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Police to move court seeking cancellation of gangster Bandu Andekar’s bail in 17 cases
News City News pune News Police to move court seeking cancellation of gangster Bandu Andekar’s bail in 17 cases Trending Pune: The Pune police have initiated the process to move the sessions court seeking cancellation of gangster Suryakant alias Bandu Andekar's bail in 17 criminal cases.
Sassoon hospital’s suspended doctor granted bail in Pune kidney transplant case
News City News pune News Sassoon hospital’s suspended doctor granted bail in Pune kidney transplant case Trending Pune: The court of judicial magistrate first class A A Pandey has granted bail to Dr Ajay Taware, the suspended head of Sassoon General Hospital's forensic science department, in the 2022 kidney transplant case at Ruby Hall Clinic.
Seerat Committee defers Eid-e-Milad procession to facilitate Ganapati visarjan
News City News pune News Seerat Committee defers Eid-e-Milad procession to facilitate Ganapati visarjan Trending Pune: The Seerat Committee, Pune, has once again decided to postpone the procession of Eid-e-Milad on Prophet Muhammad's birthday on Sept 5 to Sept 8 because of Ganapati visarjan.
Forensic audit shows Beed credit co-op duped 10k investors of 3,500cr: State CID
News City News pune News Forensic audit shows Beed credit co-op duped 10k investors of 3,500cr: State CID Trending Pune: State CID's additional director general of police Sunil Ramanand on Monday said a forensic audit had established that the Dnyanradha Multistate Co-operative Credit Society Limited (DMCSL) in Beed had duped close to 10,000 depositors from Beed, Jalna and Parbhani districts of Rs3,500 crore in an alleged multi-crore rupees economic fraud.The CID chief, based in Pune, told TOI...
Pune court rejects second bail plea of Swargate bus rape accused
News City News pune News Pune court rejects second bail plea of Swargate bus rape accused Trending Pune: A sessions court in the city on Aug 18 rejected the second bail application filed by Dattatray Gade (37), the accused in the Swargate bus rape case."There is no change in circumstances to grant bail to Gade. He is involved in a serious crime against a woman.
Two arrested for stealing sandalwood trees from NCL’s Pashan campus
News City News pune News Two arrested for stealing sandalwood trees from NCL’s Pashan campus Trending Pune: Alert security personnel nabbed two out of four men for chopping and stealing seven sandalwood trees worth Rs 46,000 from the premises of National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) in Pashan around 3.20am on Aug 29.The suspects, Babu Lokhande (56) and Suresh Patale (28), both residents of Kedgaon and Khutbav villages in Daund, suffered minor injuries after NCL's security men used force to...
HC Pune Action Committee to submit representation to CJI in 10 days
Pune: Bombay High Court, Pune Action Committee is expected to submit a representation to the chief justice of India (CJI) in 10 days specifying the reasons for setting up a circuit bench in the city, said its chairman, senior lawyer S K Jain, on Tuesday.The action committee was set up by the Pune Bar Association (PBA) in July this year.
Gang dupes six jewellers by pledging fake gold chains
News City News pune News Gang dupes six jewellers by pledging fake gold chains Trending Pune: A five-member gang duped six jewellers of Rs10.50 lakh by pledging fake gold chains under the pretext of them being genuine since February this year.
Khed court frames charges against 15 for blocking Pune-Nashik highway over bullock cart race ban
News City News pune News Khed court frames charges against 15 for blocking Pune-Nashik highway over bullock cart race ban Trending Pune: A magisterial court at Rajgurunagar in Khed on Aug 14 framed charges against 15 of the 31 accused who had blocked the Pune-Nashik highway in 2017 demanding that the ban on bullock cart race be lifted.
Additional video conferencing systems to be installed in state jails to expedite trial of undertrial prisoners
News City News pune News Additional video conferencing systems to be installed in state jails to expedite trial of undertrial prisoners Trending Pune: A total of 315 video conferencing systems (VCS) and 589 cubicles will be installed by the state prisons department to expedite the trial of undertrial prisoners languishing in 60 jails. Additional director general (prison) Suhas Warke told TOI on Saturday, "There are 478 existing VCS and 314 cubicles installed in state jails linked to courts.
SC grants bail to Laxmi Road shoe shopowner murder accused
News City News pune News SC grants bail to Laxmi Road shoe shopowner murder accused Trending Pune: The Supreme Court on August 13 granted bail to Anil Sapkal (52), one of the seven accused in the murder of Laxmi Road shoe shopowner.
