The mob chased him as they wielded sharp weapons and fired gunshots in the air at a busy Parshuram Chowk in Chinchwad. (File)Pune News Live Updates, December 5: A 38-year-old man, who co-owned a vehicle-washing business with his younger brother, died after he was shot and stabbed multiple times by a mob of 18 persons. The mob chased him as they wielded sharp weapons and fired gunshots in the air at a busy Parshuram Chowk in Chinchwad. The murder appeared to be a fallout of business rivalry and past enmity, police said. Following a probe that involved analysis of around 200 security camera footages, police arrested eight persons and detained two minors on Saturday.
In other news, the Eknath Shinde-led government’s decision to transfer Tukaram Mundhe from the National Health Mission (NHM), Maharashtra has not gone down well with health activists. They have appealed to citizens to send more than a lakh emails to the chief minister demanding the reinstatement of Mundhe as the commissioner of NHM. “Why the silence on the transfer of Tukaram Mundhe? Let’s express our displeasure,” Heramb Kulkarni, a social activist from Ahmednagar said.
Meanwhile, the Pune city police have launched a probe in the case of a 25-year-old student whose classmates, including two women, allegedly forced her to strip, molested her, falsely accused her of theft, forced her to make online money transfer to their accounts besides handing over cash to them by threatening her that they would report her to the police.
Speaking at an event titled 'Understanding Histrionics', Shah spoke about theatre and the essence of dramatics. (File)
A 38-year-old man, who co-owned a vehicle-washing business with his younger brother, died after he was shot and stabbed multiple times by a mob of 18 persons. The mob chased him as they wielded sharp weapons and fired gunshots in the air at a busy Parshuram Chowk in Chinchwad.
The murder appeared to be a fallout of business rivalry and past enmity, police said. Following a probe that involved analysis of around 200 security camera footages, police arrested eight persons and detained two minors on Saturday. Read more.
An 85-year-old man was killed in a case of hit-and-run as his bike was hit by a concrete mixer truck in Katraj area of Pune, fatally injuring him. The incident took place on Friday afternoon on the road connecting Katraj Vegetable Market to Katraj Chowk.
Police have identified the deceased as Dnyandeo Ganpatrao Doke, whp is a resident of Katraj Kondhwa Road. An FIR in the case was registered by his son on Saturday at Bharti Vidyapeeth police station. Police have launched a probe to search for the driver who fled the scene and left the truck behind. Read more.
A non-cognizable offence was registered on Sunday against a man who got married to twin sisters at a ceremony held in Akluj taluka of Solapur district of Maharashtra two days ago. The photos and videos of the wedding were widely circulated on social media platforms. Read more.
The 36th Pune International Marathon concluded at the Baburao Sanas Sports Ground in the early hours of Sunday. The event was flagged off by Feroze Ahmed Khan, chairman of Sarhad Kargil International Marathon and chief executive councillor of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council of Kargil, Saturday at midnight. Read More
Pune city police have launched a probe after a city-based builder received extortion emails demanding 60 bitcoins and threatening to circulate his private images on failing to do so, officers said.
An FIR has been registered at Shivajinagar police station by an employee of the builder’s firm. The police have invoked various provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including those pertaining to extortion, and relevant sections of the Information Technology Act. Read More
The Pune Customs sleuths have seized 56 kg of marijuana which was allegedly being smuggled from Odisha into Maharashtra via Hyderabad by three carriers who were travelling on a Maharashtra state transport bus.
The Customs officials arrested the three persons after the bus was intercepted in Solapur district and launched a search for the main racketeer. Read More
The Eknath Shinde-led government’s decision to transfer Tukaram Mundhe from the National Health Mission (NHM), Maharashtra has not gone down well with health activists.
They have appealed to citizens to send more than a lakh emails to the chief minister demanding the reinstatement of Mundhe as the commissioner of NHM, Maharashtra.
Mundhe was shunted from his position within two months of the appointment. This was the IAS officer’s 19th transfer in 16 years of service. Read More
The Pune police on Sunday arrested a man for allegedly attacking his neighbour on the face and neck with an axe after the latter hit his dog using a stone, officers said.
