17 August,2023 06:02 PM IST | Nagpur | mid-day online correspondent
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The body of a man was found at the site of demolition of unused ammunition carried out by a team of the Central Ammunition Depot (CAD) in Pulgaon in Wardha, Maharashtra on Thursday, an official said, according to the PTI.
The demolition of unused ammunition was carried out at the Sonegaon demolition ground in Pulgaon and the body of civilian Yogesh Kishore was found when the site was being cleared post the drill, a defence press release said, reported the PTI.
The demolition drill was held in coordination with the civil administration and the police, it added, as per the PTI.
The local police has been intimated and all help is being given to it as well as kin of the deceased in the matter, the release informed.
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Meanwhile, in an another incident, the police in Maharashtra's Thane district have registered a case after the body of a newborn baby was found in the bushes on Wednesday afternoon, an official said on Thursday.
Passersby called the police after they spotted the body of the male child in the bushes opposite the Panchayat Samiti office on the road leading to the state-run Bai Rukminibai Hospital in Kalyan, the official said.
The Mahatma Phule Chowk police have registered a case under Section 318 (concealment of birth by secret disposal of body) of the Indian Penal Code and a probe is underway, the official added.
Earlier this week, the body of a 23-year-old woman has been found in a river in Maharashtra's Palghar district, two days after she went missing, police said on Tuesday.
The woman, identified as Pooja Dubey, went missing from Nalasopara area on August 11 following which her father lodged a complaint with Tulinj police, an official from Boisar police station said.
The complaint stated the woman went to take classes at a coaching centre in the afternoon, but did not return home, he said.
On August 13, some villagers while fishing spotted the body floating in the Vaitarna river and alerted the police, he said.
The police sent the body for postmortem and registered a case of accidental death, the official said.
A probe was on into the case, he added.
(with PTI inputs)
