of IPC and mounted a search to nab the three accused women.

On November 1, cops received a tip off about one of the accused women and since the counter salesgirl Chitra had a good look of the woman she immediately recognized the woman as the bogus customer and the burglar. Armed with the clinching information, Hudkeshwar cops detained the accused woman, identified as Surekha Vijay Gajbhiye (43), resident of Kausalya Nagar, Ajni area. With the salesgirl coming face to face, the accused Surekha Gajbhiye spilled the beans and confessed the crime following sustained grilling. Surekha also divulged names of other two accused involved in the crime.

Subsequently, cops zeroed in on Nalu Pralhad Wankhede (52), resident of Chandramani Nagar, Ajni, and Pramila Waman Nagrale (63), also resident of Chandramani Nagar. All the three accused con women were placed under arrest on November 1 and produced in a court on November 2. The court remanded the three accused to police custody till November 4. Cops also seized some of the gold booty stolen from the jewellery shop. During the police custody, the three accused told their involvement in theft at a jewellery shop in Chhattisgarh’s Rajnandgaon town where they had stolen gold ornaments worth Rs 2 lakh by indulging in same modus operandi. The three con women were on a robbing spree targeting shops in different places.

The operation was carried out by Senior PI R S Pawar, API Chougule, and their team.

Gang of 3 con women, who posed as customers and robbed jewellery shops, busted in Hudkeshwar

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Nagpur: In a diabolical plan, if police sources are to be believed, a bootlegger prepared illicit toxic brew and tried to sell the stuff with the intention of killing the consumers.

The accused bootlegger has been identified as Pinchi alias Israel Sheikh Razzak (30), resident of Takia Dhantoli, near Public Toilets.

The accused was found brewing illicit toxic alcohol from Mahua flowers. The stuff, if consumed, potentially threatened to claim human lives in disastrous proportions.

Dhantoli cops have seized various materials from the possession of the accused bootlegger Pinchi and booked him under Section 328 of IPC read with Sub-Section 65(E) of Mumbai Prohibition Act. With the swift action, the cops have most probably foiled the evil designs of the accused bootlegger.

Dhantoli cops foil bootlegger’s evil designs

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Nagpur: In an audacious act, two juvenile boys, as a revenge act, attacked a 16-year old boy with knife-like sharp weapons and injured him grievously. The bloody incident occurred in Panchpaoli area on Wednesday night. Both the juveniles have been detained.

The details are as such. The victim, Sonu alias Manoj Samudre (16), resident of Qr No. 56, Panchpaoli Thakkargram, had a quarrel with the two accused juvenile boys aged 15 and 13 two days ago.

On Wednesday around 7.15 pm, the two juveniles accosted Sonu near Shitala Mata Mandir in the area and attacked him with sharp-edged weapons from behind. The two accused juveniles stabbed Sonu on his back, hands, loin and injured him seriously.

On the basis of a complaint lodged by Sonu, Panchpaoli PSI Gangakachur registered offences under Sections 326, 504, 506, 34 of IPC and detained the two juvenile delinquents.

Two Panchpaoli juveniles stab boy murderously as revenge act, detained

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Nagpur: In a major action, Lakadganj police raided a building in the infamous Ganga-Jamuna area and rescued a minor girl being forced into flesh trade. A woman, hailing from Gwalior and running the brothel, has been booked. The rescued girl probably hails from southern part of India.

On a tip-off, a team of Lakadganj police swooped on a building named Gotafode Building in Ganga Jamuna (Red Light) area and found the minor girl being detained in a small room at mezzanine floor of the building.

The minor girl was being used forcibly for flesh trade by the accused Amrita Dugga Kalkhor (40), originally hailing from Reshampura, Motizeal, District Gwalior (MP) but running a brothel in Ganga Jamuna area for livelihood.

Lakadganj API Mulani has booked the accused Amrita Kalkhor under Sections 344, 366(A), 372, 373 of IPC read with Sub-Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 of Prevention of Illegal Trafficking Act and initiating further course of action.

Minor girl rescued from Ganga Jamuna area, pimp woman booked

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Nagpur: In a hit-and-run case, a 27-year old youth was killed on the spot when the motorcycle he was riding in was hit by a speeding four-wheeler near Maratha Lawns in Ambazari area. The mishap occurred on Thursday night. The unidentified driver of the killer vehicle has been booked and being searched.