Court clears Bishop Emeritus of charges under POCSO Act
News City News pune News Court clears Bishop Emeritus of charges under POCSO Act Trending Pune: A sessions court in the city discharged Bishop Emeritus Thomas Dabre (79) of Poona Diocese of charges of allegedly violating provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act by failing to disclose information about a sexual assault incident involving a 14-year-old boy at a school in 2018.Additional sessions judge Anirudhha Gandhi, in his order of August 8, noted, "The...
Regional manager of pvt firm click on fraudulent link, loses 1L
News City News pune News Regional manager of pvt firm click on fraudulent link, loses 1L Trending Pune: A regional manager (45) of a Bengaluru-based medicine company posted in Maharashtra was duped of Rs1 lakh after he clicked on a fraudulent link in a bid to seek police help after a minor accident recently.He registered a complaint with the Hadapsar police on Aug 12.Senior inspector Sanjay Mogle of Hadapsar police on Thuesday said, "the regional manager called ‘Dial 112'.
President’s police medal for Bhor SDPO and other Pune officers for meritorious service
News City News pune News President’s police medal for Bhor SDPO and other Pune officers for meritorious service Trending Pune: The central govt on the eve of the Independence Day announced the name of Pimpri Chinchwad police's former assistant commissioner of police Rajendrasingh Gour, currently posted with Pune rural police, as one of the recipients of the President's Police Medal.Other recipients of medals for meritorious service are Pune police's assistant sub-inspector Sanjay Kshirsat,...
5 duped of Rs2.3 crore in investment fraud by motor driving school owner
News City News pune News 5 duped of Rs2.3 crore in investment fraud by motor driving school owner Trending Pune: The economic offences wing (EOW) of Pune police is investigating an electrical businessman's complaint that said he and four others had been duped of Rs2.31 crore since 2018 through investment schemes floated by a motor driving school owner.
State govt clears hiring of 2,765 police personnel to tackle shortage, curb crimes
News City News pune News State govt clears hiring of 2,765 police personnel to tackle shortage, curb crimes Trending Pune: As many as 2,765 personnel will be recruited in Pune city, Pimpri Chinchwad and Pune rural police, as well as the state prisons department, to address the manpower shortage and meet challenges related to crime and law and order issues.State cabinet, in its meeting held on Aug 12, sanctioned the recruitment of 15,631 personnel to fill vacant posts of bandsmen, constables,...
Residents force authorities to remove ‘illegal’ circle in NIBM Annexe area
News Residents force authorities to remove ‘illegal’ circle in NIBM Annexe area Pune: Residents of the NIBM Annexe area on Wednesday made the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) remove a huge traffic circle at the Raheja Vista chowk, in coordination with traffic police.Jaymala Dhankikar, a social worker and resident, said the circle measuring around 10.5 metres had been constructed with the help of bollards, which resulted in vehicles, especially four-wheelers, finding it very difficult to...
Catering businessman duped of Rs 3 lakh in admission fraud
Pune: A 51-year-old catering businessman registered a complaint with the Kondhwa police on Monday, stating that a fraudster duped him of Rs 2.80 lakh on the pretext of securing admission for his son in an engineering course at a city-based college since Aug 10, 2024. Assistant inspector Rakesh Jadhav said on Tuesday that the businessman from Kondhwa Budruk came across a cellphone number of the fraudster posing as an agent on a social media site.
Pune police register murder bid case after HC raps cop over refusal to lodge FIR
News Pune police register murder bid case after HC raps cop over refusal to lodge FIR Pune: The Pune police finally on Aug 6 registered an attempted murder and rioting case against four men and their two to three unknown aides after some scathing remarks from the Bombay high court on Aug 5 over the senior inspector of Khadak police station's refusal to register the case in a cross-complaint resulting from a road rage incident on April 26, 2025 at Guru Nanaknagar in Bhavani Peth."Our judicial...
Govt sets up 27 fast track special courts across Maharashtra to expedite child sexual assault trials
News Govt sets up 27 fast track special courts across Maharashtra to expedite child sexual assault trials Pune: State govt has established 27 fast track special courts in Maharashtra, including four in Pune district, to conduct time-bound trials and dispose of pending cases related to sexual assault and crimes under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, 2012.According to a notification issued by the law and judiciary department on Aug 1, three courts were set up at the...
