Nagpur: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday launched a country wide search operation, which include extensive search at prominent central offices including coal and railways in 150 cities including Nagpur.
The raids were conducted in Nagpur railways DRM office during day long exercise.
More details awaited.
CBI raids railway offices in Nagpur during nationwide searches
Nagpur: A bike-borne goon, who was fleeing after robbing a young girl of her mobile phone, was caught by people and handed over to police in Kotwali area here on Friday night. Two accomplices of the accused managed to escape and are being searched.
A resident of Khalasi Line, Mohan Nagar, the complainant Anjali Purshottam Rangari (22) was going to her shop around 8.20 pm on Friday. Midway near Gandhi Statue in Gandhibagh, Anjali parked her two-wheeler and was talking on her Vivo mobile phone. At the same time, three goon riding on a bike (MH-49/AY 8390) came near Anjali and snatched her Vivo mobile phone worth Rs 14,000 and fled the spot. However, at a distance, nearby people caught one of the accused named Akshay Kailas Chakole (23), resident of Pardi, Bharatwada, and handed him over to police. However, two other accused named Musa and his friend managed to escape.
Kotwali PSI Kharsar, based on Anjali’s complaint, booked the accused Akshay Chakole under Sections 392, 34 of the IPC and placed him under arrest. Cops are searching for the two absconding accused.
Nagpur: Nandanvan police have launched a search for a gang of 5-6 miscreants who vandalised a beer bar and also looted cash from counter on Friday night.
A resident of Plot No. 1, Sarvashri Nagar, Pitambar Maroti Kohat (47) was managing Ramashri Bar and Restaurant around 8 pm on Friday. During the same time, two unidentified persons, aged 30-35, came to the bar and consumed a bottle of beer. However, the two persons started leaving the bar without paying for beer. The waiter of the bar Sunil Borkar demanded money but the two accused refused and tried to flee on their two-wheeler. When Sunil stopped them, they abused and heckled him but paid the bill. After sometime, the two accused along with their 3-4 aides, armed with stones arrived to the bar and vandalised the bar. They also thrashed Sunil severely and looted Rs 9000 from cash counter.
Nandanvan PSI Sonule, based on complaint of Pitambar Kohat, booked the unidentified hooligans under Section 395 of the IPC and launched a search to nab them.
Nagpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is arriving in Nagpur in September with tentative date as per sources is Sep 7 or Sep 17 subject to confirmation for launching various projects. This information was provided in the core committee meeting of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) held at Ravi Bhavan in city on Saturday. The meeting was presided over by senior BJP leader and Speaker of State Assembly Haribhau Bagde.
In the core committee meeting, it was informed that the Prime Minister Modi will be visiting Nagpur on September 17 for launching various development projects. In view of coming Assembly elections, the party is organising booth level meetings in all constituencies in city.
The core committee meeting was also attended by City BJP President Pravin Datke, Mayor Nanda Jichkar, MLAs Krishna Khopde, Sudhakar Deshmukh, Vikas Kumbhare, Dr Milind Mane, Sudhakar Kohale, Deputy Mayor Deepraj Pardikar, Chairman of Standing Committee Pradeep Pohane, Corporators Dayashankar Tiwari, Sandeep Jadhav, Chetana Tank, Divya Dhurde, Archana Dehankar, Kirtida Ajmera, Jaiprakash Gupta, office bearers of city unit of party, former MPs and others.
Later, the Speaker Bagde, who arrived in city on Friday, would be meeting people interested to contest Assembly elections from various constituencies in Nagpur city.
Nagpur: Kotwali police have booked three conmen for grabbing a plot of land with forged documents and cheating a woman in the fraudulent deal.