The deceased Kaushik Rakesh Tiwari (27), resident of Flat No. M/3, Maa Uma Society, was returning home on his motorcycle around 7 pm on Thursday. As he neared bypass road in front of Maratha Lawns, a rashly driven four-wheeler hit Kaushik’s motorcycle with forceful impact.

As a result, Kaushik crashed on the road and suffered critical injuries. He died on the spot even though he was rushed to GMCH where doctors confirmed Kaushik’s death. A complaint in this regard was filed by Raj Kaliprasad Tiwari (52) with Ambazari Police Station.

The Lady PSI Waghmare registered a case under Sections 279, 304(A) of IPC read with Sub-Sections 134, 177 of Motor Vehicles Act against the unidentified driver of the four-wheeler and mounted a search to apprehend him.

Youth dies as his motorcycle hit by speeding four-wheeler in Ambazari

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Nagpur: A property dispute turned bloody when five brothers assaulted a man and his younger sibling with sharp-edged weapons in their own house in Panchpaoli area. The five accused also threatened to kill other members of the family. The incident took place in the midnight of Friday.

The complainant Dheeraj Motiram Moryani (35), resident of Plot No. 28, ‘Moryani Homevilla,’ Kashmiri Galli, in Panchpaoli area, told police that when he and his family members were present in their house, the five accused Indar Ratwani, Latesh Ratwani, Hitesh Ratwani and their two other brothers forcibly entered into his (Dheeraj’s) house and started quarrelling over a property dispute.

The wordy duel soon turned bloody when the accused five brothers attacked Dheeraj and his younger brother (25) with sharp-edged weapons and inflicted stab injuries on them. The five brothers also threatened to kill other members of Dheeraj’s family over the property matter.

Based on Dheeraj’s complaint, Panchpaoli PSI Gangakachur booked the accused five brothers under Sections 143, 147, 149, 323, 324, 448, 504, 506 of IPC and launched a thorough investigation into the case.

Five brothers assault man with knives over property dispute in Panchpaoli

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Nagpur: In increasing kind of such cases, a 26-year old boy induced a girl with marriage promise and later raped her. The accused boy has been arrested in this connection.

The victimized 19-year old girl, resident of Ganeshpeth, in her complaint told police that the accused Irshan Nazim Sheikh (26), resident of Shantinagar, trapped her with a marriage promise and forced her to elope with him.

After eloping with the accused Irshan, she was raped on Thursday, told the girl to police.

Ganeshpeth PSI P G Gadekar, on the basis of the victim’s complaint, booked the accused Irshan Sheikh under Sections 366, 376 of IPC and arrested him.

Boy rapes girl with marriage promise, arrested

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Nagpur: A dispute over money led to a daylight murder of a 20-year old boy by a teenager. The spine-chilling incident occurred on Sunday afternoon in Ajni area. The accused murderer has been arrested.

According to details, the complainant Rakesh Ahirwar (18), resident of Ramteke Nagar, Ajni, told police that he had borrowed money from the accused Mayur Vijay Savarkar (18) while playing cards with him last week. Thereafter, Mayur used to demand the lent money from Rakesh.

On the incident day, Sunday afternoon, the accused Mayur lost his cool when Rakesh failed to return his money despite repeated demands and started hurling abuses in choicest words. When the matter threatened to take a major brawl, Rakesh’s elder brother Dilip alias Golu  Shyamchandra Ahirwar tried to intervene and pacify the accused Mayur, resident of the same area.

However, Dilip’s attempt proved fatal for him as the enraged Mayur attacked him with a knife and stabbed him on head, neck, stomach and at other body parts. As a result of ghastly attack, Dilip collapsed and died on the spot. After the murderous assault, the accused Mayur fled the spot but was later apprehended by Ajni cops.

Ajni API Gawande, based on a complaint filed by Rakesh Ahirwar, booked the accused Mayur Savarkar under Sections 302, 504 of IPC and probing the case further.

Teenager murders 20-yr old boy over money in Ajni area, arrested

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Nagpur: In a curious turn of events, a complainant man has emerged as the key accused in forcing his wife to commit suicide over domestic issue. Now, the man and his parents have been booked for abetting the suicide.

The deceased Sarita Arjun Shahu (28), resident of Plot No. 86, Kamna Nagar, Viabhavlaxmi Nagar, Kalamna, around 5.30 pm on November 5 ended her life by hanging to a ceiling fan with the help of sari in her bedroom. At that time Kalamna police had registered a case of accidental death and launched a thorough investigation into the matter.

