Belagavi, Feb 25: Three persons died on the spot while six others sustained injuries when a loaded Canter mini lorry overturned under Aigali police station limits in the district, police said on Monday.
The driver of the mini lorry, loaded with grape cartons, lost control of the vehicle while negotiating a bend and the vehicle overturned.
The mini truck was coming from Bellanki Village in Maharastra state to Thikota in Vijayapur district.
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.
Jun 5: The fear of contracting COVID-19 infection allegedly forced a 65-year-old man to commit suicide in Maharashtra's Beed district, police said on Friday.
The incident occurred at Mangewadi in Patoda on Thursday, when a passerby found the body of Asaram Pote hanging from a tree in his farm, an official said.
The police were immediately alerted and Pote's body was brought down in the presence of his relatives and locals, he said.
A suicide note was found on the deceased's person, in which he said that he had taken the extreme step as he was scared of contracting COVID-19 infection and no one should be held responsible for his death, the official said.
A case of accidental death was registered in this regard and further probe was underway, he added.
Lucknow, May 1: Six members of a family were allegedly hacked to death by another family member over a property dispute in Gudauli village in the Banthra area on the outskirts of the city on Thursday, police said.
The accused, Ajay Singh (26), went to the local police station after committing the crime and surrendered, they added.
Singh allegedly had a heated argument with the family members over a property and attacked them with a sharp-edged weapon, the police said.
The accused allegedly killed his mother, father, elder brother, his wife and two children -- a son and a daughter -- they added.
The victims were identified as Amar (60), Ramsakhi (55), Arun (40), Ramdulari (35), Saurabh (7) and Sarika (2).
When asked, Commissioner of Police Sujeet Pandey said six members of a family were killed and the accused surrendered before the police.
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