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Crocodile kills man, refuses to let go off the body in Vadodara

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April 26, 2014

Vadodara, Apr 26: It was a tug of war between the fire brigade team and a fully grown crocodile that continued for about an hour right in the heart of the city. People waited with baited breath as the firemen tried to pull out body of a 60-year-old man that was killed by a crocodile near river Vishwamitri near Navinagri slums on Friday afternoon. This is the third crocodile attack in Vadodara in the last 20 days.

Crocodile_killsThe man was attacked by the crocodile when he went to relieve himself at about 2.30pm. Some passersby noticed the reptile carrying the victim's body in the river and informed the fire brigade.

"When we reached the spot, the crocodile was holding the man's head in its mouth. We tried to rescue it, but over a dozen crocodiles were encircling the spot. When we put in a hook to pull out the body, the crocodile took it away to the other side of the river," fire brigade sub-officer Nathu Dangi, who carried out the rescue operation, said.

"We reached the other side and tried to reach the body, but the crocodile was aggressive. It refused to let off the body. When we tried to pull out the body from the river, the crocodile held the man's legs in its mouth. Finally, it let go the body after it saw big crowd," Dangi said. The victim is yet to be identified.

Animal activists Vishal Thakur and Rakesh Wadhvana said the crocodile may have attacked the victim as it is nesting season for them. "Crocodiles lay eggs in this season. The victim may have unknowingly ventured near the crocodile's nest in Vishwamitri. Female crocodiles become very aggressive in this season as they defend their eggs. People shouldn't venture near the river banks in summers," Thakur said.

An elderly woman Savita Gohil was killed by a crocodile in Asoj village near Savli about 20 days ago. She was attacked when she ventured near a lake in the village. On April 20, a 15-year-old boy, Arvind Sharma was killed by a crocodile in Marekha village near Makarpura when he fell in the river from a wooden plank.

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April 5,2020

Nagpur, Apr 5: A 23-year-old man allegedly committed suicide in Imambada area in Nagpur on Saturday due to financial distress, police said.

Nikhil Gavhane, who worked in a grocery shop, hanged himself as he had taken money from a person and was stressed over repayment, an official said.

"He was depressed since a week," the Imambada police station official said.

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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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March 7,2020

Palghar, Mar 7: Police have arrested a man for allegedly cheating several shopkeepers in Maharashtra's Thane, Pune and Nashik by making phone calls in a woman's voice, police said on Friday.

The accused, Shashikant Ambekar (42), a resident of Palghar, was arrested in the last week of February, they said.

"He used to note down the phone numbers mentioned on different shops and call the owners in a woman's voice to order some things from them. He would tell them that he had a Rs 2000 currency note and needed change," an official said.

"He would ask the shopkeepers to send smaller denomination notes for exchange. He would wait at the entrance of buildings and when the delivery man arrived, he used to tell that he was there on behalf of the ''caller woman''.

"He would then take the currency notes from the delivery man saying he would get the Rs 2,000 note from the woman. However, he would disappear from the scene," the official said.

Police have seized Rs 1,85,000 from the accused and found that so far he has committed 22 similar crimes in different parts of the state.

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