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]]>A bench of Justices A S Gadkari and R R Bhonsale made the remarks while hearing a petition filed by Shehzeen Siddique, the widow of Baba Siddique, who sought the transfer of the murder investigation to an independent and impartial agency.
Baba Siddique was shot dead by three attackers outside Zeeshan’s office in Bandra on the night of October 12, 2024. In her petition, Shehzeen stated that her husband had repeatedly voiced concerns about his safety and had requested the restoration of police protection in the weeks leading up to his death.
Following the murder, Zeeshan was granted police security after submitting a formal application. However, Shehzeen’s counsel, advocate Pradeep Gharat, told the court that the police scaled down Zeeshan’s security after the petition was filed.
The bench then directed the police to produce the Minutes of Meeting of the committee where the decision to reduce the security cover was taken.
Public prosecutor Mankunwar Deshmukh placed before the court a file containing threat perception reports(TPR) used by the police to assess whether to grant, modify or withdraw security protection. She denied that the reduction in security was linked to the filing of the petition.
The court nevertheless asked for specific details regarding when and how the decision to reduce Zeeshan’s security was reached.
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]]>The deceased, originally from Beed district, had been employed at a government facility in Phaltan tehsil. Police were alerted after the woman’s body was discovered hanging in her hotel room, an official confirmed.
Taking immediate notice of the case, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis spoke to the Satara Superintendent of Police and ordered the suspension of the two officers named in the note. Fadnavis, who also heads the Home Department, directed authorities to take strict legal action against all those involved, the Chief Minister’s Office stated in an official release.
In a note written on her palm, the doctor alleged that Sub-Inspector Gopal Badane had raped and sexually assaulted her multiple times over the past five months. Another police official, Prashant Bankar, was accused of mentally harassing her during the same period.
Police confirmed that a case has been registered and that the victim’s body has been sent for post-mortem examination. Investigations are underway into the allegations mentioned in the note.
Reacting to the incident, Maharashtra State Women’s Commission Chief Rupali Chakankar said, “We have taken serious note of the matter and directed Satara Police to take strong action against the accused. Dedicated teams are tracking down those responsible, and no one involved will be spared.”
The case has sparked widespread outrage, with calls for a thorough investigation and justice for the victim.
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]]>On Tuesday, Assembly Speaker Patole held a meeting at the Vidhan Bhavan to give voters of the state the option of ballot with EVMs. During this, he prepared a proposal to provide voting facility through ballot with EVM under Article-328 of Indian Constitution to Rajendra Bhagwat, Secretary, Legislature Secretariat, Baldev Singh, Chief Electoral Officer of the state and Secretary of Law and Justice Department, Bhupendra Gurav. Instructed to do.He said that this will enable voters to vote as they wish. Also, the voting percentage will also increase. In fact, Satish Ukay of Nagpur has filed a petition with the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly under Article 328 of the Constitution to make a law in relation to providing ballot options in the state. The Speaker called a meeting to discuss this.
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]]>According to information received by the police, rescue operations are going on at the scene.
Thousands of warehouses of multinational companies are situated in Mankoli and other parts of Bhiwandi.
The NDRF team have also been called for the rescue operations.
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]]>The victim has lodged a complaint in this regard with Rajgaon village police station in Pune. Pune Police has registered a zero FIR and sent it to the police in Malegaon, Washim district, where the incident took place. Now the police there are taking action in this matter.
The 24-year-old victim told the police that she was traveling in a private sleeper coach bus. The bus was going from Nagpur to Pune. Meanwhile, the bus cleaner asked him to lift him from the number 5 seat and sit on the number 15 seat. When the woman went there, he reached her and raped her 2 times, threatening to throw her down from the moving bus.
The police started taking action after registering an FIR on the complaint of the woman. Due to this, the Malegaon police took the bus from Pune in which the incident was carried out. Now the police team has been sent to Nagpur to arrest the accused cleaner.
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]]>These police personnel includes assistant police inspector Anandrao Kale, who was in-charge of Kasa Police Station in Palghar when the incident took place on April 16, the official said.
Two others are assistant sub inspector Ravi Salunke and constable Naresh Dhodi, he said. “The Inspector General of Police, Konkan Range dismissed the trio from service through an order issued on Saturday,” the official added. These three police personnel, along with their five other colleagues, had been placed under suspension following the incident, he said.
Two seers and their driver were lynched by a mob at Gadchinchale village in Palghar on April 16 when they were travelling in a car to Surat (Gujarat) to attend a funeral amid the corona virus-induced lock down. The victims were identified by the police as Chikne Maharaj Kalpavrukshagiri (70), Sushil Giri Maharaj (35) and their driver Nilesh Telgade (30).
The brutal mob attack took place amid rumours that child-lifters were roaming in the area. As many as 154 people have been arrested and 11 juveniles detained in connection with the incident. The accused in the case were charged with murder, armed rioting and using criminal force to prevent a public servant from doing is duty, among other offences, police said.
The case was later handed over to the Maharashtra Criminal Investigation Department for probe. It has filed three charge sheets in the case. After the incident caused an uproar, the state government had suspended Kale, under whose jurisdiction the crime took place, and seven other policemen. Besides, over 35 police constables and personnel of other ranks were transferred in the wake of the mob attack. The government had also sent the then Palghar district police chief, Gaurav Singh, on forced leave.
– PTI
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]]>“93 new COVID-19 positive cases and one death recorded in Maharashtra Police force, in the last 24 hours, taking the total count to 12,383 including 9,929 recoveries, 2,328 active cases, and 126 deaths,” said Maharashtra Police. Out of the total cases in the force, 2,328 cases are still active while 9,929 have recovered.
– ANI
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