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TOI : PUNE: A commerce graduate and another person, having a police record, attempted suicide in the last two days.

The B.Com graduate, identified as Dinesh Inamdar (35) of Kothrud, jumped off the S.M. Joshi bridge after he failed to land himself a job. His attempt was thwarted by lifeguards on duty. Dinesh has also completed a course in Tax Law.

Dinesh’s family had borne losses in an investment made in 2004, after which Dinesh’s mother passed away and his father, Chintamani (72), who works as an accountant on contract basis, has been in a state of shock since then.

When Dinesh could not succeed in getting a job, he decided to end his life on Wednesday morning. He went to the S.M. bridge and jumped off, but was saved by lifeguards deployed for Ganesh idol immersion.
The Deccan police have arrested him and are investigating the case further.

Meanwhile, Arun Bhalerao (53) from Munjaba wasti, who is on police record, tried to immolate himself at his residence on Friday morning. He doused himself in kerosene and lit himself when the Vishrantwadi police came to his place with an arrest warrant.

“Bhalerao has been booked for cheating, threatening and assaulting people with weapons,” police said. Bhalerao has been arrested and sub-inspector P.A. Pawar is investigating the case further. Print EMail DiscussNew B…More

TOI : PUNE: Two policemen attached to the traffic branch were reportedly manhandled in separate incidents.

Police constable S.K. Jadhav has accused one Pratik Jagtap (21), a resident of police colony at Aundh, for obstructing the government’s work. Jagtap was driving his four-wheeler in a no-entry road on Wednesday morning when Jadhav blocked his way and tried to fine Jagtap.

But instead of paying the fine, Jagtap started assaulting Jadhav. The Chatushringi police have arrested Jagtap and sub-inspector D.B. Pole is further investigating the case.

Jagtap is the son of a cop attached to the railway police, said the Chatushringi police.

In another incident, B.D. Nikam, also a constable attached to the traffic branch, has filed a complaint against Chandrakant Kabadgaon, Akhil Shaikh and Nitin Kale for obstructing his work.

The suspects had tried to stop the policemen from towing two-wheelers parked near Kothari wheels on Nagar road on Friday. They also punctured the tyres of a tempo used by the police. The trio were arrested by the Airport police for assaulting Nikam.

ACP P.A. Jafferbhai has appealed the citizens to co-operate during such drives. “We have been undertaking such drive to take action against errant drivers and clear obstructions on roads. The move is for the citizens’ benefit,” Jafferbhai said. Print EMail DiscussNew B…More

TOI : PUNE: Two labourers died in mishaps at two construction sites in Aundh on Tuesday. The Chatushrungi police has charged five people with culpable homicide not amounting to murder in the two cases.

Vasant Amit Mahanto (22), a resident of Wireless Colony in Aundh, died after falling from the second floor of an under-construction building, being built by Ghalsasi Associates, in Aundh at around 11.30 am.

The Chatushrungi police has charged builder Amit Waman Ghalsasi (34) of Paud road, contractor Rajendra Dhondu More (39) of Alandi road and labour contractor Vijay Govardhan Gerange (30) of Aundh with culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

According to assistant police inspector B.A. Kamble, Mahanto lost his balance while working on the second floor of the building and fell to the ground. Mahanto, who hailed from Bihar, was rushed to a private hospital nearby. He succumbed to his injuries on Thursday, Kamble said.

In a similar incident on Tuesday, another Bihari labourer, Riyaz Khan (22) of Wadgaonsheri, died in a mishap at a construction site in Aundh. The Chatushrungi police has charged site engineer Abu Kalam Khan (35) of Wadgaonsheri and contractor Mobin Mansuri (24) of Shastrinagar, Kothrud with culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Print EMail DiscussNew B…More

TOI : PUNE: Accident spots are gradually shifting from highways to busy city roads, courtesy widened roads.

Highlighting this, an accident data compiled by the traffic branch of the Pune police said that the Pune-Alandi road and Raja Bahadur Mill road have turned into death traps with maximum incidentsreported from there.

The data revealed stunning information -1,351 road accidents from January till July this year; an average of around six mishaps every day; 284 died while 366 were critically injured.

Deputy commissioner of police (traffic) Manoj Patil said that around 82 people died on highways (in city limits) till July, 2008 as against 190 on city roads. Print EMail DiscussNew B…More

TOI : PUNE: Lists of wanted criminals published by the police department usually comprises criminals wanted for murder, robbery, theft, extortion, etc. However, a recently published list of 181 criminals wanted in the jurisdiction of the Pimpri police station by the crime branch comprises as many as 114 criminals who are wanted in cases of power thefts!

Moreover, as the criminals are at large, the Pimpri police have got the highest number of names in the wanted listed with 181 criminals, including 114 suspects of power thefts. Majority of these power thieves hail from the notorious Bhatnagar and Ashoknagar slum pockets in Pimpri. While some cases of power theft date back to 2006, all the 114 booked criminals have simply vanished.

Senior police inspector Sharad Surve of the Pimpri police station told TOI that the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) had conducted a major anti-power theft drive targeting residents of Bhatnagar and Ashoknagar in 2006. “They used to steal power by tampering with the meters or tapping electricity directly from the transformers or overhead wires by putting up hooks,” he revealed.

The MSEDCL had confiscated over two truckloads of hooks and wires used by the residents. “In 2006, MSEDCL had filed more than 150 cases under section 135 of the Electricity Act, 2003 with the Pimpri police,” Surve added. As per the provisions in the Electricity Act, many of the residents had paid compounding fee to regularise their connections and the cases against them were waived.

“Those who did not pay the compounding fee have been put in the wanted list. Our team conducted many raids, but all of them have simply vanished without a trace,” Surve said. Print EMail DiscussNew B…More