Infratech owner Kisan Dhavji Rathod and 12 others have been booked by Bharati Vidyapeeth police in a cheating case over flats and open plots offered at low prices in a ‘Katraj Valley’ housing project; police say 51 people allegedly lost ₹89,07,000.
A major fire broke out at an old wada opposite a church in the Guruwar Peth area of Pune, and fire tenders from the Pune Fire Brigade were sent to the spot to bring the flames under control.
Pune residents were allegedly cheated of lakhs in digital arrest threats, fake challans and crypto investment scams, among them a 75-year-old woman from Karvenagar who was allegedly cheated of ₹32 lakh.
On Monday night, a car allegedly driven on the wrong side of the road and at high speed rammed a two-wheeler on Shinde Bridge in Shivane, near the Warje-Kothrud belt.