Police arrest youth for possessing sharp kukri Cemetery and park for pets soon: G Srikanth

The Jawaharnagar police arrested a youth found in possession of a sharp Kukri with alleged intentions to commit a crime in the Jawahar Colony area on Saturday night.

According to the police, they received information on Saturday night regarding a youth possessing a weapon and planning a crime in the Jawahar Colony area.

In response, the police team conducted a search in the Hedgewar Hospital area.

They located a suspicious youth standing near the hospital wall with his motorcycle.

Upon instructing him to approach, the youth attempted to escape on his motorcycle. The police pursued and apprehended him. A subsequent search of the motorcycle revealed a fifteen-inch-long and two-inch-wide sharp weapon, identified as a Kukri, concealed in a wooden cover and wrapped in a green cloth. The police are investigating the youth's suspected criminal intentions in connection with the weapon.

Municipal Commissioner and Administrator of the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Municipal Corporation (CSMC) G Srikanth announced that a cemetery and a park for pet animals will be established in the city soon.

He made this announcement during the inauguration of the special Rabies drive organised jointly by the Mission Rabies Organisation of India, CSMC, and the Animal Husbandry Department, Government of Maharashtra, on Monday.

Present at the event were Additional

Municipal Commissioner Ranjeet Patil, Deputy Commissioner Nanda Gaikwad, regional Animal Husbandry Joint Commissioner Dr Sanjay Gaikwad, Deputy Commissioner Dr Pradeep Zod, Assistant Commissioner Dr Ratnakar Pedgaonkar, Chief Garden Superintendent Vijay Patil, Veterinary Officer Dr Shaikh Shahed, Executive Engineer Amol Kulkarni, MB Qazi, Anant Jadhav, Raosaheb Jawale, students, and residents.

Srikanth further stated that there had been no deaths due to dog bites or related diseases in the past three years.