COPS RECOVER CHARRED BODY OF WOMAN
The Kasa police pressed into action after a charred body of an unidentified woman was found at a secluded place in Avandhani of Thane rural on Monday. It has registered a case of murder and is interrogating locals.
According to an official from Kasa police station, their control room received a phone call at around 10 am from someone in the neighbourhood, informing them about the dead body.
It was spotted lying at a secluded spot near Susri River in Gaonthanpada. Officials from the Kasa police rushed to the spot and sent the body for autopsy after conducting the panchnama. The autopsy report stated that she had suffered 100 per cent burns.
“The woman was somewhere around 25 years of age.
Her body is so badly burnt that it is almost impossible to ascertain her identity. We are working in tandem with other police stations to see if any woman went missing in Thane rural recently. We are also in touch with police stations in the district,” said unit head assistant inspector, Bharat Choudhary of Kasa police station.
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PWD engineers held for accepting bribe
Age correspondent
Nashik, April 30
An executive engineer of the public works department (PWD) has been arrested along with a branch engineer for accepting bribes, while cash, jewellery and property documents worth crores of rupees were recovered in a raid conducted at his house on Tuesday. Sources in the anti-corruption bureau said, “Satish Madhukarrao Chiklikar is a class-I executive engineer in the north division. The complainant is a PWD contractor and was requesting for his bills that amount to `3,86,916. Chiklikar demanded bribe at the rate of six per cent, which came up to `22,000.” Chiklikar accepted the bribe through Jagdish Magan Wagh, branch engineer in Trimbakeshwar sub-division, added the source. The ACB, after arresting the duo, raided Chiklikar’s official bungalow and recovered `2.96 crore in cash. The officials also recovered gold and other jewellery in large amounts. The ACB also raided the house of branch engineer Wagh, and recovered `35,000 in cash, 11 tolas of gold and property documents worth crores.The raids were conducted by ACB SP Dr Sashikant Mahavarkar along with deputy SP Shaligram Patil and other officers.
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