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Rishi Khosla’s murder turns out to be case of contract killing for Rs 7,000; four men arrested

Four men with previous criminal records were arrested by Sadar Police on Sunday for murdering Nagpur businessman Rishi Khosla on August 21 near Gondwana Square. The men were hired by a goon named Girish Dasarwar on behalf of Micky alias Rupindeer Balveersingh Bakshi (54) to murder Khosla for a token amount of Rs 7,000. Bakshi, who had promised more money after the murder, was taken in custody by Sadar Police along with Dasarwar on August 22.
The reason behind Khosla’s murder is said to be his close relationship with Bakshi’s estranged wife Madhu Bakshi. It is being speculated by the cops that the assailants were instructed to eliminate Madhu as well along with Khosla. Luckily, Madhu was not with Khosla at the time of the attack. The police have now provided security to Madhu.
As per the police, the men – Rahul alias Baban Kalamkar (32), Kunal alias China Hemne (21), Arif Inayat Khan (21) and Aziz Ahmed alias Pangya Anis Ahmed (19) – intercepted Khosla’s car around midnight on August 21 when he was returning after seeing off Madhu at her residence near Kadbi Square.
While Aril and Rahul were in an auto rickshaw, Kunal and Aziz were on a bike. As the goons took out weapons to stop Khosla, passersby stopped to see the drama because of which the goons did not attack Khosla. Later, as Khosla stopped his car near Gondwana Square and tried to run towards his house in Byramji Town, he was stopped by the goons and hacked to death.
As per the police, Bakshi had met Dasarwar when he was sent to jail in 2012 in the murder case of NCP leader Ganesh Mate. Dasarwar was in jail at that time for killing a pool parlour owner. Bakshi and Dasarwar had hatched the plan to eliminate Khosla and Madhu a few months back.
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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