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The Government Adivasi Boys Hostel is situated at Chandramani Nagar. Medical and engineering students belonging to Adivasi community stay in the hostel. The ragging incident reportedly took place on February 21. The victimised inmate has been identified as Vishnu Bharat Pawar (21), native of Parbhani. The accused senior students, including a relative of a woman police officer, thrashed Vishnu and forced him to consume organic phosphate mixed with urine in room No. 205 on February 21 night. As the health of Vishnu deteriorated, he was admitted in GMCH.

The accused seniors havebeen identified as Durgesh Kolar (22), Prasheel Uikey (22), Raja Salame (23), Devendra Madavi (22), Tukaram Burkule (22), Shubham Madavi (22), Praveen Gedam (22) and Snehal Raut (22).

A student of Shree Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, Vishnu was asked to remove his clothes. The senior students then urinated on him. He was thrashed for more than an hour when he tried to escape from the room. As hiscondition started deteriorating, he was admitted to Government Medical College & Hospital. Later, his parents shifted him to a private hospital where he is recuperating.

After recording the statement of Vishnu, Ajni Police registered an offence under Sections 328, 143, 147, 323, 504, 149 of the IPC read with Section 4 of the Maharashtra Prohibition of Ragging Act, 1999 against the accused students.

However, the accused students denied ragging of Vishnu. They claimed that Vishnu came to the hostel 4-5 months back. Most of the inmates return to hostel by 9 pm. Medical students come late due to internship or emergency services. Vishnu also came late frequently. On February 21 night, Vishnu was at balcony and drinking cold drinks mixed with white coloured chemical. As his condition deteriorated, he was admitted to hospital, the accused students claimed.

Brutal ragging: Inmate of Govt Tribal Boys Hostel thrashed, forced to drink urine, 8 booked

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Nagpur: Two leopards, including a cub, were found dead in the forest of Khapri village near Nagpur on Thursday morning. Preliminary reports indicate the felines could have died due to poisoning. However, Forest Department personnel were busy in finding the exact cause of death of mother-cub leopard duo.

According to reports, carcasses of the two leopards were spotted at the shores of a nullah near Khapri village. It is being speculated that the big cats could have died due to drinking of contaminated water. But the carcass of female leopard was found near nullah and the cub a distance far away from mother. Had it been the case of poisoning, how could the cub go some meters aaw from her mother. When the adult leopard could not move away from nullah how the cub walked away so much distance after poisoning, is the question pestering the forestmen.

The Forest Department has launched full scale investigations to ascertain cause of death of two leopards. A team of veterinarians would conduct a post-mortem examination later in the day.

Two leopards including a cub found dead in Khapri forest

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Both the students, Manthan Nandanghare, a native of Chandrapur and Anand Siddhesh Malode, resident of Manewada, Nagpur, had reportedly gone to the Zilpi Lake for swimming. The tragedy took place around 11 am. On being informed about the tragedy, a team of police reached the lake. The cops with the help of villagers fished out bodies of the two students.

It could not be verified for what reason the two students had gone to the lake and whether more number of students were accompanying them.

Details are awaited.

Two students of RGCER drown in Mohgaon Zilpi Lake while swimming

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Nagpur: MIDC police have booked an SRPF jawan on the charges of attempting to commit suicide by slashing veins of his hand by a sharp-edged weapon. The reason for the jawan taking such step could not be verified so far.

The accused, Vishwas Shyamrao Madavi, is residing at SRPF (State Reserve Police Force) Camp, Quarter No. 79/01, Hingna Road, under MIDC police jurisdiction. Around 5 pm on Friday, Vishwas slashed veins of his hand with the intention of committing suicide over unverified reasons. However, the attempt could not succeed as he was spotted heavily bleeding and was rushed to a hospital.

MIDC ASI Ramesh, on the basis of a complaint lodged by Premkumar Kashinath Mishra of Group XIII of SRPF, booked the accused Vishwas Madavi under Section 309 of the IPC and investigating the matter.

SRPF jawan booked for bid to commit suicide

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Nagpur: Avinash Shegaonkar, Secretary of Sai Baba Sewa Mandal that runs activities of the temple situated on Nagpur-Wardha Road in city, was arrested under Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. He was earlier booked on the charges of perpetrating atrocities in a case.