The main accused, Ramesh Baburao Pund (50), resident of Mahal Killa Road, forged various documents including power of attorney, no objection certificate, possession letter. With the help of the forged documents, the accused Ramesh Pund grabbed a 1200 sq ft plot in the layout of Jagruti Janseva Developers at Bahadura in Khasra No. 20. Later, the accused sold the plot to the complainant Amruta Sanjay Rehpade (30), resident of Shaktimata Nagar, Kharbi Road, Vathoda Layout and cheated her in the fraudulent deal.
The two other accused namely Shekhar Mate and Bhagwan Mate connived with the main accused Ramesh Pund and helped him in selling the grabbed plot to the complainant.
Kotwali ASI Deepak Lanjewar has registered a case against the three accused under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 34 of the IPC and probing the matter further.
3 men booked for grabbing plot with forged documents, cheating woman
Nagpur: The hot pursuit of various evils haunting the society continued this year as well in the form of the traditional and feverish event — procession of Kali, Pili Marbats and Badgyas – in the Second Capital City of Nagpur on Saturday, the second day of Pola festival. The unique event has become an identity of Vidarbha, especially Nagpur city, as a rich tradition keeps adding to its uniqueness.
The highlight of the crowded procession was Milan (meeting) of Kali and Pili Marbats at a designated spot. Thousands and thousands of people thronged the procession route with posse of media persons covering the event.
The high pitched chants of “Eeda, peeda gheun jaa ge Marbat” (Take away all social evils and human miseries) marked the Kali, Pili Marbats as well as the famous Badgyas on the streets in East Nagpur. The two effigies of ‘Kali’ (black) and ‘Pili’ (yellow) Marbats are eloquently used as symbols to express pent-up fury by common people against evils haunting them. It may be rising prices, unpopular government decisions, other current topics etc that are tormenting the common people.
This year’s messages of Kali, Pili Marbats and Badgya were on various topics. Badgyas depicted the evil of terrorism being inflicted by Pakistan.
Kali Marbat was taken out by Shri Devasthan Panch Committee, Itwari Bardana Market, Nehru Putala from its premises. The procession passed through the designated routes and ended at the premises opposite Ramkrishna Flour Mills, Bagadganj.
Nagoba Devasthan, Tarhane Teli Samaj organised the procession of Pili Marbat. The procession passed through Panchpaoleshwar Shankar Mandir, Golibar Square, Bharat Mata Square, Maskasaath, Nehru Putala where Pili Marbat met with Kali Marbat. The joint procession of Kali and Pili Marbats started from Nehru Putala and passed through Marwadi Square, Mirchi Bazar, Amardeep Cinema, Shahid Chowk, Gandhi Putala, Badkas Chowk, Mahal, Kotwali, Gandhi Gate, Agresar Chowk, Ganjakhet Square, Golibar Square, Bharat Mata Square, Pili Marbat chowk and the effigies were immersed at Tandapeth Naik Talao.
Hot pursuit of evils haunting people marks Kali, Pili Marbats, Badgyas in Nagpur
Nagpur: As the 10-day Ganeshotsav just 48 hours away, markets across the city are flooded with idols of Lord Ganesh to be taken to homes by thousands and thousands of devotees. This year, Ganeshotsav is commencing from September 2 and will conclude on Anant Chaturdashi, September 12.
Forget major market places, one could witness vendors setting up makeshift stalls with idols of Bappa in various shapes, hues and colours at every nook and corner in the city. But the renowned Chitar Oli is one stop favourite destination for getting attractive idols of every shape and size, at reasonable pricres. Chitar Oli is buzzing these days with artisans giving finishing touches to idols of various sizes and designs to meet the demands of devotees.
Devotees in lakhs and Sarvajanik Mandals in hundreds have geared up to welcome their dear elephant headed god. On Ganesh Chaturthi, September 2, enthusiastic devotees will take home their dear Lord in attractive idols. From that day till Anant Chaturdashi, September 12, chants of Ganapati Bappa Morya, would reverberate across the city and the atmosphere turning blissful and joyous.