Cops arrest two youths, detain four minors for vandalising shops and vehicles in Hadapsar
News City News pune News Cops arrest two youths, detain four minors for vandalising shops and vehicles in Hadapsar Trending Pune: The Hadapsar police on Thursday arrested two youths and detained four minor boys from Ahilyanagar on the charge of vandalising three shops and six vehicles at Sadesatranali and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Chowk late on Aug 4.Sub-inspector Hasan Mulani said the suspects vandalised a sweetmeat shop, a bakery, a chicken shop, five cars, and an autorickshaw.
HC rejects plea to shift Hadapsar garbage plant
Pune: The Bombay high court on Tuesday rejected a petition seeking relocation of the garbage processing unit from the Hadapsar industrial estate to an alternate site and directed Pune Municipal Corporation and Pune Cantonment Board to ensure scientific processing of solid waste.
Youth escapes police custody, arrested again
Pune: A youth (20), arrested on the charge of abducting a minor girl, escaped from the Solapur police custody at an eatery in Malimala near Loni Kalbhor under the pretext of using washroom around 8pm on Aug 4. The accused, however, was rearrested by the Loni Kalbhor police at Kunjirwadi around 4am on Aug 5 and later his custody was transferred to Solapur police.
Porsche case accused gets three days’ bail to attend father’s funeral
News Porsche case accused gets three days’ bail to attend father’s funeral Pune: The Bombay high court granted three days' bail with effect from Saturday to an aviation spare parts businessman, arrested in the Porsche Taycan car crash case, to attend the funeral of his father.The businessman's lawyer, Abid Mulani, told TOI: "As per the high court direction, the Yerawada Central Prison released my client on bail after we filed a bond of Rs25,000 with cash surety in the like amount before the...
16 held for clash in Yavat over social media post, 5 FIRs registered
News City News pune News 16 held for clash in Yavat over social media post, 5 FIRs registered Trending Pune: As many as 16 people, including the youth (20) who made the controversial social media post, were arrested on Saturday, a day after the clash between two groups on Friday at Sahakarnagar village in Yavat, about 45km from the city.The Pune Rural police registered a total of five FIRs related to arson, communal tension, rioting and unlawful assembly, among other charges, against over 140...
Pune lawyers react strongly to HC circuit bench starting in Kolhapur
News City News pune News Pune lawyers react strongly to HC circuit bench starting in Kolhapur Trending Pune: The Pune Bar Association (PBA) members, who have been waging a prolonged struggle to get a circuit bench of the Bombay high court in the city, have reacted strongly to the announcement of an HC bench starting in Kolhapur with effect from Aug 18.PBA president Hemant Zanzad told TOI: "We have been demanding an HC circuit bench in Pune much before the lawyers from Kolhapur made such a...
Interim bail plea of teen driver’s father rejected in Porsche crash case
News Interim bail plea of teen driver’s father rejected in Porsche crash case Pune: The court of special judge KP Kshirsagar on Wednesday rejected the interim bail plea filed by the father of the teenager driving the Porsche Taycan car involved in an accident killing two techies last year.The teen's father is a builder. He had pleaded before the court for interim bail lasting 21 days under provisions of section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.
Escape from police custody yet again at Sassoon
Pune: Twenty-two-year-old Jitendra alias Sanjay Londhe, a criminal on record, escaped from police custody at Sassoon General Hospital around 9.30am on Friday, sparking fresh concerns about the security protocols at the health hub.
State anti-narcotics task force begins operations from CID premises in Pashan
News City News pune News State anti-narcotics task force begins operations from CID premises in Pashan Trending Pune: A newly created anti-narcotics task force (ANTF) has started operating from the state CID premises in Pashan.This is part of the central govt's scheme to have such units across states.ANTF is headed by a special inspector general of police rank officer and reports to the CID while taking cognizance of all narcotics cases from Pune and Nagpur regions that are either monitored...
Agriculture firm director booked for posing as IAS officer
News City News pune News Agriculture firm director booked for posing as IAS officer Trending Pune: Hadapsar police have registered a case against the director of an agriculture firm for posing as an IAS officer attached to the state agriculture commissionerate in the city on social media.Senior Inspector Sanjay Mogle said on Thursday that the suspect is the director of Hadapsar-based agriculture firm, which exports agricultural produce to Gulf countries.The UAE govt had conferred on him an...
Man held for possessing 718 tablets of psychostimulant drug
News City News pune News Man held for possessing 718 tablets of psychostimulant drug Trending Pune: The Faraskhana police on Wednesday arrested a 47-year-old man on the charge of possessing 718 tablets of methamphetamine, a highly addictive psychostimulant drug.The accused, Nishan Habib Mandal, was arrested from Kenjale Chowk in Budhwar Peth area around 5 am."A police team led by assistant inspector Shital Jadhav, constable Gajanan Sonune, and others acted on specific information.
