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NCW seeks report on Pune rape case from Maharashtra DGP

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Mumbai, Feb 27: The National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken a serious note of the sexual assault on a 26-year-old woman inside the bus in Swargate bus depot in Pune and asked the state police chief to submit a detailed investigation report.

The Commission’s chairperson, Vijaya Rahatkar, in a letter to the state Director General of Police, Rashmi Shukla, has asked to submit an investigation report and also a copy of the complaint by the victim.

In a related development, the Pune Police are now in action mode as they have inquired about the whereabouts of the accused, Dattatray Gade. However, the police sources said that Gade’s brother told them that the accused did not come to his home, and he does not have a mobile phone. Further, the police have questioned Gade’s girlfriend and have called his parents for questioning.

The police sources said the investigation carried so far by them revealed that Dattatray Ramdas Gade is a resident of Gunat village in Shirur taluka from the Pune district. He has three acres of ancestral land and a family house. His parents work in the field. He also has a brother, a wife and children. Gade has no job and was moving around in search of employment. The police sources said that he had indulged in robbery to earn money quickly. Besides, he had engaged in the looting of villagers. He is a history-sheeter, the police have said.

Gade bought a four-wheeler in 2019 by raising a loan for transporting passengers from Pune to Ahilyanagar. During this time, he used to give lifts, especially to elderly women wearing jewellery and rob them at knife point. Gade had contested the election in Gunat village for the post under the state government’s TantaMukti Abhiyan (dispute-free village campaign) but lost it.

The police sources said he was also engaged in election work during the recent Assembly polls. Gade had committed a robbery at Kare Ghat near Shirur village in 2020. He was also charged with robbery and sentenced. He also has two cases registered in Shikrapur, Supa, Kedgaon and Kotwali police stations in the Ahilyanagar district.

Meanwhile, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut claimed that the incident in the Shivshahi bus in Swargate depot from Pune is similar to the Nirbhaya case in Delhi. “Fortunately, the victim’s life was saved. Our Shiv Sainiks staged a strong protest at Swargate. Vasant More, Sanjay More and women activists protested. Now cases will be registered against them. There is no longer any fear of law to the gangs operating in Pune. The Home Minister is using the Home Department for political work mainly to harass the opposition,” he said.

Shiv Sena(UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray condemned the incident and asked where Maharashtra was heading. “The same in Mumbai too. Attack on Marathi too. No one is afraid of the police,” he said. He gave a pat on party activists, including Vasant More, who staged a protest at the Swargate bus depot.

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Additional Municipal Commissioner directs to resolve complaints of polluted water supply in Mumbai on immediate and priority basis