A detailed investigation, however, revealed that the deceased Sarita’s husband Arjun Bahali Shahu was a suspicious man and every now and then questioned her character. Arjun’s mother Ramabai Shahu and father Bahali Shahu too supported his suspicion and taunted Sarita over her character.

The accused trio mentally and physically harassed Sarita and often told her to die. Fed up with the torture, Sarita ended her life on November 5 by hanging to ceiling fan. Following the revelation, deceased Sarita’s mother Vimlabai Balarame Shahu registered a case against the three accused with Kalamna police.

Acting on the complaint, PSI Bhagile booked Arjun Bahali Shahu, Ramabai Shahu and Bahali Shahu under Section 306 of IPC and launched a fresh probe.

Suspicious hubby, in-laws booked for forcing woman to commit suicide

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No police complaint filed to hush up tender-fixing practice

Nagpur: The tender-fixing practice in Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has again been started. The vicious impact of such practice could be witnessed in the NMC here on Monday evening when two of contractors quarreled over a dispute, and knife was used to cause grievous injury to a contractor. However, no police complaint was made, just to hush up the illegal practice among contractors. There is some one who is the ring leader of tender-fixing in NMC.

It may be mentioned that there are two rival groups of contractors in NMC, Ramzan Group and Gousuddin Group, both of whom are in perennial tussle with each other. Each group wants to have control over contractors association, obviously for selfish reason. Taking advantage of both the rivals, certain outsider-brokers, white collared and contractors got the control of contractors association shifted to their ring-leader. Exploiting the opportunity, the ring-leader has restarted tender-fixing practice. He received the ‘naal’ of Rs 20 lakh, but not shared with his associate contractors. When asked about accountability, his reply was that he had to share it with certain political leaders, office bearers, NMC officials and with certain close ones, all in the welfare of contractors only.

According to sources about six months ago, when this practice was banned, the ring-leader would use a contractor, named Sunil Kamble in tender-fixing affairs. The ring-leader used to regularly receive the percentage of each tender-fixing from Kamble. In the case of delay in receiving payment (brokerage) from any contractor, Sunil Kamble would distribute money from his own pocket to the beneficiaries (contractors), just to maintain relations, and later recover from them. He is still expecting a payment of 2 to 3 lakh rupees from certain contractors.

On the other hand, during recently held elections of contractors association Sunil Kamble suffered defeat, as he had contested from Naidu-opponent group. In the election, Naidu group made victory and maintained its dominance over contractors association, which was supported by Ruling Party in the NMC, which is still there.
As a result, the tender-fixing practice got a re-start, and this time this illegal practice is handled by association’s vice president Prakash Potpuse, who in turn regularly provides fixed percentage of profit to the ring-leader.

Meanwhile, Sunil Kamble’s alleged old practice of recovery of money (extortion bid) is still continuing. It was under the same bid on Monday evening, Sunil Kamble, picking up a dispute, attacked with knife a contractor, Atkar and grievously injured him. Injured Atkar threatened Sunil of filing a police complaint, but could not file complaint for the reasons best known to him. He thought that if he filed police complaint he would land in more trouble as the tender-fixing is an illegal affair. It is thus clear that tender-fixing practice is continuing in NMC.

Ruling Party’s members are allegedly doing contractorship in NMC. In the case of any problems to contractors, the contractors association president is said to be playing his role in pulling up NMC officials and employees (sending them on deputation), and the NMC administration acts at the behest of Ruling Party.

Contractor injured by knife during extortion bid in NMC

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Nagpur: Five goons robbed an iron trader of his valuables and cash worth Rs 1.5 lakh on gun point in small factory area under Hudkeshwar. Police sources said some goons tried to extort Rs 50,000 from the victim Santosh alias Bunty Ramlal Shahu while he was sitting at his shop at Sudarshan Square here.

The accused Mukesh Shahu, Ritesh Shahu and Bablu Shahu, all residents of Sonba Nagar, along with Girdhar Agrawal, resident of Wardhaman Nagar and Vinod Gupta, resident of Panchpaoli reached the shop of Santosh Shahu and threatened him, weilding a gun.

One of them told Santosh to give Rs 50,000 if he wanted to run his shop. They also threatened him of dire consequences if he failed to deliver hafta regularly. Later the accused snatched away gold chain worth Rs 1.25 lakh and Rs 20,000 cash from him.

Santosh revealed that the accused had also extorted Rs 50,000 from him last month. Hudkeshwar police have registered the offence under sections 384, 386, 143, 325 and launched manhunt against the accused.

