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11 of family killed in collision on Mumbai-Goa highway

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June 25, 2013

Mumbai-GoaNavi Mumbai, Jun 25: Eleven members of a Malad-based family were killed in an accident on the Mumbai-Goa highway in Khed, Ratnagiri district, late on Sunday night.

At around 11.15pm on Sunday, a sand-filled dumper going towards Chiplun, collided head-on with a Qualis carrying 13 persons who were returning to Mumbai. The high-speed collision killed 11 of the Chavan family, including three children, on the spot. The two seriously injured survivors were admitted to a hospital in Khed taluka.

Police officials at Khed said Malad residents Anant (65) and Amita Chavan (60) had gone to Sangameshwar with their sons, daughter, sons-in-law and grandchildren, in connection with a marriage proposal for their son Rakesh (28). The accident wiped out the entire family including Rakesh, his brother Harish (36), Harish's wife Nita (26), their infant son Harsh (8 months), sister Sujata Mane (35), her husband Kashinath (40), their children Anushka (8) and Avishkar (5) and the Qualis driver Prashant Manjre (35). The only two survivors, Abhishek Bhuvad (18), a family friend, and Ramesh Holkar (35), married to Rakesh's sister Shubhangi, were seriously injured and admitted to hospital. Shubhangi didn't accompany the rest of her family on the trip and had stayed back in Mumbai. The accident spot is approximately 260km from Mumbai and 100km from Sangameshwar.

Dumper driver Motilal Balu Chavan, who was reportedly going from Mahad to Chiplun with a full load of freshly dredged sand, was also injured and has been made an accused in the incident.

Shocked relatives left for the Chavans' native place at Dapoli, Ratnagiri on Monday, for their last rites. Rakesh, for whom the family was enthusiastically bride-hunting, worked in an automobile showroom. Friends said he accompanied them to an orphanage last week to donate clothes. Harish worked in a bank, his father Anant was employed as a security guard, while Kashinath was a chauffeur. The Chavans had lived in a ground-plus-one rented structure at Gudiya Pada, Malad Link Road, as their house was being redeveloped. Sujata, her husband and kids lived on the top floor of the building. "Manjre knew the Chavans for a long time and arranged the Qualis for them. His wife is pregnant and we haven't broken the news of his death to her," said a neighbour. He has a three-year-old child and also lived with his family at Gudiya Pada.

"The Chavans were friendly and sociable. It was very important for them to live together under one roof," said Rani, a neighbour, adding, "Children from the family would frequent our house to play. It's

shocking to hear that they are no more." Dhondu Mane, a cousin of Rakesh, said the latter was very excited about a bike he bought recently. "He would keep the bike at home, fearing pranksters in the area would damage its seat," he said.

Inspector M N Pardeshi told TOI that the dumper's driver was in the wrong lane. He was probably trying to overtake another vehicle on the highway but misjudged the speed at which the Qualis was coming from the opposite direction, causing the deadly collision. Police said they are still probing if the dumper driver had the necessary permit to load sand and transport it to Chiplun. A local source said illegal sand dredging was rampant at night in Chiplun, Khed and Dapoli areas.

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March 28,2020

Hyderabad, Mar 28: Seven labourers from Karnataka were killed and four injured when the van in which they were travelling was hit by a truck near Pedda Golconda on the outskirts of the city late on Friday night, police said.

The deceased included two children. Of the 31 workers in the van, five died on the spot and two while undergoing treatment at a hospital, Assistant Commissioner of Traffic Vishwa Prasad said.
Four others were hospitalised and the condition of one of them is critical, he said, adding the other workers in the van escaped with minor injuries.

The workers were on their way back to their home town Raichur in Karnataka as the road project they were working in at Suryapet here was stalled due to the lockdown, Prasad said.

He said initital investigations revealed that the mango laden truck, which was on its way to Gujarat, was overspeeding.

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March 22,2020

Thane, Mar 22: Eight men were arrested at Kalyan in the district on Sunday as they were found playing cricket during the 'Janata curfew' being observed to check the spread of coronavirus, police said.

They were playing cricket at Kala Talao Maidan in the afternoon, police said.

Police also detained a boy in this connection, an official said.

"Action was taken against them for defying the prohibitory orders issued by the Thane Police Commissionerate.

They also went against the 'Janata curfew' being observed to curb the spread of coronavirus," the police official said.

The Mahatma Phule Chowk Police Station registered an offence against the accused under IPC sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), 269 (negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life), 290 (public nuisance).

They were also booked under the Maharashtra Police Act as well as the National Disaster Act 2005, the official said.

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January 28,2020

Nagpur, Jan 28: A 19-year-old woman was allegedly raped and an iron rod was inserted in her private parts by a man in the Pardi area here, police said on Monday.

The gruesome incident took place on January 21 and the accused, Yogilal Rahangdale (52), was arrested from Gondia district, they said.

The accused was working as a supervisor in a spinning mill where the woman was employed as a labourer, the police said.

The woman, her brother, the accused and another girl lived in rented accommodations in Pardi.

Inspector Sunil Chavan of the Pardi police station said that the woman's brother and her female friend had gone to their village on January 21 for some work.

As the woman was alone at home, Rahangdale attempted to rape her in the night. When she resisted, he stuffed a piece of cloth in her mouth, he said.

When she fell unconscious, the accused raped her and inserted an iron rod in her private parts, Chavan said, quoting from the complaint filed by the victim.

She narrated the incident to her brother on January 24 and they subsequently lodged a complaint with the police.

An offence was registered against the accused at the Pardi police station.

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