Pune Mar 24 PTI A man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl on the premises of a private school here police saidThe incident had taken place on WednesdayAn unidentified person approached the girl on the school premises around 1130 am on Wednesday He took her to the toilet block where he allegedly sexually abused her and then fled said senior inspector Anita More of Shivajinagar police stationPolice then registered a case against the unidentified culprit under Indian Penal Code sections 376 rape 341 wrongful restraint and relevant provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences POCSO ActA 36-year-old man was arrested in connection with the incident on Thursday police commissioner Amitabh Gupta said late at nightInspector Shailesh Sankhe of the Crime Branch said they zeroed in on the culprit with the help of CCTV footage and technical analysisHe has confessed to the crime He was briefly acquainted with the girls father the official said adding that further probe was underway PTI SPK GK KRK KRK

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 10 (ANI): Former Lok Sabha MP and BJP leader Kirit Somaiya on Thursday urged the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to review his security arrangements on the grounds that he was allegedly being attacked by Shiv Sena workers despite being under "Z plus" security of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).

Pune (Maharashtra) [India], February 4 (ANI): Pune Police on Friday registered FIR against a contractor and detained three people in connection with the death of five labourers following the collapse of a steel structure at a construction site last night, Commissioner Amitabh Gupta informed.

Pune Jan 28 PTI Investigation into the alleged malpractices in the results of the Teachers Eligibility Test TET-2020 in Maharashtra has revealed that the marks of as many as 7800 candidates were allegedly manipulated and changed in exchange of money a top police official said on Friday A report has been prepared in this connection and it will be submitted to the state government Pune Police Commissioner Amitabh Gupta said During the investigation of the alleged scam the names of 7800 candidates came to light whose marks were manipulated We have prepared a list of all these people and it will be given to the state government he said The marks of these candidates were allegedly tampered with in exchange of money he said Tukaram Supe Commissioner now suspended of the Maharashtra State Council of Examinations MSCE was among those arrested in connection with the alleged tampering of the TET-2020 results Police have also arrested Pritesh Deshmukh director of G A Software the firm which was responsible for conducting the exam and Abhishek Sawrikar a consultant with the education department Gupta said more people are expected to be arrested in the case Police inspector Kumar Ghadge of Cyber police station said that so far 12 people including Supe Sawrikar and Deshmukh have been arrested in the case and over Rs 4 crore in cash gold ornaments and other documents related to the fixed deposits have been recovered in the case PTI SPK NP NP

Pune Dec 28 PTI Continuing its action against alleged irregularities in various recruitment exams the police in Maharashtras Pune have arrested two people and registered a fresh case in connection with the paper leak in the Group C recruitment examination of the health department an official said on Tuesday The cyber police station in Pune had earlier registered an offence over the alleged paper leak in the Group D recruitment examination of the health department At least 18 accused including Mahesh Botle joint director non-technical National Health Mission Prashant Badgire chief administrative officer in the health department posted at Latur and Dr Sandip Jogdand a medical officer at the mental hospital in Ambejogai in Beed district were arrested in that case Botle Badgire and Jogdand are involved in the present case as well police commissioner Amitabh Gupta said During the probe it was found that one of the accused Nishit Gaikwad had allegedly leaked the paper of the Group C recruitment examination which was held on October 24 and circulated the same through an agent in exchange for money Gupta said Smita Koregaonkar the chief administrative officer of the health department registered an offence in this case he said We have arrested Gaikwad and one Rahul Linghot in the present case registered under relevant sections of the IPC and Maharashtra Prevention of Malpractices at University Board and other specified Examinations Act the official said According to the police this is the fifth offence registered in connection with paper leaks and malpractices in results of various exams including the recruitment exams of Group C and D of the health department MHADA recruitment exam Teachers Eligibility Test of 2020 and 2018 As many as 28 accused have been arrested in connection in all these five cases it was stated Tukaram Supe Commissioner now suspended Maharashtra State Council of Examinations MSCE and former MSCE commissioner Sukhdev Dere were also arrested in connection with the malpractices in the results of 2020 and 2018 TET exams respectively The police have already recovered over Rs 4 crore in unaccounted cash and gold ornaments from Supe PTI SPK ARU ARU

Pune (Maharashtra) [India], December 28 (ANI): Pune city police have arrested two more persons in connection with the leak of Maharashtra Health Department's recruitment exam, said police on Tuesday.

Pune (Maharashtra) [India], December 17 (ANI): Pune Police has arrested Tukaram Supe, the Commissioner of Maharashtra State Council of Examination (MSCE) in connection with alleged malpractices in the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) 2020, informed City Police Commissioner Amitabh Gupta on Friday.

Pune Dec 17 PTI Police have arrested the commissioner of Maharashtra State Council Of Examination MSEC in connection with the alleged malpractices in the Teachers Eligibility Test TET a senior official said on Friday Tukaram Supe the commissioner of MSCE was arrested by the cyber cell of Pune police following his questioning in the alleged malpractices in the TET examination city police commissioner Amitabh Gupta said The alleged malpractice in the TET came to the light during the investigation of paper leak in the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority MHADA examination in which six people have already been arrested police said PTI SPK NP NP

Pune (Maharashtra) [India], December 12 (ANI): Pune Police have arrested three people here for allegedly trying to leak questions papers of the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority's (MHADA) recruitment exams, said police on Sunday.

Pune (Maharashtra) [India], December 9 (ANI): Slamming NCP's effort of bringing Congress and Shiv Sena together to form a strong opposition against BJP, Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Chandrakant Patil on Wednesday said that the ruling party in Centre will emerge victorious by winning 418 seats in upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections.