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18May By source belowNo Comments

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NIA nabs 2 members of ISIS sleeper cell module from Mumbai airport

Immigration officials at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport on Friday arrested two wanted members of a sleeper module of ISIS after they arrived in India from Indonesia. The two suspects — Abdullah Faiyaz Shaikh alias Diaperwala and Talha Khan — were wanted in a 2023 case related to assembling and testing of IEDs in Pune, said the police. Both are from Kondhwa region in Pune. The case later became known as the “Pune ISIS module case”. The NIA, which later took them into custody, said the terror suspects were in hiding in Indonesia. The NIA produced them in the NIA special court, which remanded them in the agency’s custody for 10 days. Story continues below this ad Shaikh and Khan, on whom the NIA had announced cash rewards of `3 lakh each, were on t...

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18May By source belowNo Comments

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RIL frontrunner to develop 70 hectares of open space along Mumbai Coastal Road

Nearly five months after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) floated an Expression of Interest (EoI) inviting private companies and voluntary organisations to develop and maintain nearly 70 hectares of the open landscape along the Mumbai Coastal Road Project (MCRP), Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has emerged as the frontrunner to develop the land parcel. A proposal to finalise RIL as the voluntary agency for the landscaping work on the open space has been forwarded to the municipal commissioner’s office. After the final nod, the agency is slated to submit the design proposals, along with a timeline for the landscaping works. Among the total bidders, RIL has emerged as one of the top contenders with the civic body, last week, sending a proposal to finalise it as the voluntary ag...

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16May By source belowNo Comments

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FIR filed against Nagpur school secretary over alleged religious bias in admission

A trustee of a prominent school in Nagpur has been booked by the city police after a student was allegedly denied admission at the direction of the trustee, who had reportedly given oral instructions that members of a particular minority community should not be granted admission. The complainant in the case is the principal of the same school, who approached the police after learning about the denial of admission to a girl. The Nagpur Police have booked the secretary of Dayanand Arya Kanya Vidyalaya, located in Nagpur’s Jaripatka area, under Section 299 of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) for deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs. Story continues below this ad The incident occurred ...

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16May By source belowNo Comments

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Badlapur encounter probe finds holes in police claims

From the absence of gunpowder residue on the hands of the accused to the lack of fingerprints on the gun and a water bottle allegedly used by him — a magistrate’s probe has cited seven key points from forensic and medical reports to find that the claim of Thane Police personnel, about a 23-year-old accused being shot in “self defence” in the Badlapur encounter, “comes under shadow of suspicion”.The accused, Akshay Shinde, a cleaner at a school in Badlapur, was arrested for allegedly molesting two minor girl students on August 17 last year. On September 23, he was being taken in a police van from the Taloja prison to the Thane crime branch office when he was shot by Senior Inspector Sanjay Shinde. The SI claimed he was firing in “self defence” after the accused allegedly snatched the firear...

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16May By source belowNo Comments

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Thane man kills wife, minor daughter before dying by suicide

A man allegedly killed his wife and minor daughter before allegedly dying by suicide in Ulhasnagar Camp area in Thane district of Maharashtra. Preliminary inquiry indicated that the family was under tremendous financial burden due to debts. Police said that before taking his life, the man shot a video on his mobile phone in which he claimed that he took the extreme step due to debts. The deceased persons have been identified as Pawan Ahuja, his wife Neha, and their minor daughter. The incident surfaced on Thursday morning when Pahuja’s brother tried calling him but he did answer the phone. His brother then informed the police, and a team of Ulhasnagar police reached the spot and discovered three bodies inside a house in Harsh Cottage building in Ulhasnagar Camp-1 area. They were sent to Ce...

