Pune Apr 26 PTI An auto-rickshaw driver has been arrested in neighbouring Pimpri-Chinchwad area for allegedly making obscene gestures at a 12-year-old girl police said on TuesdaySachin Shendge 33 allegedly made obscene gestures while asking the girl for directions when she was heading for her home in Bavdhan area on April 22Her father then registered a complaintDuring the investigation CCTV footage was checked The precise registration number of the autorickshaw was not clear in the footage but we searched for owners of rickshaws with similar registration numbers and narrowed down the search said an official of Hinjewadi police stationTo hoodwink police the accused had pasted some stickers on the autorickshaw said the officerShendge was arrested on Monday and booked under relevant IPC sections Further probe is on PTI SPK KRK KRK
Pune Apr 26 PTI A major fire broke out at several warehouses located in Paragnagar area of suburban Kondhwa here on Tuesday a fire brigade official saidThere were no reports of anyone getting injured and the blaze was soon put out he addedThe fire broke out at tin-shed warehouses of furniture decoration material and a car garage in the afternoon More than 10 water tankers were pressed into action and the fire was doused the official said adding that the cause of the fire was being ascertained PTI SPK KRK KRK
Pune Jan 20 PTI Pune district on Thursday recorded 14424 new coronavirus cases the highest in a day since the pandemic began in 2020 said a health officialNine patients died in the district during the dayThe caseload in the district rose to 1296398 while death toll rose to 19333The districts positivity rate cases detected per 100 tests is over 35 per centEarlier on April 18 2021 Pune district had recorded 12836 new cases a recordBut significantly the number of deaths on that day was much higher at 100As many as 8665 patients recovered from the infection on ThursdayOf new cases 7264 were reported from Pune city and 4094 from Pimpri Chinchwad industrial townshipsThere are 78846 active patients including 2696 who are hospitalized PTI SPK KRK KRK
Pune Jan 19 PTI A four-year-old boy who had been allegedly abducted from the city eight days ago was found in the Pimpri Chinchwad area near here on Wednesday police saidHe was in good health they saidSwarnam C son of a medical professional was abducted from Balewadi area by an unidentified man who came on a two-wheeler on the morning of January 11 as per his familyHe was on his way to a daycare centre with a 12-year-old relative at the time of the abductionThe boy was found today We will share further details soon said Ravindra Shisave Joint Commissioner of Police PuneThe child was found in Punawale area of neighbouring Pimpri Chinchwad said another officialIt seems the kidnapper released him there and fled the official said adding that probe was on PTI SPK KRK KRK
Pune Dec 31 PTI A 48-year-old woman police official was found hanging at her home here on Friday an official saidWhile it was suspected to be a suicide no suicide note was found in the house he addedThe deceased woman was identified as inspector Shilpa Chavan who was attached to the crime branch of Pune PoliceThe incident came to light around 11 am when Chavans driver went to pick her up at her residence in Vishrantwadi area and raised alarm as she didnt open the door She was found hanging inside one of the rooms said senior inspector Ajay ChandkhedeFurther probe was on he added PTI SPK KRK KRK
Pune Dec 24 PTI As many as 19 students of a Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Maharashtras Ahmednagar district have tested positive for coronavirus a senior official said on FridayThe residential school part of the Navodaya Vidyalaya network which comes under the Union education ministry is located at Takali Dhokeshwar village in Parner tehsil of the districtThe school has over 400 students across classes 5 to 12Nineteen students tested positive over the last three to four days All are isolated and hospitalized Most of them have no symptoms and some have only mild illness said district collector Rajendra BhosaleWe are conducting RT-PCR testing of remaining students as well as teachers non-teaching staff and visitors he said PTI SPK KRK KRK
Pune Dec 24 PTI A 36-year-old man was shot dead by four assailants in Chakan area of Pune district police said on FridayNagesh Karale a wrestler by profession was shot multiple times at Shel Pimpalgaon on Thursday night and died on the spot said an officialIt seems the attack was the fallout of previous enmity between the suspects and the deceased said Manchak Ippar deputy commissioner of police Pimpri Chinchwad PoliceThe four assailants have been identified and a manhunt has been launched for them he saidA CCTV footage of the incident also went viralIt showed the assailants attacking Karale who was sitting in his car and opening fire before fleeing PTI SPK KRK KRK
Pune Dec 21 PTI The first set of indigenously developed next-generation Armoured Engineer Reconnaissance Vehicle AERV was inducted into the Corps of Engineers of the Army on Tuesday a defense release saidArmy chief General M M Naravane inducted the vehicles and flagged them off in a ceremony at the Bombay Engineer Group BEG at Khadki near hereThe system has been designed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation DRDO and manufactured by Ordnance Factory Medak Bharat Electronics Limited PuneDespite restrictions on account of the COVID-19 pandemic the supply of these vehicles has been on schedule the release saidThe vehicle is capable of carrying out reconnaissance of water obstacles and boggy patches for the execution of engineer tasks with capabilities to carry out reconnaissance and provide a real-time update to force commanders it saidThe new AERVs will enhance existing engineer reconnaissance capabilities of the Army and would be a major game-changer in support of mechanised operations in future conflicts the release addedGen Naravane said this was a welcome addition to the Armys capabilities and will reduce the fatigue and load on the men who undertake difficult tasks in difficult terrain the release said PTI SPK KRK KRK
Pune Nov 24 PTI The manager of a cooperative bank was killed during robbery in Junnar tehsil of Pune district on Wednesday police saidThe deceased was identified as Rajendra Bhor around 50The incident took place at Anant Bigar Sheti Sahkari Patsanshta at Tandali village around 150 pm said an official of the Narayangaon police stationTwo persons who were wearing helmets entered the bank and opened fire before making away with some cash Bhor who was hit by bullets was declared brought dead at a hospital he saidThe robbers are estimated to have looted up to Rs 2 lakh in cash from the bank said district superintendent of police Abhinav Deshmukh adding that probe was on PTI SPK KRK KRK
Pune Nov 17 PTI The CBI on Wednesday arrested a civilian gazetted officer of the Indian Air Force here for allegedly taking bribe to consider a junior employees transfer requestA case was registered against the officer name not disclosed who is posted at Lohegaon base of the IAF here the Central agency said in a releaseThe accused had allegedly demanded Rs 50000 from the complainant to consider his request for transfer to Dehu Road officeAfter the complaint was filed the CBI laid a trap and caught the official while allegedly accepting Rs 4000 as initial installmentSearches were also conducted at the office and residential premises of the accused here A special CBI court remanded him in two days CBI custody the release said PTI SPK KRK KRK
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