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 22,2020

Warangal, May 22: In a shocking incident, bodies of nine migrant workers, including six of a family, were found in a well at Gorrekunta area in the outskirts of Warangal city. Of the nine bodies, four were found on May 21.

"Till now, nine bodies have been found in a well near a gunny bag godown at Gorrekunta area in the outskirts of Warangal city. Of the nine bodies, four were found on May 21 and the rest were found today. As six of the bodies belong to one family, it has led to suspicion," said Dr V Ravinder, Commissioner of Police, Warangal, while speaking to ANI over phone.

"The four bodies that were found yesterday have been identified as Md Maksood (50), his wife Nisha (45), daughter Busra (20) and grandson (3). The five bodies that have been found today have been identified as that of Shabad Alam, son of Maksood, Sohail Alam (Maksood's family member), Shakeel, a family friend of Maksood," he further said.

The bodies have been taken out from the well and sent to MGM Hospital for post mortem.
Minister Errabelli Dayakar, District Collector Harita, Mayor Prakash Rao have visited the spot along with the Warangal Commissioner.

Md Maksood had migrated from West Bengal to Warangal 20 years ago. Since last December, he and his family members have been working in a nearby gunny bag manufacturing unit godown at Gorrekunta. After the lockdown, the family shifted from Warangal and settled down in the factory godown.

According to police, on Thursday noon when the unit owner Santosh came to the godown as part of his daily routine he could not find any of the labourers. Later, he discovered four dead bodies floating in the well.

The Warangal police has registered a case under Section 174 CrPC. They said the exact reason for their deaths will be known only after the investigation.

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May 19,2020

Bareilly (UP), May 19: Samajwadi leader Chhotelal Diwakar and his son, Sunil Diwakar, were shot dead in broad daylight in Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday. The entire incident was caught on camera.

The murder was apparently a fallout of a dispute over laying of a road under MGNREGA.

Chhotelal Diwakar had contested the 2017 assembly elections on a Samajwadi Party ticket.

Superintendent of Police, (SP), Sambhal, Yamuna Prasad, said, "Some work was being carried out under MGNREGA due to which some dispute happened. Two people have been shot dead. We will reach the spot of the incident to find more details."

According to his family members, Diwakar and his son had gone for a walk in the fields when the assailants came on a motorbike and after a brief altercation, shot them dead. They fled on foot, leaving their motorbike behind.

A large number of SP workers reached the village soon after the news of the double murder spread.

SP Yamuna Prasad who reached the spot that falls under Behjoi police station, soon after the murders, said that a manhunt has been launched for the assailants. He said that further investigations were underway and the bodies have been sent for post mortem.

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Agencies
February 23,2020

Panaji, Feb 23: A MiG-29K aircraft crashed off Goa during a routine training sortie on Sunday morning, the Indian Navy said in a statement.

"The pilot ejected safely and has been recovered. An enquiry into the incident has been ordered," the statement said.

On November 16, a MiG-29K trainer flight had crashed after a bird hit, soon after it took off the Dabolim International airport, which functions out of the Indian Navy base INS Hansa.

Both pilots had managed to safely eject themselves to safety after both the engines of their jet failed.

According to data tabled in the recent budget session of the Goa Assembly, every ten days, at least one aircraft landing or taking off at Goa's Dabolim international airport faces dangers involving birds or stray dogs near the runway.

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