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Nagpur witnesses 6 murders in 4 days
At least six murders took place in Nagpur in the past four days amid lockdown. In the past 24 hours, three people were killed in separate incidents in the city. Vice-president of Nagpur Central Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha Raj Dorle was killed on Tuesday morning on the suspicion of an old rivalry. His head was squashed and was stabbed to death in Bhuteshwar Nagar? police arrested two people in the connection.
On the same day, a local gangster Viren killed a man named Ram Kashyap. Police are now looking for Viren and his two goons for the murder that took place on the outskirts of the city.
On Thursday, two youngsters on bike attacked 25-year-old Kartik Laxman Sarve, with an iron rod a. Kartik, who was a resident of Gopal Nagar was on his way back home on foot when the incident took place. Reportedly, Kartik was attacked due to a love affair with one of the attackers sister. BS Khandale, who is in charge of the case, told Nation Next that the accused Vikram Hukumbahadur Karki and Ramu Gomate have been arrested under Sections 302 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Kartik Sarve

Kartik Sarve
On Tuesday, two unidentified men killed Vaibhav Matre (35), a resident of Hudkeshwar, in Padole Lawn. The man stabbed him to death and fled, after which a case of murder was registered at Hudkeshwar Police Station.
On Wednesday, local goon Annu Thakur was killed in Yashodhara Nagar after his head was smashed with stones over an old enmity. Cops arrested three suspects from Kundhalal Gupta Nagar. However, further investigations are still underway.
At the time of filing this story, sixth murder took place in New Kamptee on Friday. However, further details are awaited.

Murder that took place in New Kamptee
COVID-19
Thane Municipal Corporation adds 25 beds as COVID cases rise
Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) added 25 additional beds in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital Kalwa apart from arranging a special ward dedicated to COVID-19 patients. The total number of active patients in the city stood at 252 while five succumbed to the virus. Meanwhile, TMC Commissioner Abhijit Bangar said a ‘death audit’ of patients who died of COVID would be conducted. The TMC has ensured it has additional stock of oxygen concentrators, testing kits, medicines, to name a few. Bangar told HT, “Due to the increasing number of Covid patients, it is necessary for everyone to be alert.”
He added, The number of Covid tests should be increased to stay one step ahead of the disease. As a result, the number of patients is likely to increase due to increased testing. However, as per the ‘test, isolate, treat’ protocol for Covid, it becomes necessary to isolate and treat more and more patients. The testing centres will not remain closed even for a single day. At the same time, more arrangements for testing will be made immediately in public places, markets, railway stations, malls.”
India recorded 3,095 new COVID cases and five deaths in last 24 hours.
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Politics
After Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification, his namesake who contested from Wayanad disqualified

Rahul Gandhi
An independent candidate for Lok Sabha elections named Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from contesting polls for failing to lodge account of election expenses. Gandhi, who’s name figures as ‘Rahul Gandhi K E S/o Valsamma’ in an Election Commission list of persons, had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as an Independent and had received 2196 votes from the Wayanad seat in Kerala – a constituency from where ex-Congress MP Rahul Rajiv Gandhi had won with over seven lakh votes.
However, since it is mandatory for all contestants to submit their account of election expenses among other mandatory requirements under EC rules and the Representation of the People Act.
Rahul Gandhi K E S/o Valsamma stood disqualified to contest polls from September 13, 2021 till September 13, 2024. According to Section 10A, the Election Commission can disqualify a contestant for a period of three years from the date of the order if he/she has failed to lodge an account of election expenses within the time and in the manner required by law and has no good reason or justification for the failure.
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Nagpur News
Nagpur records 22 COVID cases in 24 hours
A total of 22 patients tested positive for COVID-19 in Nagpur in past 24 hours on Thursday. Almost 242 people were tested in the city, out of which 15 belonged to urban area while and 6 were from the rural areas, and one from outside Nagpur district.
At present, there are 72 active patients in the city. Three new cases of the new XBB.1.16 variant of COVID-19 were detected that took the total tally to five in the district.
India recorded 3,095 new COVID cases and five deaths in last 24 hours.
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