In the first incident, three youths died after a vehicle hit their motorcycle near Kalkuhi-Mendhepathar junction. They were returning to Kondhali after visiting a goddess temple in Katol during Navratri. The deceased have been identified as Deepanshu Damodar Chafle (25), Roshan Maroti Chafle (29), both residents of Kondhali, and Lokesh Jagdish Barange (27), a resident of Manikwada. Deepanshu and Roshan were cousins. All three worked together at a solar company. After finishing work on Saturday, they rode to Katol on a motorcycle (MH-31/BW-3404) to seek the goddess’s blessings. While returning to Kondhali, their motorcycle was hit by a vehicle near the junction. The impact was so severe that all three died on the spot. On getting information, Police rushed to the spot and took necessary action.Though Deepanshu’s native place was Kondhali, his mother lives in Karanja. He often stayed there but was living in Kondhali for work. Lokesh, too, had rented a room in Kondhali for his job, said police. Deaths of three young men have plunged Kondhali and Karanja into mourning. The tragedy has left Chafle and Barange families devastated. 

 

 

 Two workers died in separate accidents at construction sites in Nagpur on Sunday. One fell while working on lift shuttering on the second floor, while the other slipped during electrical fitting work on the third floor of a building. In the first incident, Sanjeev Kartik Chakrabarti (26), a native of West Bengal, was working at the Nima Nadin building, Wing I, opposite Rajwada Palace under Ganeshpeth police station limits. Around 5 pm on October 18, he was working on lift shuttering on the second floor when he lost his balance and fell to the ground. He suffered a serious head injury. His co-workers rushed him to Government Medical College and Hospital, where doctors declared him dead. In the second incident, Kunal Rajendra Masne (30), a resident of Gangabagh in Pardi, was working on electrical fittings on the third floor of an under-construction building near Annapurna Grocery Store, Plot No. 190. Around 11.30 am on Sunday, he slipped and fell to the ground. He sustained a severe head injury. His co-workers took him to Bhavani Hospital in Pardi, where doctors declared him dead. Ganeshpeth and Pardi police have registered accidental death cases in the respective incidents. Further investigations are underway.

 

 

A 62-year-old man died after a speeding four-wheeler hit him while he was waiting to cross the road near Vanjari Bhavan bus stop in New Koradi on Sunday evening. The driver fled without stopping to help him. The deceased, Prabhakar Sonu Bhoite, was a resident of Betawat Budruk in Jalgaon district. He was staying at his daughter’s house near Kings Hotel in Mahadula. The accident took place around 7 pm on Sunday. Bhoite had gone to Koradi Devi Temple for worship. While he was waiting to cross the road, a four-wheeler travelling from Saoner towards Nagpur hit him. He suffered serious injuries. Passers-by took him to the District Hospital in Mankapur. Doctors later referred him to the Trauma Centre at Government Medical College and Hospital. However, he died during treatment at 12.30 am on Monday. Based on a complaint lodged by his daughter, Dipali Rushikesh Mohite, Koradi police registered a case against the unidentified driver under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Motor Vehicles Act.