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Robbers fleeing with silver worth Rs.18 lakh fall into police custody after hitting pothole near check-post in Vasai
DITCHED: These robbers, like everybody else, failed to make it past a pothole-ridden road and got caught.
By Suresh Golani
W
hile everyone has been complaining about potholes, a huge one located on a pockmarked road in Vasai proved to be a blessing in disguise for
the police. The driver of an SUV in which a gang of miscreants were trying to flee after committing a theft, lost control over the vehicle after hitting a huge pothole close to a police check-post in the Wakanpada area of Valiv vil-
lage, leading to their arrest. According to the police, the night patrol team stationed at the check-post spotted an over over-speeding Tavera jeep which lost control after Continued on pg 8 «
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By Vishnudas Sheshrao
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inally, after five days of coaxing, Mumbai’s celebrated bachelor, Shiva, the one-horned Indian rhino of the Byculla zoo, was in a lorry Continued on pg 8 «
SSC countdown see pg 12 BON VOYAGE: After spending three decades in the Byculla Zoo, 34-yearold Shiva has left for Delhi in search of a mate.