Porsche crash: Juvenile Justice Board rejects Pune police’s plea to try teenage driver as adult
News City News pune News Porsche crash: Juvenile Justice Board rejects Pune police’s plea to try teenage driver as adult Trending Pune: The Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) in the city on Tuesday rejected Pune police's application seeking the 17-year-old's trial as an adult in the Porsche Taycan car crash that claimed the lives of two techies on May 19 last year.The JJB relied on a Supreme Court ruling of Jan 9, 2020, while observing that the offence attributed to the minor in this instance...
Rahul Gandhi pleads not guilty before Pune court in defamation case
Pune: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday pleaded not guilty before a Pune special magisterial court in a criminal defamation case filed by Satyaki Savarkar, the grandnephew of Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha did not appear before the court via video conferencing mode.
SC grants bail to man despite murder co-accused absconding
News City News pune News SC grants bail to man despite murder co-accused absconding Trending Pune: The Supreme Court last month granted bail to Rohit Koli (35) from Ganeshnagar in Yerawada, arrested in connection with the murder of a money lender in Yerawada in 2019. The court ruled that an accused being held in Yerawada central jail cannot be denied bail if the co-accused was absconding.
Twist in Pune rape case: No forced entry, no use of spray, selfie with consent, says top cop; friend detained based on phone location
News City News pune News Twist in Pune rape case: No forced entry, no use of spray, selfie with consent, says top cop; friend detained based on phone location Trending Pune: City police commissioner Amitesh Kumar on Friday said investigation into the alleged rape of a 22-year-old data scientist by a "delivery agent" in a Kondhwa flat on Wednesday revealed that there was "no forced entry into the woman's flat, no chemical was sprayed to render her unconscious and the selfie on her cellphone...
Can’t compel Rahul Gandhi to produce book he cited in speech against Savarkar: Court
News City News pune News Can’t compel Rahul Gandhi to produce book he cited in speech against Savarkar: Court Trending Pune: A special magisterial court on Thursday rejected the plea filed by the great-grandnephew of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Satyaki, seeking a direction to the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, to supply a copy of the book he cited during his alleged defamatory speech in London in 2023 against the Hindutva ideologue.Satyaki is the complainant in the defamation...
Heavy vehicles can ply for 3 more hours at Gangadham Chowk after ban timing revision
News City News pune News Heavy vehicles can ply for 3 more hours at Gangadham Chowk after ban timing revision Trending Pune: Days after implementing a 6am to 11pm ban on the plying of heavy vehicles in the Gangadham area, the city traffic police on Monday night relaxed the duration of the ban by three hours.The timing of the ban on the 2km stretch from Lullanagar Chowk to Gangadham Chowk and a 1.6km stretch from Chandralok Hospital to Gangadham Chowk has now been revised from 8am to 10pm.
Court rejects bail plea of Swargate bus rape accused
News City News pune News Court rejects bail plea of Swargate bus rape accused Trending Pune: A sessions court in the city on Monday rejected the bail application of Swargate bus rape case accused Dattatray Gade. The incident was neither a case of "consensual sex", as claimed by the accused, nor a case of physical relation for money, the court held. "Under such a scenario, it appears that the accused forced the victim for physical relation.
Supplementary chargesheet filed against third accused in Bopdeo Ghat gang rape case
News City News pune News Supplementary chargesheet filed against third accused in Bopdeo Ghat gang rape case Trending Pune: The city crime branch on Tuesday evening filed a supplementary chargesheet before judicial magistrate first class Anil Kulkarni against Suraj alias Bapu Dashrath Gosavi (33), a casual worker and the third accused in the Bopdeo Ghat gang rape case.Gosavi was absconding for more than six months after the Oct 3, 2024, incident in which a 20-year-old event management student...
Eight killed, four injured as car crashes into stationary pickup van near Jejuri
News Eight killed, four injured as car crashes into stationary pickup van near Jejuri Pune: Eight people, including a woman, were killed and four others, including two children, were injured when a speeding car crashed into a stationary pickup van in front of an eatery near Kirloskar Company along the Jejuri-Morgaon Road around 6.45pm on Wednesday.Assistant inspector Deepak Waghchoure of the Jejuri police said, "Three of the deceased were travelling in the car, including Indapur resident...
