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Nine get life imprisonment for murdering man over pet dog in Mumbai
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Mumbai’s civil and sessions court, on August 20, sentenced nine people to life imprisonment for murdering 30-year-old Anil Pandey after a tiff over his pet dog Kiwi in 2015 at Bhandup. Apart from life imprisonment, the accused have also been fined Rs 35,000 each.
Pandey was murdered in the early morning hours of June 7, 2015, after the nine accused stormed into his house in Bhandup with knives and swords and stabbed him to death in front of his family.
The victim’s wife, Priya told the court that Pandey, who would generally return home by 8 pm, returned late on June 6, 2015. She later learnt from a friend that he had got into a fight with few local boys as his pet dog had caught the hold of and refused to let go of the cricket ball that the accused were playing with.
While trying to get the ball back, one of the accused, Saurabh Khopade (22), got bit by the dog, which led to a heated argument between Pandey and the group. Priya added that Pandey was later brought back home by his friend in a drunken state at around 10:30 pm.
After the attack, Pandey was immediately rushed to a hospital but was declared brought dead. Later, based on the complaint lodged by Priya, all nine accused identified as: Sameer Chavan (21), Gautam Ghadge (25), Suraj Gawas (26), Sameer Kadam alias Chintya (26), Ravindra Wanare (22), Saurabh Khopade (18), Vishal Parad (21), Sachin Hatpale (23), and Vishwadip Naik (25) were arrested by Bhandup police.
After listening to the prosecution led by Iqbal Solkar, public prosecutor, who examined 26 witnesses including the deceaseds wife Priya, the court convicted the nine on charges including murder. Some of the men, who were out on bail, were arrested again on August 20.
Monitor Lizard (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
In the most unbelievable incident ever, four men were arrested for allegedly raping a Bengal monitor lizard in Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR). The reserve is spread over four districts of Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur and Ratnagiri in Maharashtra.
The gruesome incident took place at Gothane village in Ratnagiri district on March 31 when the four accused illegally entered Chandoli National Park (part of the reserve). One of the four was also carrying a gun for hunting.
The Maharashtra Forest Department checked the mobile phone of one of the accused and that’s when he learnt about the incident. The officials found the recording of the act, which showed the accused allegedly gang-raping the monitor lizard.
A forest official said the four accused were identified as Sandeep Tukaram Pawar, Mangesh Kamtekar, Akshay Kamtekar and Ramesh Ghag.
The official said, “During the investigation, the forest officials found that the accused had allegedly raped a Bengal monitor lizard. Their act was also recorded in a mobile phone of one of the accused persons. We have recovered all the related evidence from the accused and they were granted forest department custody initially, but are out on bail now. They have been asked to mark their presence before the forest officer, who is probing the case, every Monday.”
“The four accused have been booked under various sections of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972,” said field director of Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR), Nanasaheb Ladkat.
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ED attaches Sanjay Raut’s properties in ₹1034 crore Patra Chawl land scam case; Raut tweets ‘Asatyamev Jayate’
Sanjay Raut
Enforcement Directorate (ED), on Tuesday, under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), attached Shiv Sena leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut’s property in ₹1034 crore Patra Chawl land scam case. The ED, in February, had also arrested his close friend Pravin Raut.
The ED attached Raut’s plot in Alibaug and one flat in Mumbai’s Dadar area.
After ED attached Raut’s properties, the latter tweeted, “Asatyamev Jayate (the lies win)”
The attachment is linked to a money laundering probe linked to an alleged scam related to the re-development of a chawl in Mumbai.
More details are awaited.
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