Gangster, wife injured as rivals barge into home and open fire

Nagpur: Industrial suburb of Kalmeshwar was rocked by gangland style shooting that left a goon and his wife injured. Rivals barged into the house of gangster Ganesh Meshram (32), accused in a double murder in 2017, in Hanuman Nagar in Hudco colony of Kalmeshwar and began firing on him.
His wife Priyanka (26) dramatically jumped in front of her husband to save him and sustained a bullet injury in her stomach. She is learnt to be critical.
Meshram got a bullet on his right thigh and another on the back. Three to four persons, wearing masks, forced their way into his home around 11am on Monday making Meshram run into the kitchen where the assailants followed him and opened fire.
The injured couple was rushed to Mayo hospital by their friend Nitin Bagde who reached the place on receiving information about the attack.
Rivalry between gangs of Meshram and Nikhil Maliye alias Golu is likely behind the attack. Around a fortnight ago, Meshram gang had attacked Maliye at Jaitala by sprinkling chilli powder on his face and tried to bump him off. Maliye too has two murder offences against him in the past including one of Shera in 2019 who was close aide of Meshram.
Maliye had managed to escape but his car was smashed by the Meshram gang following which they were arrested but walked free on bail after three days. Rana Pratap Nagar police had taken action against both gangs.
It is learnt rivalry between Maliye and Meshram gang was simmering in and around Jaitala locality. Meshram, who operated a gambling den in the outskirt of Hingna and Kalmeshwar, had shifted to a rented place at Hanuman Nagar in Kalmeshwar where the attack took place.
Sources said the local crime branch (LCB) teams of Inspector Anil Jittewar and sub-inspector Sachin Mate have already picked up Maliye, one Farooque and another person for interrogation. Kalmeshwar police have registered a case of attempt to murder against unidentified persons.