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TOI : The body of history-sheeter Rangpal Kalyani (21) of Ramtekdi, Hadapsar, was found in a canal on Wednesday. He was allegedly abducted on Monday night by eight people. According to the police, Rangpal was on his way home when the suspects waylaid him.

They suspected that Rangpal was a police informer. The police booked Makhansingh Kalyani, Khannasingh Kalyani, Pilisingh Kalyani, Jalsingh Kalyani, Hukumsingh Kalyani, Shaktisingh Kalyani, Vickeysingh Kalyani and Ravisingh Kalyani in this connection. Print EMail DiscussNew B…More

TOI : PUNE: Commuters in the Pimpri-Chinchwad township were inconvenienced due to a bandh observed by rickshaw operators on Wednesday to protest against a drive conducted by the police and the Regional Transport Office (RTO) against unauthorised operations and flouting of rules where action was taken against 360 rickshaw drivers on Tuesday.

The bandh was called by the Rickshaw Panchayat - the largest union of rickshaws in Pune - whereby the rickshaws remained off the roads. Some drivers, with black bands tied on their mouths, held demonstrations under the leadership of Amar Shaikh, executive president of the Pimpri-Chinchwad unit of the Panchayat, near the Babasaheb Ambedkar chowk in Pimpri.

Deputy regional transport officer, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Sarjerao Shelke said the drive against unauthorised plying was done jointly with the traffic police. The officials checked licences, permit document, insurance documents, pollution under control (PUC) certificate and other papers that a driver needs to carry with him. Six officers of RTO were part of the drive.

Nishikant Bhujbal, police inspector of the Pimpri traffic police said, “Around 360 rickshaws seized during the drive on Tuesday have been kept at the Bhakti Shakti chowk in Nigdi, while 36 have been kept at Bhosari. Around 15 assistant police inspectors and police sub inspectors, as well as 50 policemen, took part in the drive. Drivers of 62 rickshaws produced the necessary documents before the RTO authorities and their rickshaws were released.”

Shelke said, “The Piaggio rickshaws should have grills on the rear. All rickshaws should display the licence number and areas in which they are permitted to ply distinctly on both the sides. The drivers must carry their licences, insurance documents, PUC certificates and other papers. Vehicles with rural permits should have a red line painted below the yellow line.”

The drive against the rickshaws flouting various traffic rules slowed down on Wednesday, as policemen were deployed at…More

TOI : PUNE: A cable operator and property dealer from Dehu road, Kumar Dangat (29), was murdered at Kiwale village on Wednesday.

Police suspect that Dangat was murdered because of a rivalry.According to the Dehu Road police, the incident took place at Savera chowk in Kiwale village.

The accused Rahim Shaikh, Babu Surai, Farid Shaikh and Nagendar, who are allegedly involved in the murder are absconding. They all are residents of Dehu road.

Dangat, who was a resident of Vikasnagar, Dehu road, was traveling with his cousin Sukhadev alias Sukesh Dangat for work in the morning. They halted near hotel Savera close to the expressway at around 10 am.

The two were about to enter the hotel when Dangat realised that he had forgotten his mobile in the car and asked Sukhadev to fetch it. While he stood waiting, the four accused came in another car and stopped their vehicle close to Dangat. Rahim and Babu dismounted with revolvers in their hands, while the other two came with swords. They opened fire on Dangat and assaulted him with swords. “Dangat lost his live on the spot,” the police said.

The police suspect that the incidence was an outcome of a rivalry between the two families because of an affair between Dangat’s younger brother and Shaikh’s sister. Kumar was supporting the affair and had thus invited trouble.

“Two cases of feuds between the Shaikh and Dangat families are lodged with us. In September 2007, the Dangat family had a dispute with the Shaikhs and the former had opened fire on the others,” PI Mahesh Sawant said. Print EMail DiscussNew B…More

TOI : PUNE: At least 10 women workers were killed and nine injured when a powerful explosion ripped through a small-scale celluloid container manufacturing unit at Landewadi in the MIDC Bhosari estate, S-Block, late Wednesday afternoon.

Prima facie, the police suspect it to be a case of cylinder explosion, which resulted in fire and heavy smoke. The exact cause of the blaze was being ascertained.

While the bodies of four victims were recovered in a completely charred condition from the accident site, the other six victims, who were holed up in a bathroom in their attempt to avoid the blaze, died of suffocation.

The manufacturing unit, Sai Industries, is part of a relatively dense cluster of small scale units. It supplies celluloid containers to the ammunition factory, said deputy commissioner of police (zone III) Mahesh Patil said at the accident site.

Among the nine injured, who were admitted to the Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital (YCMH), the condition of one victim, who suffered a head injury, was stated to be critical.

Patil said that 28 workers, including 23 women, were attending various jobs inside the unit when the explosion happened.

As a spontaneous reaction late in the evening, irate residents from Landewadi and adjoining localities gathered at the accident site and indulged in sloganeering against the police and the fire brigade.

They alleged that the fire brigade reached the spot around 4.30 pm whereas the blast occurred sometime between 3.30 and 4 pm. Similarly, they alleged that the police too reached the site around 5 pm.

A section of protestors demanded access to the unit on suspicion that some more victims may have lost their lives. Senior police officials were working on defusing the tension.

The unit is located close to settlements like Shantinagar, Ambedkarnagar and Landewadi, which account for over 3,000 settlers, mostly…More

TOI : PUNE: Police swooped on a late night party at the hill station of Khandala and arrested 40 people, including 11 bar dancers and 22 customs officials hailing from Mumbai early on Wednesday.

The revellers, dancing to a blaring music system, were indulging in obscenities at a resort, Taj Cottagf, when the raid was carried out, Lonavala police said.

Those arrested included three managers of the party and drivers of the vehicles who travelled from Mumbai to Khandala, police said.

The arrests were made under IPC 292 and various sections of Mumbai Police Act. Print EMail DiscussNew B…More