According to details, a person named Shivraj Bawankar is flower and garland vendor at Sai Baba Temple premises. However, the Mandir Trust of which Shegaonkar is Secretary, claims that Bawankar encroached the space for his shop. The Trust on several occasions had asked Bawankar to vacate the space. When Bawankar refused to vacate the space, a complaint was registered against him with Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC). Acting on the complaint, NMC sent a notice to Bawankar through Shegaonkar. In the meantime, a heated exchange of words erupted between Bawankar and Shegaonkar over the issue on December 7, 2017. Subsequently, Bawankar had registered a case against Shegaonkar with Dhantoli police accusing him of perpetrating atrocity.

Dhantoli police, after registering a case under sections of Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, conducted an enquiry and investigated Bawankar’s complaint. Subsequently, Shegaonkar was arrested on Saturday and produced in a court which granted him bail.

On the other hand, Shegaonkar termed the atrocity complaint as false. He claimed that Bawankar did not belong to scheduled caste as his father is of mali (gardener) community while mother is scheduled caste.

Sai Baba Mandir Secretary Shegaonkar arrested in atrocity case

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Nagpur: Two alert Police Sub Inspectors (PSIs) attached to Ambazari Police Station on Saturday saved a woman who had ‘accidentally’ fallen into Futala Lake and was on the verge of drowning.

It all happened when the unidentified woman earlier had left her home angrily after quarrelling with husband over some domestic issue. After the brawl with husband, the woman straightaway reached Futala Lake on her Access moped (MH-31/DX 1813). She sat on the embankment of the lake and was crying. Suddenly she lost balance and fell directly into the deep waters of the lake. Providentially, the two PSIs Meshram and Ambure were nearby the spot. They informed Fire Brigade about the incident but as it was taking time for Fire Brigade personnel to reach the spot, the two PSIs themselves decided to save the gasping woman. They jumped into the lake and with the help of waist belt and bamboo brought the woman to the shores. The woman is now in the hospital getting medical treatment. Her brawl with husband resulted in chronic depression.

If it wasn’t for the quick response by the two PSIs, she might not have lived to see another day.

Two PSIs save woman from drowning in Futala Lake

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Nagpur: Sitabuldi police booked the owner of LaHoree Delux Bar and Restaurant for endangering life of the owner of Gokul Vrundavan Restaurant, Dharampeth, on Friday.

“Sameer Sharma, owner of La Horee Delux Bar and Restaurant, allegedly threw a flower pot in the direction of Prasanna Reddy, Gokul Vrundavan Restaurant, Dharampeth, from Roof 9 Restaurant which was being operated illegally in Sadanand Building, Dharampeth.

Sharma and Sahil Motwani are owners of Roof9 Restaurant.Luckily,Reddy survived the attack,” said police. According to information, on Friday evening, Reddy arrived at his restaurant to give instructions to his staff for Saturday’s preparation. When Reddy was about to leave on his moped, suddenly, a flowerpot came crashing beside him. The flowerpot landed four feet away from Reddy’s moped which was parked in front of Gokul Vrundavan Restaurant.

Soon, staff of the restaurant rushed to help Reddy who was in a state of shock after the incident.

He then rushed to Sitabuldi Police Station and lodged a compliant against Sharma for attacking him.

Sr.PI, Sitabuldi, Hemant Kharabe informed that an offence has been registered against Sameer Sharma under Section 336 of the Indian Penal Code.

Watch Video : How Prasanna Reddy Owner of Gokul Vrundavan survived attack

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Nagpur: The Ambazari police have booked former pro-vice-chancellor (Pro-VC) of Nagpur University, Gourishanker Parasher, and dean of interdisciplinary studies, Dr Rajashree Vaishnav, for sexual harassment following a complaint lodged by a 28-year-old woman on Saturday.

Cops said the survivor has claimed that Vaishnav used to coerce female students to ‘gratify’ Parasher in order to score more marks in dissertations.According to the statement given to police by the complainant, mother of two girls, she pursued MEd between 2015 and 2017.

The batch consisted of four boys and 15 girls.

