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Aft er oo OVER 20 CRIMINAL CASES AND 14 YEARS ON THE RUN
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Vakola Police nab notorious criminal who was on the run and never attended court hearing despite having over 20 cases including murder
tion, rape, attempt to murder, murder. Modus operandi of the accused was that he would target people only in the night as he operated a gang in the area along with his brother. The cops said that Ghondiye was involved in several more cases but most of the times people of the area never came forBy Zuber Ansari ward to complain against him. According to police officials, 40-year-old history-sheeter Ghondiye is a local criminal for the who has been on the run for last several years in the Gaon devi over 14 years has been ararea of Vakola. He committed his Rajesh Ramchandra Ghondiye rested by the Vakola police. first murder in 1999 after which he Being resident of Dombivli the was arrested by the Vakola police. accused had terrorized people of against him, the accused never After getting bailed out, he never Vakola area. The accused has over came to court for dates, even went for court hearings. After com20 cases registered against him at though the court had issued a war- ing out from jail, Ghondiye become Vakola police station. rant against him. more powerful and formed a gang The accused was arrested with ilThe accused, identified as Rajesh of his own. He looted people and legal firearms on Friday and will be Ramchandra Ghondiye, resident of extorted huge sums of money from produced in court on Saturday. Dombivli has a slew of cases against businessmen. A police official said Though he had several cases him which include assault, extor- the accused even has raped few
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women in the past but they never came forward to make any complaint against Ghondiye, due to fear. A few years back Ghondiye along with his two children, wife and mother shifted to Dombivali. However every week, he would come in the night and continue with his criminal activity. On Friday police officials got a tip off about Ghondiye, after which he was arrested. The cops also recovered illegal firearms from his house which was seized, with which he used to scare people. The accused will be produced in t court on Saturday. Senior Police Inspector from Vakola Police station Vilas Joshi said, ''Our detection staff has done a good job in arresting him, he was a well known criminal in the locality and terrorized the locals, API Marathe, constable Chipkar, Bhoite and other staff are responsible for his arrest.''
Astrologer predicted 2014 Assembly By Neel Shah
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he re-formation of the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance to serve the state of Maharashtra was a celebrated event. But 45-year-old Dr Tushar Savdavkar was the only person who was congratulated and thanked by both party chiefs – especially Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray. The reason: Savdavkar's prediction about BJP-Sena coming together in 2014 to form government has proved right. While speaking with the ADC, this well-known astrologer said, “Soon after deciding to join the BJP, Uddhav saheb called me and congratulated me about my prediction about the alliance and thanked me.” Later several big-shot politicians from the BJP called him and praised his prediction, added Savdavkar. Just before the 2014 Rajya Sabha elections in Maharashtra, Savdavkar had predicted that the BJP and Sena would win the highest number of seats in the state. He said they both would come together to form government in the state. This prediction, however, was not taken
Dr Tushar Savdavkar with Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray after alliance with the BJP.
seriously by most at that time. After the Rajya Sabha results in the state, the BJP forming minority government in the state and the whole drama over seat-sharing, there was no hope of the BJP and Shiv Sena coming together.
However, last Friday's development between both the parties once again portrayed Savdavkar as the the astrologer to reckon with. A-month-and-half before the results of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Savdavkar had predicted that
the BJP-led NDA would get 330 seats out of 543 and the party would cross the magic figure of 272 by itself and get 280 seats. This prediction had become a point of laughter at the BJP meetings in the capital, as the BJP itself had not expected to do so well. As a consequence to the BJP's unprecedented nation-wide victory in the Lok Sabha elections, Savdavkar had sleepless nights with his phones constantly ringing. He was plagued by literally hundreds of calls, from politicians and party workers, big and small, from as close as Mumbai to as far as Delhi. And all wanted to meet him to find out what he had to say about their chances in the upcoming government and also in the Assembly elections. Savdavkar, presently the wellknown astrologer in the state, is a simple person from Savdav village situated in Kankavli's area of Konkan in Maharashtra. He started learning astrology some 25 years ago and eventually got a doctorate. He is the author of many books on astrology. neel.shah@afternoondc.in
MODI FAVOURITE TO WIN ‘TIME’ POLL
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EW YORK: Prime Minister Narendra Modi appears favourite to win the 'Time Person of the Year' poll, leading the online voting with a comfortable margin ahead of Ferguson protesters as voting closed for the annual honour. Modi was the front runner with 16.2 per cent votes, followed by Ferguson protesters who got 9.2 per cent votes at the time the polls closed midnight on Saturday night. While Time magazine's editors will choose the 'Person of the Year', the winner of the readers' poll will be announced on Monday, December 8. The annual honour, bestowed by the magazine since 1927, goes to the person who "most influenced the news" during the year "for better or worse." In a separate "Face-off" poll, Modi has been pitted against Indonesia's new president Joko Widodo. In this poll also, Modi has maintained a significant lead and garnered 69 per cent votes as against Widodo's 31 per cent, reports PTI. At the third position was 18year-old student activist Joshua Wong, who has become the face of Hong Kong's prodemocracy protests. He had got seven per cent of the votes cast, followed by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai with 4.9 per cent votes. US President Barack Obama Continued on pg 6 «