A 19-year-old woman in Parbhani gave birth to a baby in a moving sleeper coach bus, but she and a youth claiming to be her husband threw the newborn out of the window, resulting in the death of the baby. Around 6.30 am on Tuesday, a youth on Pathri-Selu Road saw something wrapped in a cloth being thrown out of the bus. He informed the police.
The police stopped the bus and inquired. It was revealed that a woman named Ritika Dhere was travelling from Pune to Parbhani in a sleeper coach bus of Sant Prayag Travels with Altaf Sheikh (who was claiming to be her husband). During the journey, the pregnant woman experienced labour pains and gave birth to a boy. After this, they wrapped the newborn in a cloth and threw him out of the vehicle.
When the driver of the sleeper bus inquired about this, Shaikh told that his wife had vomited due to nausea caused by the bus journey. Meanwhile, when an alert citizen on the road saw the object thrown out of the bus window, he was stunned to see that it was a baby. He immediately called the police’s 112 helpline and reported it.
A team of local police on patrol stopped the bus. They took the woman and Shaikh into custody, the official said. The couple told that they threw the newborn because they were unable to raise the child. The child died due to being thrown on the road. Both were residents of Parbhani and were living in Pune for the last one and a half years. Police said that they claimed to be husband and wife, but could not produce any documents to support their claim. After taking her into custody, the police took the woman to the hospital for treatment.
Lokmanya Tilak’s great grandson dies
Deepak Tilak, great grandson of Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak and trustee editor of Marathi newspaper Kesari, died at his residence in Pune in the wee hours of Wednesday. He was 78 years old. He died due to age-related ailments, family sources said. Tilak is survived by a son, a daughter and grandchildren. His body has been kept for public homage at the iconic Tilakwada from 8 am to 11 am on Wednesday. His last rites will be performed at Vaikunth crematorium at around 12 noon, they said. Apart from serving as trustee editor of Kesari, a newspaper started by Lokmanya Tilak in 1881, he also served as vice chancellor of Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth here for some time.
1600-page chargesheet filed in Vaishnavi Hagawane dowry-suicide case
The Pimpri Chinchwad police in Maharashtra’s Pune district have filed a chargesheet of over 1,600 pages in the alleged dowry harassment-suicide case of Vaishnavi Hagawane. Senior inspector of Bavdhan police station Anil Vibhute said on Tuesday that we have filed a 1,676-page chargesheet in the Pune sessions court against 11 accused in the case. This includes Vaishnavi’s husband Shashank Hagawane, mother-in-law Lata Hagawane, father-in-law Rajendra Hagawane, sister-in-law Karishma and brother-in-law Sushil.
Let us tell you that 26-year-old Vaishnavi allegedly committed suicide at her in-laws’ house in Pimpri Chinchwad near Pune city on May 16 after repeated physical and mental harassment over dowry demands. Following Vaishnavi’s suicide, her father-in-law Rajendra Hagawane was expelled from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). Vaishnavi’s family alleges that they were harassed for dowry, including a demand of Rs 2 crore to buy land.
Will work day and night to bring party back to power: Shashikant Shinde
Shashikant Shinde, who was appointed as the state unit chief of the Nationalist Congress Party (SP), on Tuesday said that he will work day and night to bring the party back to power by focusing on strengthening the party’s base in the state.
Speaking to reporters after getting the new role, he explained his upcoming strategy. Shinde said that I will visit Maharashtra in the coming month. Through this contact campaign, an attempt will be made to give a chance to new and young people in the party organisation. Our aim is to work day and night to bring the party back to power in the state. On the current trends in politics, Shinde said that politics is changing today. People are being lured with power and money. We will fight against such practices. He reiterated his intention to rebuild the party’s base.
Former Maharashtra minister and MLC Shinde was on Tuesday appointed the new president of the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) state unit. He will replace Jayant Patil.
Man kills stepdaughter in Mumbai, throws body in sea
A man in Mumbai allegedly strangled his five-year-old stepdaughter to death and throws her body in the Arabian Sea. Police have arrested the accused Imran Sheikh. The incident came to light when Colaba police officials found the girl’s body floating in the sea near Sassoon Dock in south Mumbai on Tuesday morning, a police official said.
Air India to operate three weekly flights to London Heathrow from August 1
Air India will operate three weekly flights from Ahmedabad to London Heathrow from August 1 to September 30, replacing Gatwick in London. The airline currently operates five weekly flights on the Ahmedabad-London Gatwick route. Apart from this, Air India has also announced the resumption of flights that were stopped due to safety reasons after the Boeing 787-8 plane crash on June 12. Air India said that some flights will be resumed from August 1, while there is a plan to restore all flights from October 1.
Former colleague attacks security guard over salary dispute in Mumbai
A 41-year-old security guard was attacked with a sickle by his former colleague after an alleged dispute over pending salary in Mumbai. Police said that the victim Deepak Kalpanath Dubey was working in a building in Kandivali area when the accused Lalit Premsagar Tiwari (26) targeted him. Tiwari earlier worked as a security guard in this building, but his colleague