On July 2, 2016, Vaishnav was appointed head of department (HoD).

Survivor was allotted Vaishnav as dissertation guide.The survivor claimed that Vaishnav introduced her to Parasher who used to be a regular visitor to the Hod’s cabin.

Former NU pro-VC, dean booked for sexual harassment

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Nagpur: A 32-year-old man, addicted to alcohol and contrabands, was, on Sunday, booked for raping his two minor daughters.

The incident came to light when the accused’s younger daughter, 11, shared her plight with her maternal grandmother.The accused had been raping the younger survivor at knifepoint for the last four months.

While filing the report at Gittikhadan police station, the survivor’s 14-year-old sister revealed that she too was sexually exploited by the accused.

The man had also threatened his daughters of killing their mother if they did not surrender to his ulterior design.The cops said the survivors’ mother, who works as a domestic help, would be out of the house for almost eight hours.

Her husband, who was unemployed, used to commit the crime in her absence.Social activist Sunita Thakre said, recently when the younger survivor, student of standard VI, returned from school, the accused touched her inappropriately and forced himself upon her.

Man held for raping daughters, threatening to kill their mom

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Nagpur: In a shameful incident, an 80-year old man molested a neighbouring 4-year old girl by indulging in obscene acts over a period of one year. The pervert has been booked.

A resident of Hudkeshwar area, the accused has been identified as Jagmohan Singh Natthusingh Chavhan (80). The accused traumatised the neighbouring 4-year old girl by indulging in indecent acts and thus molesting her shamefully, since the past one year. When the nasty acts of the accused Jagmohan came to notice of the kid girl’s parents, a complaint was lodged with Hudkeshwar police in this connection.

ASI Raut has booked the accused under Section 354 of the IPC read with Sections 8, 12 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and investigating the matter further.

80-year old man molests neighbouring 4-yr old girl for one year

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Nagpur: In a major breakthrough, Crime Branch Unit 3 of city police nabbed three accused who had kidnapped a teenage boy by posing as ‘brothers’ of his WhatsApp ‘girlfriend’. Two of the accused were arrested from Mumbai. The kidnapping drama was enacted on February 27 and ransom of Rs 1.20 lakh was demanded from the boy’s father.

The arrested accused have been identified as Suraj Raju Krushnapurkar (26), Mateen Farooq Sheikh (21), both presently staying in Mumbai and Raj Vinod Khanke (19), resident of Godhni Road, near Petrol Pump.

According to details, the complainant Ashok Ganpatrao Deulkar (53), resident of Tukaram Nagar, Kalamna Railway Quarters, Old Kamptee Road, had told police that his son Mayur (17) is student of Class XII. As the Board exam was going on, Mayur had gone to his friend’s house near Kidwai Ground, Pachpaoli, for study. One of the accused Suraj Krushnapurkar had created a bogus Facebook and WhatsApp profile in the name of a girl named “Kajal Bavne”. Using the fake profile, the fictitious “Kajal” befriending Mayur and used to chat with him since the past week and finally decided to meet him face to face. The “girl” chatted with Mayur and invited him to meet her at Walkers Street in Civil Lines. Subsequently, Mayur went to meet her at the spot. But instead of the girl named “Kajal Bavne” the three accused, posing as “brothers” of the girl, appeared at the spot and snatched mobile phone of Mayur. The ‘brothers’ asked Mayur why he is troubling Kajal frequently by calling her on phone. Using Mayur’s mobile phone, the accused called his father Ashok Deulkar and told him that his son is in their custody and a ransom of Rs 1.20 lakh has to be paid for Mayur’s release. Taken aback by the ransom call, Ashok immediately lodged a complaint with Pachpaoli police.

The Crime Branch Unit 3 was handed over the probe. The Crime Branch sleuths, under the guidance of ACP (Crime) Dr Ashwini Patil, took Ashok into confidence and planned to give the ransom money as demanded by the accused. The cops searched the accused in Civil Lines but they changed their locations one after another and called Mayur’s father there. However, when the accused trio sensed that the cops were on their trail, they released Mayur along with his Pleasure moped around 7 pm on the same day. But the accused kept Mayur’s mobile phone with themselves and called his father from time to time and continued to demand the ransom amount.

