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  • 126 electronic detonators seized from history-sheeter’s home in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad district

    By PTI

    AURANGABAD: At least 126 electronic detonators were recovered from the home of a history-sheeter in a village in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad district, police said on Wednesday. While investigating a theft case, the Aurangabad rural police raided the home of Jitendra Santoshshing Tak (35), a repeat offender, in Georai Brooke Bond village, an official said.

    “The theft had occurred in a grocery store in the locality on Tuesday and after examining the CCTV footage, the police identified the suspects. During a raid at the accused’s home, the police seized materials used in the theft and also recovered 126 electronic detonators,” the official said.

    “A manhunt has been launched for the absconding accused. The detonators have been manufactured by a company in Hyderabad. We are investigating the matter,” assistant police inspector Vishwas Patil said. An offence has been registered under the Explosives Act 1884 at Chikalthana police station, it was stated.

  • BJP workers booked in Aurangabad for gathering to celebrate Bhagwat Karad’s appointment as minister

    By PTI
    AURANGABAD: An offence was registered against at least 50 BJP workers in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad for allegedly faulting the COVID-19 norms by gathering to celebrate the appointment of Rajya Sabha MP Dr Bhagwat Karad as a minister in the Union cabinet, police said on Thursday.

    BJP workers had gathered the party’s divisional office in Osmanpura area to celebrate Karad’s induction into the Union cabinet as a minister of state for finance on Wednesday, an official said.

    An offence has been registered against the party’s district secretary Sameer Rajurkar, other local leaders and workers under section 188 (disobeying orders duly promulgated by a public servant) and other relevant provisions of the IPC, he added.

    “We had gathered for the celebration. We had followed COVID-19 appropriate behaviour and no traffic was disturbed. We don’t know why the police registered the offence,” Rajurkar said.