Since past few years, the Sarvajanik Mandals have mostly decided to go green, while many have opted for historic temples and lavish palace backdrops. Meanwhile, as far as household Ganpatis are concerned, fewer people have opted for Plaster of Paris (PoP) idols this year.
The city-based traders dealing in providing decorative items have displayed an array of items and materials to the liking of devotees. Business of decorative items for Ganeshotsav has peaked up as the 10-day festival around the corner.
Lord Ganesh or Vighnaharta, devotees believed, is a remover of obstacles and one who brings good fortune.
Colourful Bappa idols flood market as Ganeshotsav begins on Sept 2
Nagpur: The heavy rain on Saturday brought much-needed respite from humid weather for Nagpurians but the downpour threw traffic in city out of gear in many areas. The residents of Swavlambi Nagar and commuters faced severe trouble as they had to wade through waist-deep water logged on streets. Choked nullas added more woes as streets and low-lying areas were flooded with gushing water.
The rains led to traffic snarls in the area forcing traffic to be diverted to alternative routes due to water-logging in the low lying areas of Swavlambi Nagar and many other areas.
Nagpur: Pachpaoli police on Friday arrested five persons including a woman allegedly for selling Mahua liquor on the occasion of Pola. The cops also seized 152 litres of Mahua liquor worth Rs 15,200 from their possession.
The names of the accused were given as Raju Dadaram Lanjewar (36), a resident of Lashkaribagh, Kunal Vinayak Binekar (24), Nikhil Suresh Binekar (20) both residents of Tandapeth, Rani Mahaveer Sable (60), a resident of Naik Talav and Omprakash Chindhuji Ninave (20), a resident of Khairipura.
The arrest drive was supervised by DCP Zone 3 Rahul Makhnikar and ACP Walchand Munde.
Senior PI Ashok Meshram, PI (Crime) Mahesh Dhavan, API Suroshe, PSI Godbole, Constables Ashok Pund, Rajkumar Sharma, Chaban Shinghane, Jitendra Kharpuriya, Deepak Sarate, Rakesh Tiwari, Vishash, Sachin Bhimte, Balakrushna Rathod, Rahul Badiye and Chetan Gedam made the arrests.
Owing to the upcoming festive season the city cops have launched a special drive against the illegal liquor trade.
Pachpaoli police arrest five, seize 152 litres of Mahua liquor
•Tap-and-Go payments at Nagpur Metro stations
•Secured and convenient method of payment
•Simplified process to procure and use the card
Nagpur: State Bank of India (SBI) – country’s largest commercial bank – and Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (Maha Metro) has launched contactless co-branded prepaid card, ‘MAHA Card’ for travellers to facilitate Tap-and-Go payments at Nagpur Metro stations. The card comes with dual interface (EMV chip) with stored value functionality for a secure, convenient and seamless payment process.
Metro commuters can avail MAHA Card by applying at the counter in metro stations. Commuters will be required to fill-in basic information in the application form followed by authenticating one-time PIN received on their mobile number. Once the application process is over, commuter have to pay a minimal amount of Rs. 150/- as one-time card issuance fee and lastly, top-up the card with minimum of Rs. 100/- and in multiples of Rs. 100/- with maximum of Rs. 2,000/- for seamless travelling in the metro.
MAHA Card comes with a unique feature of stored value balance which can execute off-line transactions across Nagpur Metro stations. Commuters have to tap their MAHA Card at the entry gate to the platform and after completing the journey the card needs to be tapped again at the exit gate of the destination station. The fare amount of the journey will be automatically debited after the exit tap from the stored value balance on the card. The commuters can check MAHA card balance on the Ticket Readers (TRs) installed at metro stations.
Payment features and benefits of the card:
•Cashless travel in Nagpur Metro
•Purchase of tickets and store passes for Metro travel needs
•Chip-protection to ensure better security for card
•Easy to use Tap-and-Go functionality
SBI has implemented Automated Fare Collection (AFC) system as a consortium leader along with its AFC (SC Soft) and System Integrator (Aurionpro) partners for Nagpur Metro Project.
