Nine booked in Gadchandur after Diwali firecracker row; rehabilitation panel head's family assaulted

A quarrel over bursting firecrackers on Diwali night at Gadegaon, under Gadchandur police station limits in Chandrapur district, has led to a case against nine people. It is alleged that a group badly beat up the president of the village rehabilitation committee and his family. Gadchandur police registered the case under various sections. The case was registered late on the night of November 9, 2026, and in the early hours.

The complainant, Bharat Baban Chaudhari, is 35 and lives in Gadegaon (Virur, Korpana tehsil, Chandrapur district). He has been president of the village rehabilitation committee for the past three months. He has been raising various problems of the village from time to time with the administration of Painganga Mines, Gadegaon. According to information, some villagers were unhappy with his role and with his position as committee president. Earlier, on September 28, 2026, he had a minor dispute over the same post with Dhanraj Rajurkar and Suresh Pachbhai.

On November 8, 2026, at about 10:15 pm, Bharat Chaudhari was at home with his father Baban Chaudhari, brother Arun Chaudhari and other family members. Near the Zilla Parishad school close to his house, the suspected accused Manish Awari, Santosh Pachbhai, Sumit Rajurkar and Naitik Rajurkar were bursting loud firecrackers. The noise was troubling the household, so Bharat Chaudhari asked them not to burst firecrackers near the house and to go elsewhere.

According to the complaint, Santosh Pachbhai and Manish Awari replied rudely. They said, "Are we bursting firecrackers in your house? Whatever anyone does, we will burst firecrackers right here", and began to argue. As the matter escalated, it is alleged that they picked a fight with Bharat Chaudhari, abused him and began hitting him with fists and hands.

Hearing the noise and the fight, Suresh Pachbhai, Dhanraj Rajurkar, Suraj Pachbhai, Anil Kale and Ganraj Rajurkar also arrived. The complaint says all of them together beat Bharat Chaudhari. His father Baban Chaudhari, brother Arun Chaudhari and wife, who came to break up the fight, were also beaten by the accused together with kicks and punches on the back, stomach and hands. It is also alleged that they were threatened that they would not be left alive now and would be killed.

Villagers present at the spot, Omprakash Rajurkar, Nitesh Nakshine, Mahesh Kannake, Shrikrishna Kannake, Satyawan Mutlakar and Sunil Nikhade, intervened and calmed the fight. Bharat Chaudhari's father, Baban Shankar Chaudhari, was hurt but not badly injured, so he declined to go for treatment.

On Bharat Chaudhari's oral complaint, a case has been registered at Gadchandur police station against Santosh Pachbhai, Manish Awari, Suresh Pachbhai, Dhanraj Rajurkar, Sumit Rajurkar, Suraj Pachbhai, Anil Kale, Naitik Rajurkar and Ganraj Rajurkar. All of them live in Gadegaon, Korpana tehsil. The case under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) concerns assault, abuse and criminal intimidation with threats to kill. Police constable Siddharth Ranveer is conducting further investigation.