On February 28 too, the accused had called Mayur’s father from his mobile phone and demanded the ransom. However, as they failed to get the money, two of the accused Suraj Raju Krushnapurkar and Mateen Farooq Sheikh fled to Mumbai. The cops with the help of Cyber Crime Cell tracked down the whereabouts of the two accused in Mumbai and nabbed them from Colaba and Dadar localities. The third accused Raj Vinod Khanke was rounded up from his Godhni residence in Nagpur. After gruelling interrogation, the three accused confessed involvement in kidnapping and demanding ransom.

One of the accused Suraj Raju Krushnapurkar was working as waiter in Aditi Bar and Restaurant in Badlapur of Thane district since the past two months. As he was burdened with a debt of Rs 40,000, he planned the kidnanning drama. With the help of his Chandrapur-based friend Mateen Farooq Sheikh, who worked as spot boy at Reliance Productions in Mumbai, purchased a new SIM card of Airtel 15 days ago. The accused created a Facebook and WhatsApp profile in the name of “Kajal Bavne and chatted continuously with Mayur. As planned Suraj came to Nagpur and stayed at a lodge. He continued to chat with Mayur in the name of “Kajal Bavne” as per plan. In the meantime, Suraj called Mateen Sheikh to Nagpur from Mumbai. After Mateen’s arrival in the city, the three accused kidnapped Mayur and demanded ransom of Rs 1.20 lakh from his father Ashok Deulkar. But their plan got foiled due to alert Crime Branch Unit 3 sleuths.

The case was cracked under the guidance of Commissioner of Police Dr K Venkatesham, Joint CP Shivaji Bodkhe, DCP (Detection) Sambhaji Kadam, ACP Dr Ashwini Patil, by PI Janvendra Rajput, API Dnyaneshwar Bhedodkar, and other staff.

Crime Branch cracks dramatic kidnapping of teenage boy, 3 arrested

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Nagpur: A brawl over possession of a TV and CD player led to brutal murder of a man, reportedly a kabadi (scrap) dealer, in Mankapur area here on Monday night. The accused murderer has been arrested within hours of the crime.

The deceased has been identified by first name only as Guddu alias Golu, a resident of Ganganagar Slums, Mankapur. The deceased reportedly was a kabadi trader.

According to police, around 7.30 pm on Monday, a quarrel erupted between Guddu and the accused Gaurishankar alias Gaurinath Bachhere (45), resident of same area, over possession of a TV and CD player. The wordy duel soon took a bloody turn when the accused Gaurishankar accosted Guddu in his kabadi shop named Golu Kabadi and attacked him with a knife. The accused stabbed Guddu on his neck, chest, abdomen, and hand injuring him critically. Guddu collapsed and died on the spot. The accused fled the spot after seeing Guddu dead. The panicky residents informed the Mankapur police about the incident upon which a team, led by Senior Police Inspector Mahesh Chavan, rushed to the spot and started investigation. A police team later nabbed the accused Gaurishankar within hours of the crime.

PSI Tumdam has booked the accused under Section 302 of the IPC read with Sub-Section 135 of Mumbai Police Act. Further probe is on.

Scrap dealer murdered over TV, CD player in Mankapur, 1 arrested

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Nagpur: Gold ornaments and cash collectively valued over Rs 3 lakh were stolen from two houses in Jaripatka area here on Monday.

In the first incident, unidentified burglar struck at the residence of Abhishek Mangru Sakhre (30) in Ambade Layout, Buddha Nagar, Nara Road. On Monday between 9 am and 10.30 am, Abhishek had locked his house and gone to Civil Lines office of Nagpur Municipal Corporation for some work. In the meantime, unidentified miscreant broke open lock and entered Abhishek’s house. The burglar laid hands on gold ornaments worth Rs 2 lakh kept in a steel almirah and decamped. The theft came to notice when Abhishek returned home and found lock broken and gold ornaments missing.

Jaripatka police constable Uike has registered a case under Sections 454, 380 of the IPC and searching for the accused burglar.