About State Bank of India
State Bank of India (SBI) the largest commercial bank in terms of assets, deposits, branches, customers and employees; is also the largest mortgage lender in the country. As on June 30, 2019, the bank has a deposit base of over Rs. 28 lakh crore with CASA ratio of 45.1% and advances of over Rs. 19 lakh crore. SBI commands around 35% and 36% of market share in home loans and auto loans respectively. The Bank has the largest network of 22,088 branches in India and an ATM / CDM network of over 58,495. The number of customers using internet banking facility are more than 66 million and mobile banking services stand at 14.8 million.
Downloads for YONO – an integrated digital and lifestyle platform by SBI – are over 23 million, with more than 1.6 million logins per day. On social media platforms, SBI has the highest number of followers on Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn and Pinterest. The Bank tops the list of followers on Facebook and YouTube across all banks worldwide.
A farewell programme of retired officials organized today August 31, 2019 in Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) HQs. On this occasion, Shri Rajiv Dass, General Manager(Mining), Production Deptt. was prominently present. He extended warm greetings to the retirees and wished them bright future.
Shri Milind Sudhakar Temurnikar, General Manager (Mining) Production Deptt., Shri Avinash Patankar, Senior Technical Inspector, Quality Control Deptt., Smt. Vaishnavi Raju, Senior Personal Assistant, Medical Deptt., Smt. Prabha Thakre, Senior Clerk, Quality Control Deptt and Shri Rajan Katpatal, Accountant, Vigilance Deptt., superannuated on 31.08.2019.
Shri Sameer Barla, Sr. Manager (Personnel) conducted the programme. Senior officials and large number of employees were present on this occasion .
Felicitation Programme of Retired Officials organized in WCL
Nagpur: Acting tough against the vendors selling idols made of banned Plaster of Paris (PoP), the Nuisance Detection Squad (NDS) of Nagpur Municipal Corporation cracked whip on total 226 vendors across the city and recovered fine of Rs 43,200 from the offenders. Out of 226 shops inspected, action was taken in 92 cases.
Maximum cases in which PoP idols were being sold, were detected in Hanuman Nagar Zone where 24 stalls were raided while in Gandhibagh Zone 22 cases, Satranjipura Zone 14 and in Lakadganj Zone 11 cases were found, stated an official release of civic body. Rest of the Zones have reported action in single figure only.
At Laxmi Nagar Zone two cases were filed and fine of Rs 2,000 was recovered and in all 10 shops were checked. In Dharampeth Zone, 12 cases were filed and fine Rs. 12,000 was recovered during inspection of 26 shops.
At Hanuman Nagar Rs. 4800 fine was recovered while at Nehru Nagar two cases and fine of Rs. 2,000 was imposed while 25 sellers were checked. Similarly at Gandhibagh 22 cases were done and fine of Rs.4400 was imposed, while 60 shops were inspected. In Satranjipura Zone, fine of Rs 2800 was recovered in 14 cases while 14 shops were checked, at Lakadganj 11 cases and fine of Rs 7,200 and 14 sellers were inspected, at Ashi Nagar three cases and Rs. 6,000 fine while 10 sellers were checked and at Mangalwari two cases and fine of Rs. 2,000 and 20 sellers were checked. Total fine of Rs. 43,2000 was realised by NMC in 92 cases while 226 sellers were checked in all 10 Zones.
Nagpur/Mumbai: In a development that could trigger tremors across police circles in State, a builder has moved Bombay High Court accusing the Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Barve of forcing him to buy back two flats at excessively high prices.
The builder, Mohammed Arshad Mohammad Kaleem Siddiqui, in his petition to High Court, stated, “The Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Barve had earlier purchased two flats from me. However, the top cop later exerted pressure on me to buy back the two flats at inflated prices. Moreover, after taking Rs 1.21 crore from me for the two flats, the Commissioner of Police refused to sign the agreement in this regard. The top cop misused his post and duped me as well as threatened me,” the builder, who has also named Barve’s wife in the petition, said .
