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Tag: Maharashtra crime

  • Teenage boy held for raping seven-year-old girl in Maharashtra

    By PTI
    THANE: An 18-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping a seven-year-old daughter of his neighbour in Navi Mumbai, police said on Sunday.

    The accused had also threatened family members of the victim against approaching the police, an official said.

    The alleged incident occurred on the June 24 night in Chinchpada area of Rabale after the accused asked the girl to accompany him to a marriage function.

    He took her to an isolated godown and sexually assaulted her, the official said.

    The accused was arrested on Friday while he was planning to flee to Nepal and booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

  • Maharashtra: Raids on two Nashik villas, 22 held, drugs seized

    By PTI
    MUMBAI: Two villas in Nashik in Maharashtra were raided in the early hours of Sunday and 22 people, including some connected to the entertainment industry, were held, while drugs and hookah were seized, police said.

    The raids were conducted on two villas in Igatpuri, some 120 kilometres from here, on the basis of a tip off, Nashik Rural Superintendent of Police Sachin Patil told PTI.

    “We have held 12 women and 10 men in the raids. One of the women is a Bigg Boss contestant, while some others are connected to the film industry. They have all been sent for medical examination. We are also looking for people who assisted in organising this get together, where many came in high end cars,” he said.

    They have been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and further probe into the network is underway, the SP added.

  • Four held for killing man in bar in Maharashtra’s Amravati

    By PTI
    MUMBAI: Four people have been arrested for allegedly killing a man in Maharashtra’s Amravati district, over 680 kilometres from here, police said on Sunday.

    Amol Patil, reportedly a Shiv Sena functionary with two murder charges against his name, was killed when he was sitting in a bar along the Amravati-Nagpur highway late Saturday night, an official said.

    “The accused got the CCTV cameras in the bar switched off, then threw chilli powder in his eye and assaulted him, leading to his death. The four arrested accused have been identified as brothers Sandip and Pravin Dobale, Avinash Pandey and Rupesh Ghagre. One person is wanted in the case. It seems to be the fallout of an old rivalry,” the official added.

  • NCP MLA Anna Bansode’s son arrested in attempt to murder, kidnapping case

    By PTI
    PUNE: Pimpri Chinchwad Police in Pune district has arrested the son of NCP MLA Anna Bansode in a case of attempt to murder and kidnapping, an official said on Thursday.

    The case was registered on a complaint by Tanaji Pawar, manager at a solid waste management firm who himself was arrested for allegedly opening fire on the premises of the Pimpri MLA’s office on May 12.

    Pawar claimed that two of Bansode’s men kidnapped him from his office in the Akurdi area on the morning of May 12 and took him to a place in Chinchwad where Sidharth Bansode (21), the MLA’s son, and 10 to 15 others thrashed him using iron rods, leather belts and sticks.

    Pawar was accused of firing two shots on the premises of Bansode’s office on the same afternoon and arrested.

    “We have arrested Siddharth Bansode and three others from Ratnagiri. A total of 13 persons have been arrested now,” said deputy commissioner of police Manchak Ipper.

    The MLA claimed that his personal assistant had called Pawar to ask the firm’s owner to provide two persons jobs.

    Pawar came to his office with two others and following an argument over the issue inside his (MLA’s) cabin, Pawar came out and opened fire, Bansode claimed.

  • Man kills father-in-law, dumps body on railway track in Maharashtra’s Thane

    By PTI
    THANE: The railway police in Maharashtra’s Thane city has arrested a man for allegedly killing his father-in-law and dumping his body on a railway track, an official said on Thursday.

    The crime came to light when the body of an unidentified man was recovered from the railway track between Karjat and Bhivpuri stations on March 17, the official said.

    An offence under section 302 (murder) of the IPC was registered with the Karjat railway police, he said.

    During the probe, the victim was identified as Ravi Pawar (45) a resident of Mangaon in Amravati district, he said.

    Pawar’s family informed the police that he had set out with his son-in-law on March 16, and had never returned, he said.

    Based on a tip-off, the police laid a trap and the victim’s son-in-law Sailesh Bhosale on Tuesday, the official said, adding that further probe is underway to ascertain the motive for the killing.

  • Four cops injured in Maharashtra after Sikhs wielding swords attack them

    By PTI
    NANDED: A mob of sword-wielding Sikhs on Monday attacked policemen, injuring at least four of them, after being denied permission to hold a public procession in Nanded due to the coronavirus pandemic, an official said.

    A viral video showed the sword-wielding mob barging out of the gurdwara, breaking the barricades put up by police and attacking the policemen.

    Several vehicles were also damaged in the violence.

    “Permission for the Hola Mohalla public procession was not granted due to the pandemic. The gurdwara committee was informed and they had assured us that they would abide by our directives and hold the event inside the gurdwara premises,” Nanded Range DIG Nisar Tamboli told PTI.

