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Youth brutally murdered by five men including two juveniles in Nagpur

The cases of crimes related to gang wars seem to be on a rise lately in Nagpur. In one such case, a young man named Sandeep Bawankar (22), who reportedly had some cases registered against him, was stoned to death in Rajiv Nagar by rival gang members including two juveniles in wee hours of Wednesday .
While MIDC Police have arrested three men including the two juveniles, it is still in search of two accused named Mukesh Hanwate and Akshay Dayaram Suryavanshi.
As per reports, Bawankar, along with his two friends, had gone to celebrate birthday of a friend at his house, where the accused were also invited. During the birthday party, Bawankar and his two friends went to a nearby hillock to speak with the accused.
During the course of the conversation, a drunken brawl ensued between Bawankar and one of the juveniles. As Bawankar’s friends fled the spot, he was attacked by the five men and stoned to death. MIDC Police later reached the spot in Rajiv Nagar after being informed about Bawankar’s dead body found at the hillock.
As the police swung in action, it arrested three men and are now searching for Hanwate and Suryawanshi. MIDC Police, on the basis of a complaint by Bawankar’s mother Sewagan Hirachand Bawankar (47), have booked the five men under sections 143, 147, 149 and 302 of the IPC.
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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