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15May By source belowNo Comments

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14-year-old’s testimony ‘reliable’: Court sentences 34-year-old man to life imprisonment for murdering girl’s mother 11 years ago

Taking into account the testimony of a 14-year-old girl, who saw her mother’s killer in the house 11 years ago, a sessions court on Thursday convicted a 34-year-old man of murder and robbery and sentenced him to life imprisonment. Shagufta Khan, the wife of Sonu Jalan, an alleged bookie, was killed at their residence in Malad on November 11, 2014. The sessions court found Arvind Gupta alias Guddu guilty of charges, including murder, robbery, house-trespassing and attempt to murder Khan’s daughter, who saw him at their house during the crime. Gupta had fled with diamond and gold jewellery worth over Rs 80 lakh. Additional sessions judge A S Salgar said the girl’s testimony on the crime was ‘reliable’ and went ‘unshattered’ during the trial. Story continues below this ad On ...

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15May By source belowNo Comments

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New SIT formed to probe Badlapur encounter case after SC order

A NEW Special Investigation Team (SIT) under a DIG-rank officer has been constituted by the Maharashtra DGP to probe the Badlapur encounter case in which five policemen allegedly gunned down an accused who was in their custody on September 23 last year. Dattatray Shinde, posted as additional commissioner with the Mira Bhayandar Vasai Virar (MBVV) Police will head the SIT and will be assisted by a team of officers from MBVV and Navi Mumbai Police Commissionerate. An official said, “Shinde had earlier worked in Thane as additional commissioner and so will have a better understanding of the area.” Story continues below this ad Shinde will lead a team comprising MBVV ACP Umesh Mane and four more personnel drawn out of MBVV and Navi Mumbai police. “Following the Supreme Court o...

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14May By source belowNo Comments

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Mumbai police station head caught red-handed while accepting bribe for providing protection to a school’s trustee

The anti-corruption bureau (ACB), Mumbai, has arrested the head of the Shivaji Nagar police station, Mumbai, red-handed on Tuesday night while allegedly accepting a Rs 1 lakh of the total bribe of Rs 2.5 lakh that he had allegedly demanded from a school’s trustee in lieu of providing police services for helping him in a legal matter. Senior police inspector Bapurao Madhukar Deshmukh, 57, was caught red-handed on Tuesday night at his own police station. According to the ACB, the complainant in the case is a 41-year-old trustee of a trust that runs a school in the Shivaji Nagar area. Story continues below this ad On August 15, 2024, some people had broken the lock of the gate of the said school and forcibly entered the premises over some dispute. The complainant trustee had ...

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14May By source belowNo Comments

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CBSE declares results of Classes 10, 12: Pune region’s pass percentage better than last year

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared both Class 10 and 12 board exam results on Tuesday. The Pune region of CBSE, which covers Maharashtra, recorded a pass percentage of 96.54 per cent for Class 10 and and 90.93 per cent for Class 12.The Pune region primarily covers Maharashtra, Goa, Daman & Diu, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli. The pass percentages are marginally higher than last year, where Pune region recorded 96.46 per cent for Class 10 and 89.78 per cent for Class 12. This was the second year of board exams for students without any friendly measures which were introduced during pandemic. The Class 10 CBSE examination was held between February 15 and March 18. In Maharashtra, 1,17,531 students had registered for this exam, out whom 1,17,237 appeared and 1,13,257 pa...

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14May By source belowNo Comments

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Land allotment: Bombay HC slams revenue authorities for ‘harassing’ ex-armyman injured in 1971 war

The Bombay High Court last week pulled up state revenue authorities for “harassing” an 82-year-old former army personnel, who got injured in 1971 India-Pakistan war over allotment of land in Raigad district under the state policy for wounded soldiers.The court expressed displeasure over revenue authorities misleading the court that the land could not be allocated being reserved for forest purpose, while the petitioner claimed that the same had certain constructions, including revenue office and a resort on it. The HC said if it is proved that the court was being misled, it would consider initiating contempt proceedings against the revenue officers. A division bench of Justices Girish S Kulkarni and Advait M Sethna on May 9 passed an order on plea by Vithoba Maruti Parbalkar, former Army of...