    “However, when the Nishan Sahib was brought at the gate around 4 pm, several participants started arguing and over 300 youth stormed out of the gate, broke the barricades and began attacking the policeman,” he said.

    Tamboli said the condition of one of the four constables was serious.

    He said six vehicles of police were damaged by the mob.

    Tamboli said an FIR will be registered against at least 200 people under sections 307 (attempt to murder), 324 (voluntary causing hurt with dangerous weapons), 188 (Disobeying the order of public servant), 269 (Negligent act likely to spread infection) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and for rioting.

    “Those involved in violence will be arrested,” he added.

    Nishan Sahib is a triangular saffron-coloured flag furling outside a gurdwara on a steel pole covered with a saffron-coloured cloth.

    The flag also has an insignia called Khanda in the middle, which includes two swords and a chakra.

    Hola Mohalla (Hola) is a Sikh festival that comes a day after Holi.

    Unlike Holi, when people sprinkle the coloured powder on each other, Hola Mohalla is an occasion for Sikhs to demonstrate their martial skills.

    Nanded is an important Sikh pilgrimage centre as it is home to a sacred shrine, the Takht Sachkhand Sri Hazur Abchal Nagar Sahib.

    It was here that the 10th and last Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh (1666-1708), anointed the holy book Guru Granth Sahib as the eternal Guru of Sikhism and spent the last 14 months of his life.

  • 42-year-old man, two minor daughters found dead in well in Maharashtra

    By PTI
    PUNE: A 42-year-old man and his two minor daughters were found dead in a well near their farm in Talegaon Dhamdere of Maharashtra’s Pune district, police said on Thursday.

    The deaths came to light when the deceased man’s brother informed the police on Tuesday afternoon after he found their footwear near the well, an official said.

    The deceased have been identified as Rajesh Bhujbal and his daughters Disha (10) and Rutuja (8), the official said.

    No suicide note has been recovered and the police have registered a case of accidental death, he said.

    The deceased man worked in Pune and had gone for a visit to his house in Talegaon Dhamdere, he added.

  • Woman killed in husband’s shop in Thane, hunt on for servant

    By PTI
    THANE: A 30-year-old woman was killed in a ration shop run by her husband in Maharashtra’s Thane district, police said on Tuesday.

    The incident took place on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday in the shop, located in Manpada area of Dombivli township here, where their servant was also present, an official from Manpada police station said.

    The couple had a quarrel following which the husband left the shop.

    After some time, he called up the servant to bring his wife home.

    However, the servant informed him that the woman was lying in a pool of blood in the shop.

    After taking the call, the servant fled from the place, the official said.

    The husband then rushed to the shop and took his wife to a hospital where doctors declared her brought dead, the official said.

    He later lodged a police complaint against the servant.

    The police registered a case under Indian Penal Code 302 (murder), the official said, adding that search was underway for the servant.

  • Man stabs Maharashtra employee to death in Latur city, held

    By PTI
    LATUR: A 22-year-old man was stabbed to death by his employer following a heated argument in Maharashtra’s Latur city, police said.

    The incident took place in Hatte Chowk area of the city late on Monday night, an official said.

    The police have nabbed Sanyam Pritam Gatagat (22) for allegedly stabbing to death an employee of his shop in an inebriated state, the official said.

    “The accused and some of his friends were drinking with the victim. An argument ensued, during which the accused stabbed the victim in the stomach,” deputy superintendent of police Jitendra Jagdale said.

    The victim was rushed to a government hospital, where he died during treatment due to severe injuries, the official said.

    A case has been registered with Gandhi Chowk police station under section 302 (murder) of the IPC, he said, adding that while two of the accused have been arrested, hunt is underway for the rest.

  • DNA helps cops trace man’s family 16 months after his death in Maharashtra

    By PTI
    PALGHAR: Sixteen months after an unidentified man was found dead on railway tracks in Maharashtra’s Palghar, police have traced his family on the basis of DNA samples, an official said on Saturday.

    The decomposed body of the man, 32, was found on railway tracks between Palghar and Boisar railway stations in October 2019, he said.

    The deceased could not be identified.

    But the bones of the dead man were preserved at a laboratory in Mumbai for DNA testing, senior inspector Yogesh Atmaram Devare of Palghar railway police station said.

    “The police continued their probe. We went to nearby villages and enquired with the local residents if any of their family members had gone missing. During the investigation, a 58-year-old labourer from Kolgaon told us that his son had gone missing,” he said.

    The labourer’s blood sample was sent to the lab for testing and the DNA analysis confirmed that the deceased was his son, the official said.

    “Five days ago, the lab informed us that the DNA samples of the deceased and the labourer have matched.

    Accordingly, his family members were informed about it…We did our bit and succeeded in tracing the victim’s family,” Devare added.