Akola
Another shocking murder incident has come to light in the city due to a drunk dispute. A person named Prakash Joseph was crushed to death in Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar police station area of the old city. This is the second murder in a dispute related to alcohol within just two days, causing an atmosphere of anxiety in the city. According to the information received, both Prakash Pappu Joseph and Pawan Vilas More friends lived in the same area and often drunk alcohol together. Light often abused the wind after drinking alcohol. On the night of the incident, Prakash created a ruckus near Pawan’s house drunk and started abusing him again. Fed up with this repeated harassment, Pawan lost his temper.
In this quarrel, Pawan picked up a big stone lying near and hit Prakash’s head. Prakash died on the spot due to serious injury. When the citizens saw the dead body at six in the morning, they immediately informed the police. As soon as the information was received, Police Inspector Nitin Labor reached the spot with his team. Pawan More, who was preparing to escape after the incident, was immediately arrested by the police. The action was taken under the guidance of Superintendent of Police Archit Chandak, Additional Superintendent Abhay Dongre and Sub Divisional Officer Satish Kulkarni. Other officials including Sub -Inspector Ravindra Karankar led by Inspector Nitin Laberkar participated actively in this action.
Akola city is seeing an increase in crimes due to illicit liquor. After this incident, the demand for strict action on illegal liquor sales and drunk disputes has started gaining momentum. The police have started further investigation based on CCTV footage and statements of eyewitnesses. The family members of the deceased and the accused have also been informed about the incident.