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13May By source belowNo Comments

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Maharashtra SSC results out, 94.10% students pass

A total of 94.10 per cent of Class 10 students who wrote the Maharashtra Senior Secondary Certificate (SSC) examination have qualified for higher education, as per the results that were announced on Tuesday morning. Out of the 15,46,579 students who had appeared for the SSC examination, 14,55,433 have passed, according to the details provided by the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education. Konkan Division saw the highest pass percentage at 98.82 per cent, while Nagpur Division recorded the lowest at 90.78 per cent. The Konkan Division was followed by Kolhapur at 96.87 per cent, Mumbai at 95.84 per cent, Pune at 94.81 per cent, Nashik at 93.04 per cent, Amravati at 92.95 per cent, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar at 92.82 per cent, Latur at 92.77 per cent, and Nagpur ...

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12May By source belowNo Comments

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Mumbai: Tunnel aquarium to come up at Byculla zoo at Rs 62 crore

Mumbai is set to get a dome-shaped, tunnel aquarium inside the Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Vanaspati Udyan and Zoo, popularly called Byculla Zoo, with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) awarding the tender for its construction, more than a year after it was first floated. The tender has been awarded to SKS Karkala Infra Projects, which will construct the aquarium tunnels along with the extension of the existing penguin facility, at a cost of Rs 62 crore in a year.ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO According to senior civic officials, the work order will be issued in the coming weeks, following which construction will begin. The aquarium will come up on 5,000 square feet of area next to the penguin exhibit and will comprise two walk-through tunnels housing coral species and deep ocean fis...

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12May By source belowNo Comments

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Sena’s Naresh Mhaske says Sanjay Raut, Arvind Sawant echoing Pakistan, asks if they want to contest polls in Rawalpindi or Lahore

Shiv Sena MP Naresh Mhaske on Monday demanded an investigation of Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs Sanjay Raut and Arvind Sawant for allegedly raising suspicion about Operation Sindoor and the valour of the Indian armed forces. He also demanded that the MPs be booked for “sedition”. Speaking at a press conference in Thane, Mhaske claimed that both leaders were speaking in a language resembling that of the Pakistani military and accused them of acting like its spokespersons. He alleged that for the past two days, Raut and Sawant’s statements echoed Pakistani political and military leaders’ tone. Referring to a recent comment made by Arvind Sawant, “gire to bhi taang upar (even if he falls, his leg remains up)”, Mhaske questioned who exactly was being targeted with such remarks. The Sena MP said it was a...

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10May By source belowNo Comments

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Navy on high alert in Mumbai: Fleet deployed, fishermen boats, crew being accounted for

Even as the India-Pakistan conflict is currently limited to the border states, there has been a heightened alert around Mumbai given the city’s past experience of terror attacks perpetrated by Pakistan. With security concerns looming large on account of access through sea and air, the Indian Navy has not only deployed its fleets but is also taking account of fishing boats and their crew, and also ensuring the safety of India’s strategic asset — the Mumbai High. “There is full alert around the coast of Mumbai and the Northern and Arabian fleet have been deployed. Monitoring has been enhanced of the fishermen boats and their crew and they have been sensitised to be alert and report any abnormal activity in the seas that they come across,” said a Navy official on condition of anonymity. The s...

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9May By source belowNo Comments

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Kerala student activist held in Nagpur for alleged Naxal links

A 26-year-old student activist and freelance journalist from Kerala, Rejaz M Sheeba Sydeek, was arrested in Nagpur on Wednesday on charges of “preparing to wage war against the government”. Sydeek, who hails from Edappally in Kochi, was staying at a hotel in Lakadganj area with his friend Isha Kumari (22), a student from Nagpur. Police officials said he was taken into custody after receiving intelligence inputs about his alleged connections to Naxal groups. Officers from the city’s Crime Branch, led by senior inspector Kamalakar Gaddime, raided the hotel and later claimed to have found literature related to Naxalite ideology in his possession. Story continues below this ad Both Sydeek and Kumari were brought to Lakadganj police station. While Sydeek was arrested under seve...

