11 of family killed in collision on Mumbai-Goa highway

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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May 12,2020

May 12: A Madhya Pradesh Police sub-inspector was fined Rs 5,000 after he performed a daredevil act of balancing himself on two moving cars, copying the famous stunt from Ajay Devgn-starrer 'Singham'.

Manoj Yadav, the in-charge of Narsinghgarh police post in Damoh district, was also warned against any such daredevilry in future, police sources said on Monday.

Sporting shades as the hero of the cop drama film and wearing his police uniform, Yadav got the entire episode video-graphed, they said.

As the video of the stunt went viral on social media, senior police officials took serious note of it as it will send wrong signals to youngsters, the sources said.

Inspector General, Sagar range, Anil Sharma directed Damoh Superintendent of Police Hemant Chauhan to probe the matter.

After an investigation, Chauhan imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on the sub-inspector and warned him not to repeat such mistakes.

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January 17,2020

Jan 17: Police have busted a "high- profile" sex racket operating in a three-star hotel in suburban Andheri and arrested a 29-year-old woman and rescued three female artists, including a minor, an official said on Thursday.

The Social Service (SS) branch of the city police conducted the raid at the hotel at Andheri East on Thursday, the official said.

"During the raid, three females, including a minor, were found to have been forced into prostitution. They were rescued and a woman, identified as Priya Sharma, who was operating the racket, was arrested," he said.

"Sharma was running tours and travel agency in Kandivali East. However, she was involved in immoral activities," senior inspector of SS branch, Sandesh Revale, said.

While one of the rescued is a woman actor and singer, who has worked in 'Savdhaan India' TV crime show, he said, another one has worked in a Marathi movie and serials.

The minor has worked in a web series, Revale added.

The offence was being registered against Sharma, he said.

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January 15,2020

New Delhi, Jan 15: The CBI has booked 17 individuals and companies, including three Mumbai-based senior Customs officials, for allegedly being part of a money laundering racket using over-invoiced import of diamonds worth more than Rs 156 crore, official said on Tuesday.

The case was referred to the CBI after a Directorate of Revenue Intelligence probe found alleged involvement of Customs officials in the conspiracy, they said.

The DRI probe had alleged that Hong Kong-based businessman Girish Kadel had imported rough diamonds from Switzerland to Hong Kong in the name of his four companies.

Kadel, who had business interests in India, had exported some of these diamonds to India through 14 consignments in the name of two companies Antique Exim Pvt Ltd and Tanman Jewels showing over-invoiced value of Rs 156.28 crore.

The DRI had found during revaluation that actual value of the consignment was Rs 1.03 crore instead of falsely declared value of Rs 156.28 crore, they said.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has alleged that Kadel used Import Export Codes (IECs) of Antique Exim Private Ltd and Tanman Jewels through his aide Atul Paldecha for siphoning off the money outside India through import of over-valued diamonds, the officials said.

Rough diamonds were imported at "highly exaggerated value" to siphon off excess foreign exchange overseas to cover the differential cost of other imports and park money abroad for unlawful activities.

It is alleged that the then Commissioner APSC Mumbai, Vinay Brij Singh, influenced subordinate officers to give favourable report, they said.

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