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Pune trio goes on a ‘long drive’ – a record 21,000 km through borders of India

Creating a new record, a Pune couple and their friend – all software engineers-cum-adventure lovers – went on a ‘long drive’ in an SUV, covering a whopping 21,000 km in 70 days across the entire boundary of India, from east to west, north to south.
They are — Jaykumar Anadkat, his wife Pooja Padiya-Anadkat, both from Gujarat, and their friend Sonesh Mehra from Rajasthan, who are the co-founders of the adventure club, ‘PlacesAroundPune’.
“We have done many activities like hiking, trekking, cycling, mountaineering, scuba-diving etc., but this time we wanted to do something unique and fulfilling. So we charted out this trip — “#MapMyCountry” — in our Tata Safari SUV, and we hope to make it to the record books,” said Jaykumar, after the trio returned home late on Monday.
The trio, all aged 35, embarked on their journey on February 27 from Magarpatta and returned to the same location on May 8, zooming through 26 states, several Union Territories, 52 major cities and over 250 important travel destinations along the boundary and borders of India.
“We went around the country’s periphery, all the border states and drew the India map through the car route, starting in a clockwise direction from Maharashtra,” said Mehra.
From Maharashtra, they went to Gujarat (Dwarka and Koteshwar temples in the extreme western parts of India), Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, the Northeastern states like Kaho in Arunachal Pradesh, the first village of India in the east, and Danushkodi Rameshwar and Kanyakumari as the southernmost tip.
“We touched six international borders — Pakistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. We learnt a lot about the different people of India, their cultures and lifestyles, the weather systems, the abundant beauty of different parts of the country. It was a very enriching drive indeed,” said Pooja.
The ultra-long drive took them from 45-degree Celsius in Rajasthan deserts to the -5-degree Celsius in snowy Kashmir, braving hailstorms in Himachal Pradesh and Nagaland, torrential rains in Assam, and the humid weather in the southern states. Though they carried suitable clothes, many a times they had to hunt for more locally in order to survive.
The trio recalls speeding through some of the wildest and densest forests akin to a jungle safari, off-roading, dusty dry desert sands, boat-rides in mangrove forests, traversing snowy mountains roads, or gingerly driving through bamboo bridges, over deep valleys and turbulent rivers in different parts of India, soaking in the first sunrise in the east and the colourful sunsets in the west and southern beaches.
They also joined some tribal and traditional cultural festivals, wearing local costumes, singing, dancing or prancing to their tunes, and gulping cuisines ranging from the weirdest to delicacies, cooking for themselves on roadside fires, or just gobbling some fruits when nothing was available or dhabas were shut.
There are literally miles of many memories, including some a bit spooky, that the trio returned with — like one excited gentleman from Punjab, Ripu Daman, who contacted them through Facebook and happily hosted them with his family for a night.
In Nagaland, they met a 95-year-old member of a tribe of erstwhile ‘headhunters’, who still proudly wears a garland with a few heads on it that he claimed to have acquired many decades ago!
Today, Jaykumar, Pooja and Sonesh are extremely thrilled on completing their ‘long drive’ without any untoward incident, something they will cherish for long.
Maharashtra
Two arrested, three dead in Dahisar bloody clash

Mumbai: Three people died in a bloody clash in Mumbai’s Dahisar MSP Ganpat Patil Nagar. Due to an old enmity, a bloody clash took place between the Gupta and Sheikh families last night in which 4 people were seriously injured and three died. In this case, the police have claimed to have arrested two people on charges of murder. Last night at 4:30 pm, the Gupta family of the Sheikh family attacked them with a sharp knife at their coconut stall. Due to this attack, Ram Lal Gupta senior and Arvind Gupta succumbed to their injuries and died on the spot. This bloody incident created a sensation in the area while Haroon Sheikh of the Sheikh family also died. After this clash, a case of cross murder has been registered against both the families. In this case, two people from both the families were also injured. In this case, a minor from the Sheikh family has been arrested and presented in the children’s home.
DCP Anand Bhuite said that this matter was about an old grudge and there was a clash between the two families in 2022 and a case has also been registered in this matter. He said that a total of three people have died in this matter. The police have registered a case in this matter and further investigation is underway. He said that after the murder, additional arrangements have been deployed to maintain law and order in the area. He said that a member of the Gupta family has also been arrested and the police are investigating this matter. The DCP said that a member of the Sheikh family was also killed in 2022. Communal elements had started trying on social media to give this murder a Hindu-Muslim color, but the police have made it clear in the investigation that this is an outgrowth of an old grudge and there was no personal enmity in it. The DCP said that after this murder, there is definitely tension in the area, but law and order is maintained and the police have also increased patrols. In addition, arrangements have also been deployed.
Maharashtra
Wanted accused in attempted murder of VB Nagar, Kurla, arrested from Jangal police station

Mumbai: Mumbai’s Kurla Vinoba bhave Nagar police station has claimed to have arrested two criminal goons from a forest in a police station adjoining Mumbai. On May 13, at 11:30 pm, the complainant was returning home after giving money to a rickshaw puller when criminal goons Dutta Mangesh Patil called as Sheru and Mahesh Krishna Maharana called as Panda pushed and abused the complainant on the way. When his brother-in-law and father tried to end the dispute, Sheru slapped the brother-in-law and Panda attempted to murder the complainant’s father by attacking him. In this case, the police have registered a case under various sections including attempt to murder.
In this case, two teams were formed on the instructions of DCP Ganesh Gawde of Zone 5 and a search was started for the two absconding accused. The team was informed that the two accused were in the forest of the police station. Here, the police arrested the accused Dutta Mangesh Patil alias Sheru, 30, and Manish Sanatan Sahu called as Chintu, 24. Several cases have also been registered against these accused. This operation was carried out under the leadership of Mumbai Police Commissioner Deven Bharti, Joint Police Commissioner Satyanarayan Chaudhary and DCP Ganesh Gawde. Senior Inspector Ravinder Sirsagar said that several cases have been registered against the accused. The police have arrested them after searching for the absconding accused. These two accused had also tried to create terror in the area.
Maharashtra
Mumbai Police crackdown on drug peddler gang, arrests drug peddlers from Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, drugs worth over Rs 13 crore seized

Mumbai: The Anti-Narcotics Cell and Anti-Terrorism Squad (ANTS) of the Mumbai RCF police station conducted a joint operation and arrested a drug peddler from RCF. During his search, the police recovered 45 grams of MD from his possession. The RCF police arrested him and registered a case under the NDPS Act against him. After that, the Mumbai police investigated and the drug peddlers were exposed. The police arrested five accused from Navi Mumbai and Mumbai and seized 6 kg of MD from their possession, the total value of which is said to be Rs 13.37 crore. This was a big drug racket that the police exposed and now the accused are being interrogated to find out how many more people they were in contact with and from where the drugs are brought to Mumbai. This operation was carried out on the instructions of Mumbai Police Commissioner Devin Bharti, Joint Police Commissioner Satyanarayan Chaudhary and DCP Nunath Dhole. Mumbai Police has intensified its operation against drug peddlers.
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