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9May By source belowNo Comments

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Admissions for all FYJC seats to be held online, says govt

The Maharashtra Government has decided that the admission process for all first year junior classes (FYJC) will henceforth be conducted online. Students seeking admission to First Year Junior College (FYJC – Class 11) anywhere in Maharashtra will now have to register online. Candidates will be charged an application fee of Rs 100. Since it will be a centralised process, each candidate will have to give a minimum of one and a maximum of 10 preferences of colleges where they seek admission. Previously students seeking admissions in Junior colleges would have to physically visit the respective colleges and submit application forms. Until now, the Centralised Admission Process (CAP) for FYJC was limited to Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), Pune-Pimpri Chinchwad, Nagpur, Nashik, and Amravati. E...

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8May By source belowNo Comments

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In Thailand, UAE, USA: ED attaches 30 overseas assets in in Rs 4500 crore Pancard club investment fraud

The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Mumbai has provisionally attached 30 overseas assets in connection with the Rs 4,500 crore Pancard club investment fraud, the agency said on Thursday. The attached assets, of which 22 are in Thailand, six in UAE and two in USA, are held in the name of overseas subsidiaries of M/s Panoramic Universal Ltd, Mumbai (PUL) and accused (late) Sudhir Moravekar. ED said that these assets were acquired by making total payments equivalent to Rs 54.32 crore during the period from 2002 to 2015. ED’s action is based on the criminal case Mumbai police Economic Offences Wing (EOW) had filed. While the said properties are located in a foreign country, following due procedure ED through the Indian government can send a request under Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) to ...

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7May By source belowNo Comments

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Mumbai University suspends first-yer admission process for 229 affiliated colleges

The Mumbai University (MU) on Wednesday announced suspension of first-year admission process for 229 of its affiliated colleges for the academic year 2025-26. These colleges either did not secure or renew NAAC/NBA accreditation or did not establish College Development Committees (CDC). The action came a day after MU declared the schedule for undergraduate (UG) degree admissions for upcoming academic year. Story continues below this ad The names of these colleges have been published on the website of MU, which urged students and parents to review the list carefully before seeking admissions. Among these 229 colleges, 156 do not have grades from National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) or National Board of Accreditation (NBA) and 76 colleges which have not establ...

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7May By source belowNo Comments

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Bombay High court refuses interim stay on piling work at Colaba jetty

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused to grant interim stay on construction being carried out for a proposed passenger jetty near the Gateway of India, observing that it is a project with public interest. The Clean and Heritage Colaba Residents Association (CHCRA) had approached the high court on Monday with an intervention application, seeking that till their petition challenging the proposed jetty and a terminal is heard on June 16, no drilling or piling work be carried out at the site. The association had filed a petition challenging the project and the clearances granted to it by various authorities. It had raised concerns also about a sea-side wall on the footpath of P J Ramchandani Marg in Colaba, being broken for the jetty. The petition was heard on May 2 and the state governme...

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6May By source belowNo Comments

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After 15 years, BMC to replace fleet of garbage compactors

After nearly 15 years, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to replace its existing fleet of garbage compactor trucks. These trucks are responsible for daily collection of municipal solid waste (MSW) from residential societies, commercial establishments, and informal housing settlements spread across 25 municipal wards. The existing fleet comprises 1,300 trucks, divided into three categories: large compactors, mini compactors, and side-loading mini compactors. The new fleet will feature lesser trucks, as the new vehicles will have a capacity to carry heavier, bigger payloads. According to civic officials the new fleet will comprise 800 vehicles including EVs. Mumbai on a daily basis produces 6,500 metric tonnes (MT) of MSW. These trucks collect the waste, following which the...

