Kolhapur: The cyber police station arrested two individuals in two separate incidents for allegedly uploading pornographic movies on social medial platforms. The duo are identified as Amol Kustas Desouza (35) of Gadhinglaj taluka and Vishal Dattatreya Atyalkar (31) of Vikramnagar. Desouza has been remanded to one-day police custody. In 2019, Desouza had uploaded a pornographic movie on a social media platform.
On the other hand, Atyalkar too was arrested for allegedly uploading pornographic movies involving children during the same period.
Development officer caught taking bribe
The anti-corruption bureau arrested a village development officer Raysing Gorji Walvi for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 5,500 for issuing the death certificate of a woman. Walvi was working as an officer at Talsande village in Hatakanangale taluka of Kolhapur district. He was arrested in the gram panchayat office while accepting the bribe. According to the complainant, he had asked for a death certificate of his deceased mother for domestic purposes when Walvi demanded a bribe for the same.
Laptop stolen from a car
Shahupuri police are looking for unidentified individuals, who allegedly stole a laptop and a projector from a car. Complainant Prakash Raut lodged a complaint saying that he had come to Kolhapur for official work and had parked his car on Tararanit chowk - Dabholkar corner stretch to purchase water bottle. As soon as he returned to his car, he found that his laptop, projector, passbook and office documents missing.
Biker killed
A 22-year old biker identified as Sushant Suresh Patil (22) died on the spot when his motorcycle collided head-on with an ST bus near Khindi-Vharwade road in Radhanagari taluka on Thursday. Nilesh Sambhaji Malvi (23), who was riding pillion, has also been injured seriously. They are residents of Gudal village and were going home from Kolhapur after work. Sushant Patil succumbed to injuries while taking to the hospital while Malvi is admitted to a private hospital and is said to be in critical condition.