Similarly, Vasant Janba Walke (72), a resident of Plot No. 73, Nazul Layout, Bezonbagh, in his complaint told Jaripatka police that his wife Usha is admitted to Seven Star Hospital near Jagnade Square. Between 3.30 pm of Saturday and 10 am of Monday, he went to the hospital to see his wife. In the meantime, unidentified criminal smashed lock of his house and decamped with gold ornaments worth Rs 68,000 and cash Rs 45,000 kept in an almirah,

Jaripatka police constable Girju has registered a case under Sections 454, 457, 380 of the IPC and searching for the unidentified accused thief.

Rs 3 lakh worth gold ornaments, cash stolen from two houses in Jaripatka

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Nagpur: A young woman was robbed of gold ornaments worth Rs 84,000 while shopping at busy Sitabuldi Main Road on Sunday.

A resident of Mominpura, Kabrastan Road, Fayza Jabi Ansari (22) along with her sister had gone to Sitabuldi Main Road for shopping on Sunday. Fayza had kept her gold jewellery worth Rs 84,000 in her purse. Near Bombay Shop, Fayza was purchasing an item from roadside vendor around 3 pm, an unidentified miscreant slyly opened her purse taking advantage of heavy rush of shoppers and removed the gold ornaments. The theft came to notice of Fayza when she reached home and searched her purse for the gold booty.

Sitabuldi police constable Prakash has booked the unidentified burglar under Section 379 of the IPC and searching for him or her.

Woman robbed of gold ornaments at busy Sitabuldi Main Road

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Nagpur: The most corrupt stigma continues to disgrace Police Department as it topped the table as most corrupt department in Nagpur district in the year 2017. Revenue Department was not shy of following the police as it also continued with the ‘distinction’ of second most corrupt department. Ironically, these two departments had the dubious record in 2016 as well. Other entities finding place in the list of most corrupt include Agriculture, Education, Gram Panchayat, Forest, Public Works Department, Zilla Parishad, Nagpur Municipal Corporation, Labour, Panchayat Samiti and others.

The facts and figures were revealed by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in response to an RTI poser filed by activist Abhay Kolarkar.

The ACB informed that 22 cases of corruption were registered against the Police Department which are highest amongst all departments. Only the cases registered from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017 were taken into account. Revenue Department came second with 14 cases registered against its babus. Interestingly, last year also, Kolarkar had sought such information and these two departments had stood first and second respectively in the corrupt list.

The RTI reply further revealed that the total amount seized in 110 traps laid by ACB stood at Rs 20.81 lakh. The ACB seized around Rs 3.53 lakh in 22 cases in which policemen were caught red-handed in bribe deals. In the 14 cases of Revenue Department, the amount seized is Rs 3.37 lakh. Curiously, the bribe money seized in 10 cases registered against Forest officials is much more than that found in the cases of police and revenue departments. The amount found with the forest officials when they were caught red-handed is Rs 3,85,800. Zilla Parishad too stood third with 10 cases amounting to Rs 1,04,300.

The ACB replied that about 110 traps were planned and 142 people were caught during the trap action. A total number of 104 cases of corruption are still pending and waiting for the action. However, the ACB expressed its inability to provide information regarding the number of cases pending since the past 10 years. The department replied that to gather such information it required to be analysed and go through certain stages. Citing the reason of procedural constraint ACB said that such information could not be provided. The department took cover on the same pretext when Kolarkar sought to know that how many people were arrested for corruption and how many were punished during January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2017.

The RTI reply further informed that the departments like RTO, Cooperation, Finance, Irrigation, MSRTC (Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation), NIT (Nagpur Improvement Trust), Excise,Water Resource, Registration and Stamps have recorded zero number of cases.

Stigma haunts: Police Deptt tops table as most corrupt in 2017, too

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Nagpur: In a tragic incident, a mentally ill man knocked dead by Shivshahi bus of MSRTC near NIT’s Parking Plaza in Sitabuldi on Monday morning. The deceased was reportedly a beggar and was in the age group of 30-35.

The Shivshahi bus (MH-09/E 1785) of Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC), driven by Kishore Rambhau Chandpurkar (47), resident of Jaigurudeo Nagar, Besa, was either proceeding towards Amravati or coming to city around 7 am. As the bus neared at NIT Parking Plaza near Variety Square in Sitabuldi, it hit the unidentified mentally challenged man killing him on the spot. Sitabuldi police reached the spot immediately and sent the body for post-mortem.