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6May By source belowNo Comments

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Sena UBT slams govt over not hiking Ladki Bahin payment, to submit memorandum to collector

The Sena UBT Tuesday questioned the state government over not increasing the monthly amount under the Ladki Bahin scheme from Rs 1,500 to Rs 2,100 as promised before the state Assembly polls. The party’s women’s wing will meet the Mumbai Collector on Wednesday and submit a memorandum demanding to fulfill the promise of increasing payout under Ladki Bahin scheme. In a press conference on Tuesday, senior party leader and former BMC mayor Kishori Pednekar accused the state government of deceiving the public with grand announcements while lacking a concrete execution plan. Story continues below this ad “You had a slogan, we had a plan,” said Pednekar. “We can provide Rs 3,000 to women if needed, but why should we reveal our strategy when the government is looting the municipal...

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6May By source belowNo Comments

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Mumbai: CBI arrests junior assistant, pvt agent for issuing passports after accepting bribe

THE CENTRAL Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday arrested a junior passport assistant and a passport agent in connection with alleged corruption to the tune of Rs 6 lakh in issuing passports. The CBI also alleged that they have found that two passports of unknown applicants were issued based on forged documents, stating that this is a “grave national security concern”. Junior Passport Assistant Aakash Rathee, posted at the Passport Seva Kendra in Malad, was produced before a special court on Tuesday in Mumbai. The central agency sought Rathee’s custody for questioning alleging that it is a larger conspiracy in which the accused persons have facilitated passports based on forged documents. Story continues below this ad The CBI also arrested private passport agent Sanjeev Ra...

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6May By source belowNo Comments

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Mumbai University announces UG degree admission schedule

A day after Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) declared Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) results, Mumbai University has released the pre-admission online registration schedule for admission to various undergraduate (UG) degree courses in affiliated and autonomous colleges. This registration is mandatory for students seeking admission to the first year of both three-year as well as four-year UG degree courses for the academic year 2025-26. As per information shared by Mumbai University, students must register online through the official portal https://mu.ac.in/admission before applying to individual colleges. The sale of application forms and online pre-admission registration will begin on May 8 and continue until May 23 (1:00 PM). Students will ...

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6May By source belowNo Comments

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Maharashtra: From unit in sidelines, Civil Defence branch back in spotlight with mock drills

THE DIRECTORATE of Civil Defence, a little known part of the state administration rumoured to have sprung into independent existence as the government was looking for newer posts to sideline officers to, was suddenly in the spotlight after the Centre sought mock drills to be carried out by civil defence forces across several states. The unit that had been unofficially scrapped a few years ago was revived by its incumbent Prabhat Kumar in the past few years. The unit that has over 150 salaried officials and 10,000 volunteers across the state will be carrying out mock drills at around 16 spots across Maharashtra on Wednesday. “In Mumbai, the main mock drill will be carried out at Cross Maidan in south Mumbai on Wednesday evening. Those gathered will be given training on what to do in case of...

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6May By source belowNo Comments

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Mumbai: Housing society security guard sentenced to 5 yrs in jail for sexually abusing girl inside lift

The sessions court in Mumbai sentenced a security guard of a housing society to five years in jail for sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl inside the building lift. The incident had taken place in 2020 when the girl, who was staying with her aunt, was returning in the building lift after she went out of her house to give her uncle a face mask. The security guard, who was present in the lift, then sexually abused the girl. Story continues below this ad After she returned home and narrated the ordeal to her aunt, a complaint was filed at the police station concerned and the guard was arrested. Special Public Prosecutor Geeta Malankar had submitted before the court that the girl in her testimony told the court that on November 6, 2020, when she was alone in the lift, the guar...

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6May By source belowNo Comments

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One dead, 26 injured as bus overturns in Raigad

One passenger died and 26 others were injured after a private bus heading to Sawantwadi in Sindhudurg from Mumbai met with an accident in Karnala Raigad on Sunday night. Among the injured, five passengers were senior citizens, and four were minors, including a two-year-old girl. A preliminary probe indicated that the accident took place due to speeding. The driver of the bus lost control over the vehicle and it overturned. The driver escaped from the spot without helping the injured passengers or calling authorities for help. Later, the local police and crime branch officials arrested the accused driver from the village, the police said. The deceased passenger has been identified as Amol Krishna Talwadekar, a Rajapur resident heading back home. Story continues below this ad ...

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