According to Mohammed Arshad Mohammad Kaleem Siddiqui, Barve approached him in December 2014 and expressed his interest in buying a flat for his wife Sharmila in Jogeshwari area of Mumbai. He claimed that he sold flats to Barve at prices lower than the market price. The next year the flats were registered for Rs1.34 crore. “But the Barves did not pay for the VAT and service tax which I had to eventually shell out from his own pocket. The top cop approached me in 2018 and told me to sell the flats as he was in some financial need,” the builder said.
Further, the builder said that he gave Rs 1.21 crore but the Barves did not sign the agreement of sale and instead asked for Rs 2.75 crore for the flats. The builder further allegds that Barve misused his office and sent policemen to threaten him.
During the hearing in High Court, Siddiqui’s lawyer Gunratan Sadawarte said that the petitioner is from the minority community and was being targeted. However, due to paucity of time, the division bench of Justices Ranjit More and NJ Jamdar asked the Government Pleader Deepak Thakrey to take instructions and adjourned the hearing of the case to September 4
Incidentally, the Mumbai Commissioner of Police Sanjay Barve was given a three months extension as “a special case in public interest” on Friday citing the upcoming elections in the state and maintaining law and order in the state capital. Barve, a 1987 batch IPS officer, had taken over as Mumbai Police Commmissioner on February 28 this year. He was set to retire on Saturday.
Mumbai top cop accused of forcing builder to buy back flats at high prices
Nagpur: The Binaki ESR inlet valve has developed some technical snag & is not functioning properly.NMC-OCW team is working on it and probably it may be repaired till midnight also. However following the technical snag the ESR’ filling will get delayed and Binaki -I, Binaki -II, & Binaki ESR areas will get affected.
Area affected are:-
Binaki ext. CA –
Mahendra nagar, yashodip colony, sujata nagar, baba budh nagar, bapu patil wadi, hanuman sociery, veerchakra society, faruque nagar, puchkua…
Binaki II – Indira mata nagar, yadav nagar, ekta colony, sudam nagar, housing board, bank colony, sanjay gandhi nagar, adivasi nagar, gond mohallah. Dhammadip nagar and panchavati
Binaki I – Pravesh nagar, sangam nagar, yashodhara nagar, pawan nagar, garib navaz nagar, shivshakti nagar, pande basti, mehbub pura.
Tecnical snag in Binaki ESR inlet valve, water supply to be effected on Sunday
Jet fuel price on Sunday was cut by about 1 per cent to a four-month low on softening international oil prices, according to state-owned fuel retailers.
Market-priced or non-subsidised cooking gas price was however raised by Rs 15.5 per cylinder, oil firms said in a price notification.
Aviation Turbine Fuel price in Delhi was cut by Rs 596.62 per kilolitre or 0.9 per cent, to Rs 62,698.86 per kl. This is the third straight monthly price reduction.
Jet fuel prices were last cut by 5.8 per cent or Rs 3,806.44 per kl on August 1.
State-owned fuel marketing companies revise ATF prices on the 1st of every month based on average of benchmark international oil price in the previous month.
In Mumbai, home to the country’s busiest airport, ATF price was cut to Rs 62,712.17 per kl from Rs 61,199.79 per kl.
Reduction in ATF rates will bring relief to cash strapped airlines.
Simultaneously, oil firms also revised the price of cooking gas or LPG.
Price of non-subsidised LPG, which consumers buy after exhausting their annual quota of 12 cylinders of 14.2-kg at subsidised rates, was hiked to Rs 590 from Rs 574.5.
The monthly 25 paise per litre increase in kerosene price continued for the 26th month in a row.