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Mumbai: Municipal Corporation provides various civic services and amenities to the residents of Mumbai. It provides clean drinking water to the citizens every day. In this regard, Mumbai Municipal Corporation has also been praised from time to time at various levels. However, currently, complaints related to water supply are coming from some places. The concerned authorities should immediately resolve these complaints and take all water-related complaints seriously and resolve them in a timely manner. Along with this, Additional Municipal Commissioner (Project) Abhijeet Bangar has given clear instructions that complaints of contaminated water supply should be resolved immediately and on top priority. Besides, leakages in water channels should be immediately detected and teams should be deployed at the required places to detect leaks, Bangar also instructed during a special review meeting of the Water Engineering Department held on Thursday evening. Additional Municipal Commissioner (Project) Abhijeet Bangar, while guiding the attendees during the meeting, said that complaints of inadequate water supply and low pressure water supply have been received from some places in the last few days. Therefore, the officials should inspect the place without delay. If the complaint received during this inspection is found to be valid, appropriate steps should be taken immediately without delay. In the existing water supply distribution system, where necessary, some changes in these measures can be found to find a way out. For example, appropriate improvement in the ‘zoning’ system of water supply, if there is leakage in the water pipe, it should be fixed without delay, while in some places, structural changes in the system; Additional ‘boosting’ measures may be included in the measures as required without any delay. As per the above, local public representatives should be informed about the steps being taken regarding inadequate water supply. If possible, inspection visits should be conducted with public representatives, so that the information expected to be obtained from them can be directly obtained, Bangar also suggested during the review meeting. A detailed discussion was also held regarding the complaints of polluted water during the meeting. In this regard, Bangar ordered that complaints related to polluted water should be taken very seriously. Extreme urgency should be shown while processing these complaints. If action is not taken regarding the complaints of polluted water without delay, it can have serious consequences, it is necessary for the concerned authorities to take notice of these matters. Senior officers were also directed that all the institutions should be highly sensitive in this regard. During the same meeting, senior officers were ordered to take action in a ‘24×7’ manner without delay and without any hindrance to trace the source of polluted water. While taking this action, it is also necessary to have the necessary manpower available. Special teams should be formed to resolve the complaints of polluted water in a timely manner. These teams should be made available zone-wise. So that action can be taken without delay after receiving the complaints. If additional manpower is required for this, the department should request it. Accordingly, the manpower will be made available on priority basis. It is necessary to maintain regular contact with each other for the major sub-departments of the Water Engineering Department of Mumbai Municipal Corporation, namely, water supply, construction, planning and maintenance. Also, in this regard, the sub-departments of the Water Engineering Department should maintain regular contact with each other. The Water Engineer should ensure this and take necessary precautions in this regard. If there are difficulties in completing the water supply projects within the stipulated time, the engineers should be provided with cooperation and assistance from senior officers as required. Apart from this, if anyone is doing deliberate negligence, then everyone should take notice that action will be taken against the concerned along with determining the responsibility in this regard. Bangar also mentioned this during today’s meeting. While instructing the senior officers present during this meeting of the Water Engineering Department, Mr. Bangar said that soon a ward-level review of water supply planning will be conducted. In this context, the Assistant Engineers (Water Works) of each department should review the work done in their respective work areas and their work areas and give a presentation about it during the review meeting. Road development and other works are being carried out on a large scale by the Municipal Corporation and other authorities in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. Due to these works, water supply channels have had to be shifted to other places in some places, while in some places the water channels may be damaged. This may cause temporary disruption in the water supply of the concerned area. If such a situation arises, the water channels in the area should be repaired immediately or new water channels should be laid as per the requirement. While carrying out all these tasks, the various sub-divisions of the Water Engineering Department as well as the Municipal Corporation and various departments of the Municipal Corporation should be closely coordinated.

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Mumbai Shivaji Nagar Two hammock raids: Case registered against fake doctor

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Mumbai: The Mumbai Crime Branch unit has registered a case against two doctors in Mumbai while taking action against the scam doctors. During a joint operation by M Ward and police, during a raid in the Shivaji Nagar area, Rajiv Kapil Dev, 34, and Kabir Nath Gomti Yadav, 56, were arrested for being fake doctors. Both of them did not have any medical certificate nor were they graduated from any medical institution. They did not have any credentials related to treatment and treatment. They were providing treatment illegally, which was a threat to public life. A case has been registered against them in the Shivaji Nagar police for running a clinic illegally, endangering the lives of people, and cheating. This operation was carried out by the Mumbai Crime Branch on the instructions of Police Commissioner Devin Bharti and the operation was carried out under the guidance of DCP Vishal Thakur. These doctors did not have any educational qualifications and were found providing illegal treatment. The police raided their clinic and registered a case against them.

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50 gangsters arrested in Mumbai suburbs, police action against several gangsters in Zone 7, including Ghatkopar.

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Mumbai: Police has started strict action against gangsters and miscreants, hence now the gangsters involved in crimes are not doing well. The police has started action against gangsters who are creating terror in the area and committing crimes. Accordingly, taking action against dangerous gangsters, about 50 gangsters have been expelled from the city in Zone 7 of Mumbai Police. These fifty goons are prohibited from entering the city during the citywide curfew in Navi Mumbai, Mumbai, police station limits. Mumbai Police has appealed that if anyone wants to file a complaint against these goons, they can do so at the police station and action will be taken against them. This action has been taken on the basis of the 2026 report of DCP Hemraj Rajput of Mumbai Zone 7. This action has been taken on the instructions of Mumbai Police Commissioner Devin Bharti, in which fifty goons from Ghatkopar, Pantnagar, Vikhroli, Bhandup, Kanjurmarg, Malind and Nowghar have been included. All these goons are facing serious crimes and other charges including creating terror in the area. Mumbai Police has taken action against such goons to maintain law and order in Mumbai and provide security to the citizens. In Ghatkopar police station, Suraj alias Kancha Dalvi, Jitesh Ram Khernar, Jaffer Barkat Ali Vantrao, 10 accused and goons have been deported from Ghatkopar, 8 from Pant Nagar, 4 from Vikhroli, 2 from Park Site, 8 from Bhandup, 3 from Kanjurmarg, 10 from Malind and 6 accused and goons have been deported from the city.

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