SENSATION prevailed in Kuhi and Dighori areas after Raju Bhaurao Dhengre, General Secretary of BJP’s Umrer Taluka Unit and former Sarpanch of Surgaon Gram Panchayat was brutally done to death at his ‘dhaba’ in Pachgaon on Nagpur-Umred Road in the wee hours of Saturday. He was an elected member of Surgaon Grampanchayat in the elections held recently. A resident of Dighori, Dhengre (48) was killed when he was sleeping on a cot at his ‘dhaba’ around 3.30 am. The killers smashed his head with a wooden post and also strangled him with a piece of cloth. After killing him, they took his car and fled the spot. While fleeing, the car met with an accident near the Naag river bridge at Vihirgaon. The killers abandoned the vehicle and ran away. The news about Dhengre’s murder spread like wildfire in the Kuhi and Umrer areas.

 

Kuhi Police rushed to the spot soon after receiving information about the sensational murder. Officers and men from the Local Crime Branch of Nagpur (Rural) Police also reached the spot. Superintendent of Police (Rural) Harssh Poddar visited Dhengre’s ‘dhaba’ to supervise investigation. Prima facie, Nagpur (Rural) Police said, two dhaba workers were involved in the murder. Dhengre had a tiff with the two suspects -- Aadi alias Aditya (25) and Chhotu alias Mandla (45) -- over giving them a hike in their salaries, they added. Police said that two ‘dhaba’ workers wanted to visit their native places in Madhya Pradesh for Diwali. As Dhengre was allegedly reluctant to give them some ‘bonus’ and advance, an argument broke out between them, added the police.

 

Police also said, the two workers decided to teach Dhengre a lesson. When Dhengre was in deep slumber at his ‘dhaba’, they smashed his head with a wooden post killing him on the spot, they added. Kuhi Police registered a case muder under Sections 302 and 34 of Indian Penal Code and launched a manhunt for the culprits. State BJP President Chandrashekhar Bawankule met senior officials of Nagpur (Rural) Police and urged them to bring the culprits to book at the earliest. Dhengre is survived by his wife, a son, a daughter and a host of relatives, friends and party workers to mourn the loss.