While Delhi has been declared a kerosene-free city after LPG penetration reached 100 per cent of the population, the subsidised fuel in Mumbai now costs Rs 33.27 per litre as compared to Rs 32.97 a litre last month.
Nagpur: Nation’s most revered deity Lord Ganesha is all set to become guest of lakhs of households and public Ganesh pandals. The 10 day sojourn of Vighnaharta will be commencing from today Monday to beat all the blues while the revellers are ready to sync in with the festivities.
Lord Ganesh has arrived in puja pandals with fanfare and public darshan begins today after the ‘pran pratishtha’ ceremony.
Well, Nagpur Today wishes Happy Ganesh Chaturthi to all devotees and festive enthusiasts.
Nagpur/Parseoni: A father-son duo was gunned down over property dispute at Gundaripande village near Parseoni in Nagpur District on Sunday. The incident occurred in the evening when the duo was in the village. The accused persons are on the run after committing the gory crime. The deceased are identified as Bandu Meshram (65) and his son Suraj Meshram (35), both residents of Gondegaon, near Kanhan. Police suspect property dispute to be the reason behind the gruesome murder. According to police, Meshram family had brought a piece of agriculture land in the village and thereafter constructed a house in the farm. At around 4 pm, body of Bandu was found in the farm while Suraj’s body was lying near a overhead water tank in the village. Cops suspect involvement of more than three persons in the crime. A police officer said that both were shot in head by the accused persons.
Bandu was working in the farm when the assailant cornered him and shot at him from a close range while Suraj was playing cards with the villagers when he also faced the fate of his father. Both breathed their last on the spot. Both the spots wore a gory look as the bodies lay sprawled in a pool of blood. The incident sent shock waves in the sleepy village and villagers were under pressure and were wary of disclosing names of those involved in the crime.
A former Police Patil of the village alerted the police about the incident after villagers came rushing to him and narrated the tale. Superintendent of Police (SP) Rakesh Ola rushed to the spot to take stock of the situation. Earlier, police teams from Parsheoni, Ramtek, Deolapar, Kamptee and Kanhan reached the spot as the incident in district area is quite unusual.
Also there was talks that assailants are on the loose and on lookout of third person, a relative of Meshram, and hence police teams were directed to the spot. Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Nayan Alurkar, Additional Superintendent of Police Monicka Raut also rushed to Gundri (Mahuli) village and assessed the spot and took notes from the ground staff. Soon after the murders, the villagers have locked their houses from inside. “The villagers are tight-lipped and avoiding the cops and this seems to indicate involvement of powerful persons in the murders,” said a police officer. The police yet not sure about which firearm was used in the case, though given proximity of village to mine area use of country-made revolver is quite high. Parseoni police registered a case under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code against unidentified persons.
9th Annual General Meeting of Nagpur Residential Hotels Association (NRHA) held recently at Hotel Gokul. President Tejinder Singh Renu, Immediate Past President Prakash Trivedi, Vice Presidents Inderjeet Singh Baweja & Dr. Ganesh Gupta, Secretary Deepak Khurana, Treasurer Vinod Joshi, Joint Secretary Nitin Trivedi were on the dais.
Welcoming the members NRHA President Tejinder Singh Renu and Secretary Deepak Khurana started the meeting on time. Audited accounts for the year ended March 2019 were passed & adopted by the members. M/s J. S. Uberoi & Company was reappointed auditors for the financial year 2019-20.
