Sushant Kulkarni

1 week ago | indianexpress.com | Sushant Kulkarni

On July 3, 2024, an MBA graduate working for a multinational company recounted his “harrowing ordeal” to the Pune Rural police. Swapnil Ranpise, 26, claimed that his wife was found electrocuted and strangled with a rope in a story that had precise details, according to officers. One thing, however, stood out before the investigators: his disturbingly cold and emotionless demeanour. Ranpise, who also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, worked for a major food products firm in Shirur taluka.

2 weeks ago | indianexpress.com | Sushant Kulkarni

“I want you to remember. To rage. To demand better. Do not wait for the next crash to care,” wrote Kavita Gadgil, mother of the late Flight Lieutenant Abhijit Gadgil who died in a MiG-21 crash in 2001. Her unflinching, yet emotional note to fellow Indians comes in the wake of last week’s crash of an Indian Air Force (IAF) Jaguar fighter jet near Jamnagar in Gujarat. “Do not reduce these boys to photo ops and patriotic hashtags,” she added.

3 weeks ago | indianexpress.com | Sushant Kulkarni

Around 8 pm on April 16 last year, Meena Kumari made a video call to her husband Pankaj Kumar, 34, who worked as a construction supervisor. Kumar said he was at the market and promised to be home in 10 minutes. However, the woman sensed something was amiss as she saw a dark background behind her husband and also heard someone speaking to him. She waited for him till 10 pm as they usually had dinner together, but he never returned.

3 weeks ago | indianexpress.com | Sushant Kulkarni

With the onset of a harsher-than-usual summer, the sensitive issue of human-leopard conflict in the Junnar Forest region of Pune has triggered concern for the local villagers and forest officials. While the Forest Department says it is closely working with the local population, especially the most vulnerable groups of migrant farm labourers, there are some key questions that remain unanswered.

4 weeks ago | indianexpress.com | Sushant Kulkarni

THE PIMPRI Chinchwad police, who are investigating the case of the minibus fire in Hinjewadi IT hub which was started by its driver and killed four employees of a graphics printing company, have roped in specialised fire forensics and arson investigators to establish the evidence trail which would be crucial for the probe and prosecution. “As part of the probe, we are establishing a complete sequence of events accompanied by concrete forensic evidence.