Hafta Vasooli# Iron trader looted on gun-point in Hudkeshwar!

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Nagpur: A youth returning from Seminary Hills along with his girl friend was attacked after few unidentified elements threw red chilli powder on his face under Gittikhadan area. The youth was inflicted with serious injuries and he has been admitted to a private hospital.

Police sources said Aniket Tambe, resident of Mohan Nagar, Khalasi Line was on his way from Seminary Hills when he felt the pinch in his eyes. It turned out that two youths sprayed red chilli powder on his face and attacked him with a  sharp edged weapon.

They also tried to rob Tambe but  he somehow managed to shoo them away.

Later he was admitted to a private hospital where he was said to have been recuperating. Police have registered the case upon his complaint.

Youth accompanying girl friend attacked in Gittikhadan

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Nagpur: In a major crackdown on hardcore criminals, Lakadganj and Wadi police booked a total of eleven members of two gangs under stringent MCOCA (Maharashtra Control of Organized Control Act) for their organized crimes such as murders, attempt to murder, robberies, extorting money, and other serious offences. The gangs were operative since the past ten years and despite the preventive actions and detentions, the two gang members continued their criminal activities with impunity.

Some of the gang members have already been chargesheeted in courts for one or more offences which warrant more than three years of jail. Subsequently, the cops of two police stations put their feet down and send proposals to higher police officials for permission to book the criminals under the dreaded Act. Armed with the nods, the nine members of two criminal gangs were booked under MCOCA. Similarly, a massive hunt has been mounted to nab kingpins of a gang who have gone absconding. A juvenile boy has also been booked under the Act.

The criminals who have been slapped with the Section 3 of Maharashtra Control of Organized Control Act have been identified as 1) Abdul Basid alias Patel Abdul Nawab, 2) Sayyed Shohrab alias Bhaiyya Sayyed Ahafaz, 3) Sheikh Wasim alias Chhota Wasim, 4) Sayyed Ayyaz Ali Fayyaz Ali, 5) Sheikh Mudassir alias Golu Sheikh Gulam and a juvenile boy.

These six goons are under arrest. Similarly, a massive hunt has been launched to apprehend the gang masterminds Sheikh Wasim alias Chirya Sheikh Afzal and Sheikh Nissar Sheikh Hafiz. The accused Chirya and his gang members had murdered one Nawab Anwar Mohammed Habibur Rehman, who was once this gang member but got separated to form his own gang.

Nawab Anwar was murdered by Chirya gang to have upper hand in the criminal world. The four other members of a separate gang who faced the stringent law are 1) Prakash Shankar Bamnote, 2) Dinesh alias Dadu Sukhdeo Lanjewar, 3) Radhyesham Vithhal Uike and 4) Girdhar Ratiram Thakre. This gang was operative in Wadi Police Station jurisdiction.

The orders to book the eleven members of two criminal gangs were passed by Commissioner of Police S P Yadav, Joint Commissioner of Police Rajwardhan and Additional Commissioner of Police Shrikant Tarwade.

Major crackdown: Dreaded MCOCA slapped on 11 criminals; massive hunt on to nab two kingpins

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Nagpur: In a demonic act, a man burst into a house forcibly, ransacked the property, stole a cash of Rs 65,000 and important documents. And in the process, the wicked man kicked a young pregnant girl on her stomach and threatened to kill her. The girl was alone in her house. The outrageous incident occurred in Pratap Nagar area on Laxmipujan day (November 11) afternoon.

The complainant Neha Rakesh Dekate (20), resident of Plot No. 2, Old Sneha Nagar, Pratap Nagar, told police that when she was alone in her home, the accused named Jaideep Pendke entered into her house around 12.30 pm on Wednesday and started abusing her. The accused later went on rampage by smashing households and went to her bedroom and stole cash of Rs 65,000 and vital documents kept in a wooden almirah.

The accused Jaideep did not stop his criminal acts and in the process kicked her (Neha) on her stomach despite knowing that she was pregnant and threatened to kill her. The accused, after finishing the evil acts, fled the scene. Left bewildered by the daylight incident, Neha approached Pratap Nagar Police Station and registered a case in this regard.

Acting on Neha’s plaint, PSI Sheikh booked the accused Jaideep Pendke under Sections 392, 315, 452, 506(B) of IPC and searching for him.

Man enters house, damages property, steals valuables & kicks pregnant girl in Pratap Nagar