Executive Body Members prominently present in the AGM were NRHA’s Executive Body Members Santosh Gupta, Govind Mudliar, Sanjay Agrawal, Rishi Tuli, Afzal Mitha, Ajay Jaiswal, Mohd. Anis Opai, Vasudeo Trivedi, Rajesh Dharmik and Members Vijay Sawarkar, Nagesh Wazalwar, Hemant Selokar, Vishal Jaiswal, Mohan Trivedi, Vijay Chaurasiya, Rajan Mulani, Sanjay Gupta, Yeshwant Khodke, Shatrughna Warambhe, Manosh Shukla, Vinay Agrawal, V. M. Sharma, Chandrakant Chaurasiya, Subhash Jaiswal, Harish Rathod, Rana Khurana, Madhusudan Trivedi, Shivam Gupta, Arjun Bundiwal, Vishwajeet Bhagat, Suddu Vaidya, Manoj Avachat, Sharique Hafiz, Sanjay Mishra, Abhishek Tiwari, Sunil Kadoo, Dilip Bawne, Amit Raghtate, Ramavtar Gupta, Harshit Agrawal, Abhishek Jaiswal & Vishnuhari Gupta.
Nagpur: In a major action, sleuths of Crime Branch Unit 4 intercepted a car near Tukdoji Statue Square and seized Rs 22 lakh in cash. The owner of the car has been booked and the cash was handed over to Income Tax Department for further investigation.
A team of Crime Branch sleuths, led by API Kiran Chaugule, was on patrol duty on Saturday night. The team received secret information that a white-coloured Maruti Ertiga car (MH-49/AE 5622) had just arrived and parked near Tukdoji Statue Square and a huge unauthorised cash was kept in the vehicle. Acting on the tip-off, the Crime Branch team reached the spot and detained the car owner. During interrogation, the car owner identified himself as Anil Shankar Baisware (38), a resident of Plot No. 1/1, near Tukdoji Putala, Raghuji Nagar Road.
When asked about the cash, Anil told police that cash of Rs 22.30 lakh was kept in the car. However, the accused Anil Baisware failed to inform about the source of the cash and tried to mislead the cops. The cash was taken to Crime Branch office and after the paper work, was handed over to Income Tax Inspector Dheeraj Singh. The accused was handed over to Income Tax official for further investigation. Apart from the cash, the Ertiga car, a mobile phone collectively worth Rs 30.45 lakh was seized by cops and Income Tax officials.
The action was carried out under the guidance of Additional Commissioner of Police Nilesh Bharne, DCP (Detection) Gajanan Rajmane, ACP Sudhir Nandanwar, Police Inspector Satyawan Mane by APIs Kiran Chaugule, Dilip Chandan, ASI Ramesh Umade and staff including Nrusih Damahe, Devendra Chavhan, Ajay Shende, Ravi Raut, Ashish Kshirsagar, Satish Nimje, Prashant Kodape, Sachin Tumsare, Avinash Thakur and others.
Crime Branch seizes Rs 22 lakh cash from a car near Tukdoji Square
Nagpur: Dhantoli police have booked two men allegedly for demanding ‘haptha’ (extortion money from a travel agency owner at knife point. The two accused ransacked the travel agency office and threatened the owner as he refused to part with extortion money.
The two accused have been identified as Sonu Kanhaiyalal Kurwane (26) and Vidhata Amarnath Shriwas (28), both residents of Sangam Chawl, behind Yashwant Stadium.
The complainant Devendra Krishnamani Mishra (52), a resident of 436/B, Jagdeesh Nagar, Katol Road, owns Gautam Travels in Silver Palace Building near Yeshwant Stadium under Dhantoli police jurisdiction. Around 12 noon on Sunday, Mishra was alone at his travel office when the accused Kurwane and Shriwas arrived and demanded ‘haptha’ from Mishra at knife point and told him that he has to pay the monthly ‘haptha’ as protection money. However, when Mishra refused to part with the money, the accused Kurwane and Shriwas ransacked his office by throwing the knife on glass cabin. The duo also threatened Mishra with dire consequences before leaving.
Based on the complaint lodged by Mishra, Dhantoli police constable Rajesh booked Kurwane and Shriwas under Sections 387, 336, 427, 506, 34 of the IPC read with Sections 4, 25 Indian Arms Act and 135 of the Maharashtra Police Act and started the investigation.
Two goons booked for demanding ‘haptha’ from travel agency in Dhantoli