Nagpur Dec 19 PTI A watchman at the Gorewada project in Nagpur choked to death after smoke emanated from a bonfire to protect him against cold filled his check post police said on Sunday Ravindra Kalbande had lit up a bonfire on late Saturday night due to cold weather He closed the door of the cabin from inside and went to bed Police suspect that his bed might have caught fire from sparks emanated from the bonfire and the fire slowly spread inside the cabin Kalbande fell unconscious due to inhalation of thick smoke and died a police official said The incident came to light when his reliever reached the post A case of accidental death was registered at the Gittikhadan police station PTI COR NSK NSK
Nagpur Sep 24 PTI A 34-year-old man was brutally attacked allegedly by his friend as the latter suspected that he was practicing black magic police in Gittikhadan area of Nagpur said on Friday The accused met with an accident on Thursday night and thought the victim had performed black magic on him which led to the attack an official said The accused has been booked under IPC and Maharashtra Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and other Inhuman Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act provisions the Gittikhadan police station official said PTI COR BNM BNM BNM
Nagpur Aug 24 PTI Unidentified persons broke into the house of a senior Income Tax department official here in Maharashtra and allegedly stole jewellery and cash collectively worth Rs 22 lakh a police official said The incident took place at the house of I-T Commissioner Nagpur Rajesh Ranjan Dinanath Prasad in the Income Tax Colony in Seminary Hills area of Nagpur and came to light on Monday the official from Gittikhadan police station said Prasad went to Mumbai on August 6 to visit a relative In his absence some persons broke the lock of his house and allegedly decamped with Rs 60000 cash and a gold necklace kept in a cupboard the official said The incident came to light on Monday morning when Prasad returned to Nagpur he said After being alerted the Gittikhadan police rushed to the spot and registered a case he added PTI COR GK GK