According to police officers at Chatushrungi police station, the incident took place around 8.30 pm on Saturday in the Shinde Mala area in Baner. Ravi Ghorpade, 40, who works as a building painter, sustained serious wounds on his nose and neck following the attack and is currently being treated at a hospital, officers said. The police identified the arrested attacker as Ayub Baba Shaikh, 34. Read More
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A 25-year-old management student from Haryana was allegedly forced to strip and molested by her fellow students after accusing her of theft in Pune, said the city police who have launched a probe. The accused also forced the diploma student to transfer money to them online by threatening to report her to the police.
The incident took place on the night of October 17 at a rented apartment of the students, said the police. Read More
For a long time, Pune-based renowned sarod player Pandit Shekhar Borkar cherished an ambition – to stand out among his contemporaries. In the mid-90s, he achieved this ambition when his quest to enhance the musical capabilities of the sarod came to fruition and he invented the ‘Surtarang’.
Later, in the 2000s, Borkar’s elder son, Praashekh, a sarod player himself, observed that in a fusion performance, the delicate sound of the sarod was killed and overpowered by other instruments. This inspired him, after several trials and tribulations, to design the E-Sarod, an instrument which heightens the sound of the sarod and is distinct in fusion performances. Read more.
The Pune police have lodged an offence against a 17-year-old boy in connection with the suicide of a girl student, 17, from the same school.
The girl died by hanging herself at her residence in October this year. Earlier, a case of accidental death was lodged at the Vimantal police station.
As per a press release issued by the police Saturday, the girl was harassed by the boy. He allegedly forced her to develop a relationship with him.
The boy has been booked under Section 306 (abetment of suicide) of the Indian Penal Code. The deceased girl’s father lodged an FIR in this case at the Vimantal police station Friday. Read more.
“I have been hearing that theatre is dying since I was in college. I was told that time too… that theatre was dying and had no future, but as long as people feel the need to reach out to each other, theatre will never die,” said Naseeruddin Shah at YASHADA in Pune on Saturday. He was speaking at the 10th edition of the Pune International Literary Festival.
Speaking at an event titled ‘Understanding Histrionics’, Shah spoke about theatre and the essence of dramatics. He addressed various topics, such as his preparation before performing, how he chooses his roles, techniques of voice modulation, and the future of OTT platforms, among others. Read more.
The Bombay High Court has stayed the implementation of two orders passed by the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government suspending work relating to a development project at a village in Pune district initiated by the erstwhile Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) dispensation led by Uddhav Thackeray.
A division bench of Justices R D Dhanuka and S G Dige in its order passed on November 28 noted that suspension of such work would result in the lapse of the budget which was earmarked for the project.
The bench was hearing a petition filed by Belewadi village panchayat in Pune, which had sought quashing of the orders dated July 19 and 25 passed this year by CM Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. By these orders, the state government had suspended the development work across the state initiated by the predecessors in the office, including that of Belewadi village panchayat.
"In our prima facie view, the state government, already having issued orders after having approved the budget for the said work to be carried out in the village of the petitioner panchayat, cannot suspend such work which would result in lapse of the budget already earmarked for the said work and that also without any basis," the court said.
As per the plea, the previous MVA government had on March 31, 2022 sanctioned development work of construction of gutters in the village. Work order for this work was issued on July 14 to the contractor. However the state government on July 19 and 25 suddenly suspended the work without recording any reasons, the petition claimed.
The petitioner claimed that the work had to be completed before March 2023 and if it is not done then the earmarked budget would lapse.
The bench, while staying implementation of the suspension orders, posted the matter for further hearing on December 12. PTI
Maharashtra on Saturday recorded 37 new cases of coronavirus that raised the tally of infections to 81,35,937, an official from the state health department said.
The toll remained unchanged at 1,48,407, while the count of recoveries reached 79,87,202 after 69 patients recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours, the official said.
With 10,552 swab samples tested in the last 24 hours, the number of tests conducted across the state so far rose to 8,56,74,603, he said.
As per the health department's report, Pune circle reported the highest 16 fresh cases, followed by Mumbai (15), Aurangabad (4) and Nashik and Nagpur circle one each.
The state now has 328 active cases, of which Pune has the highest 130 cases, followed by 58 and 51 cases in Thane and Mumbai districts respectively, it said.
The recovery rate is at 98.17 per cent, while the fatality rate is1.82 per cent, the report said.
Coronavirus figures of Maharashtra are as follows: Positive cases 81,35,937; fresh cases 37; death toll 148407; recoveries 79,87,202; active cases 328; total tests 8,56,74,603. PTI
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