18 FIRs filed against heavy vehicles for violating entry restrictions at 32 key intersections in Pune
News City News pune News 18 FIRs filed against heavy vehicles for violating entry restrictions at 32 key intersections in Pune Trending Pune: The Pune police have filed 18 FIRs against drivers and owners of heavy vehicles for violating entry restrictions at 32 key intersections.These restrictions were implemented to prevent accidents and traffic congestion.Additional commissioner of police (east region) Manoj Patil said on Saturday that the decision to file cases was primarily triggered bythe...
Pune police launch citizen app to report traffic issues
News City News pune News Pune police launch citizen app to report traffic issues Trending Pune: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar launched an application ‘Pune Police Traffic App' for residents to directly report complaints of traffic violations and road blockages using smartphones.Deputy chief minister was on Saturday reviewed the preparedness made by the district administration for Palkhi and Covid at the divisional commissioners' office.Additional commissioner of police (East Region) Manoj...
Court rejects plea to extend Taware’s police custody in kidney transplant case
News City News pune News Court rejects plea to extend Taware’s police custody in kidney transplant case Trending Pune: A court on Wednesday rejected the prosecution's plea to extend by seven days the police remand of Dr Ajay Taware, suspended head of Sassoon General Hospital's forensic science department, in connection with the kidney transplant case.
Need time to question Taware on 10 kidney transplants cleared by panel he headed: Cops to court
News Need time to question Taware on 10 kidney transplants cleared by panel he headed: Cops to court Pune: The prosecution on Monday told a magisterial court that police needed sufficient time to question Dr Ajay Taware, the suspended Sassoon General Hospital doctor, in custody in relation to the 10 kidney swap transplants that were cleared by regional authorisation committee for organ transplant in 2022 when he was heading it.
Lawyer, held guilty of abducting doctor & acquitted of murder, released on remission after 19 years in Yerawada jail
News City News pune News Lawyer, held guilty of abducting doctor & acquitted of murder, released on remission after 19 years in Yerawada jail Trending Pune: Leena Deosthale (65), who was serving a life sentence for the abduction of orthopaedic surgeon Dr Deepak Mahajan after being acquitted of murder, has walked out on remission after spending 19 years in Yerawada Central Prison. Deosthale's daughter, Deepti, who is undergoing life imprisonment in the case, has also applied for remission.
Chavan remanded in police custody till June 3 in Vaishnavi dowry death case
News City News pune News Chavan remanded in police custody till June 3 in Vaishnavi dowry death case Trending Pune: Nilesh Chavan (34), a business associate of Shashank Hagawane and co-accused in the Vaishnavi dowry death case, was on Saturday remanded in police custody till June 3.
IPS officer with Hagawane link transferred to Home Guards
News IPS officer with Hagawane link transferred to Home Guards Pune: The state home department on Friday transferred special inspector general of police (prisons) Jalindar Supekar as deputy commandant general of Home Guards in Mumbai in the wake of allegations that the IPS officer tried to shield the in-laws of alleged dowry death victim Vaishnavi Hagawane and played a role in securing gun licences for her husband, Shashank, brother-in-law, Sushil, and family friend, Nilesh Chavan.Chief...
Pune doctor in Porsche crash row held for role in 2022 bogus kidney transplant racket
News City News pune News Pune doctor in Porsche crash row held for role in 2022 bogus kidney transplant racket Trending Dr. Ajay Taware, already jailed in connection with a Porsche car crash blood sample swap, has been arrested in the 2022 Ruby Hall Clinic kidney transplant case. As head of the Regional Authorisation Committee (RAC), Taware is accused of misusing his position to approve a kidney swap transplant based on fraudulent documents.
Rahul Gandhi files criminal defamation case against Satyaki Savarkar
News Rahul Gandhi files criminal defamation case against Satyaki Savarkar Pune: Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday filed a criminal defamation case through his lawyer in a Pune special magistrate court against Satyaki Savarkar, grandnephew of Hindu ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.Gandhi accused Satyaki of allegedly providing false information to the court in a May 9 application to get the Congress leader's bail bond cancelled on the grounds of breach of its...
Five held for harbouring expelled NCP functionary & elder son get bail in Pune
News City News pune News Five held for harbouring expelled NCP functionary & elder son get bail in Pune Trending Pune: A magisterial court on Tuesday granted bail to five people, including the son of a former Karnataka minister, on charge of harbouring expelled NCP functionary Rajendra Hagawane and his elder son, Sushil.The two were on the run in connection with the alleged suicide of Vaishnavi, Hagawane's younger daughter-in-law, at their home in Bhukum on May 16.The court of judicial...
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