Sitabuldi police constable Prakash Barange, based on a complaint lodged by ASI Wakde, booked the bus driver Kishor Chandpurkar under Sections 279, 338, 304(A) of the IPC and probing the case further.

Shivshahi bus knocks mentally ill man dead near NIT Plaza in Sitabuldi

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Nagpur: A 17-year old son of a food-grains trader has gone missing and reportedly been kidnapped in Nandanvan area here on Monday.

The complainant, Mahendra Maniram Shravankar (50), resident of Plot No. 30, Bhagyashri Nagar, Kharbi Road, Nandanvan, told police that his son Akshay (17) was at his shop Saikrupa Dhanya Bhandar situated at Jagnade Square on Monday. Around 2 pm, Akshay left the shop by saying that he is going home. However, he did not reach home and since then has gone missing. A search for Akshay proved futile.

Nandanvan Woman PSI Jaybhaye, as per Supreme Court directive that if a minor boy or girl goes missing then the case be treated as that of kidnapping, has registered a case under Section 363 of the IPC and launched a search to trace Akshay.

In another incident, 12-year old Tejas, son of Sanjay Shravan Dhamke (36), resident of Old Jaripatka, near Itarsi Bridge, went missing around 11 am on Sunday. It is suspected that Tejas might have been lured and kidnapped by unidentified person(s).

Jaripatka PSI Temgire has registered a case under Section 363 of the IPC in accordance with the directives of Supreme Court and searching for missing Tejas.

Minor son of food-grains trader goes missing in Nandanvan

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Nagpur: A Sales Manager of a pharmaceutical company has been booked on the charges of defrauding the company to the tune of Rs 2.64 lakh and also grabbing the company’s car worth Rs 4 lakh. The accused Sales Manager hails from Mumbai.

The accused Arvind Ramkrishna Nene (41), resident of Meghna Apartment, Plot No. 10, Ram Nagar, Borivali East, Mumbai, was working as Sales Manager in Juvenor Pharmaceutical Inc, situated at Plot No. 2116, MIDC T-Point, Nagpur. The Sales Manager embezzled Rs 2.64 lakh out of Rs 3.49 lakh the company had asked him to deposit in Bank of India branch towards tour advance. The fraud was committed between August 3, 2016 and November 1, 2016. Moreover, the accused Arvind Nene did not return a Renault car (MH-14/RS 1406) the company had provided him for office work. The car is worth Rs 4 lakh. Thus the accused Sales Manager collectively defrauded the pharma company to the tune of Rs 6.64 lakh.

Wadi PSI Meshram, based on a complaint lodged by Ashok Pradeep Dhyani (38) of Dattanagar, Wadi, has booked the accused Arvind Nene under Section 408 of the IPC and investigating the case further.

Sales Manager of Juvenor Pharma Co booked for Rs 6.54 lakh fraud

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Nagpur: A juvenile delinquent lured a 16-year old girl and took her away at an undisclosed destination. The juvenile criminal also threatened parents of the teenage girl of dire consequences if they “interfered” in his adventure.

The 16-year old girl is resident of Lakadganj area and the accused juvenile boy probably stays in the same locality.

Lakadganj PSI Sakhre, based on a complaint, has registered a case under Section 363 against the accused. Further probe is on.

Juvenile boy ‘kidnaps’ 16-yr old girl in Lakadganj

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Nagpur: A teenage girl committed suicide by hanging at her residence in Jaitala on Saturday. The reason behind the girl taking the extreme step could not be ascertained so far. Surprisingly, a case was registered on Tuesday.

The deceased has been identified as Nikita Bhaskar Gedam (19), resident of Ramabai Nagar, Jaitala. Around 6 am of Saturday, Nikita was found hanging with an odhni to the wooden rafter in her residence.

MIDC ASI Purshottam, based on information provided by the deceased’s father Bhaskar Gedam (52) and a report sent by Pratap Nagar Police Station, has registered a case of accidental death and launched an in-depth investigations into the matter.

Teenage girl commits suicide in Jaitala