Denied Diwali bonus, dhaba staff strangle neta-owner | Nagpur Information

NAGPUR: A dhaba proprietor was allegedly strangled, stabbed and bludgeoned to dying by two of his staff on the eatery close to Kuhi phata in Nagpur rural police space within the wee hours of Saturday. The sufferer, Raju Dhengre, had refused to fulfill the employees’ demand for a Diwali bonus, which led to the homicide, mentioned sources. The alleged assailants are at massive.
Dhengre was a former sarpanch (village headman) of Surgaon village in Kuhi taluka and had received the current gram panchayat polls.SP Harssh A Poddar mentioned prima facie the homicide appears to have occurred over financial challenge however “political rivalry angle can also be being explored”. “The case is being investigated from totally different angles,” mentioned the SP.
The assailants, recognized as Chhotu and Adi, hail from Mandla in Madhya Pradesh. As per the police, Dhengre had employed the duo via a labour contractor close to Madhya Pradesh state bus cease within the metropolis round a month in the past.
Sources mentioned Dhengre loved good popularity and was not caught in any main controversy. His household holds robust affect over the village. A politically linked particular person, Dhengre was backed by the BJP, they mentioned, and added that although he had received, his political clout had taken a success as his rival camp had a very good run within the current GP election.
Chhotu and Adi had fled with Dhengre’s automotive after the homicide however rammed it into the divider on Nagpur-Umred highway close to Vihirgaon. Each have been injured after the automotive, which was travelling from Pachgaon to Nagpur, turned turtle.
The accident has been caught in a CCTV footage which reveals the 2 assailants popping out of the automotive and fleeing in the direction of Dighori naka. They took an e-rickshaw from Dighori however their motion couldn’t be traced thereon.
Police mentioned Dhengre had an altercation with Adi and Chhotu whereas having dinner collectively. The duo was demanding cash and bonus for Diwali. Dhengre was keen to pay them however at a later date.
Later, Dhengre went and slept on a cot. Adi and Chhotu strangled him with a rope earlier than smashing his head with a tough object and slashed his face with a pointy weapon. The 2 left a immobile Dhengre on the cot, coated the physique with a quilt and drove away together with his automotive. One other employee who was witness to the homicide fled to the kitchen fearing for his life.
Dhengre’s daughter tried calling him repeatedly however when there was no response she known as up a pan kiosk proprietor within the dhaba’s neighborhood. The pan kiosk proprietor went to the dhaba the place he found Raju Dhengre’s physique on the cot and raised an alarm.

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