Compared to the incident in Kothrud, where a huge crowd had gathered and there was some chaos as the Gaur kept on moving, the coordination and initial response of government agencies seemed streamlined on Tuesday. However, a significantly large crowd of onlookers did gather at the spot, especially on the bridge above the stream on the bypass road. Police and forest officials had to keep dispersing the crowd throughout the day. The situation coincidently arose just a day after a workshop was held for staff of Pune forest division, on the topic of ‘man animal conflict in urban setting’, in the wake of the Kothrud incident.
After multiple Gaur sightings within weeks, govt to study why animals moved to forest close to Pune
Subsequently, nets and barricades were put up by Forest department staff at the points from where the Gaur could move towards the highway bypass road or into the city area. Updated: December 24, 2020 1:14:49 am
A gaur spotted in Pune recently. (Express Photo: Arul Horizon)
Following the second incident of a Gaur being spotted in Pune urban limits, Forest department officials said they will undertake a study to understand the habitat and paths of Gaurs in the forests adjoining city limits, and will also hold a meeting with city police officials for a coordinated response in such man-animal conflict situations.
Pune: Gaur sightings not uncommon, the animal is not dangerous, say Sutarwadi residents
Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Wildlife), Sunil Limaye, said, We have spoken to the local residents, and they said that they have seen Gaurs in the past too, which means that there is a habitat of Gaur in the forest behind the HEMRL-Sutarwadi area. December 22, 2020 11:28:40 pm
This is the second time in two weeks the gaur is sighted and the officials errected a mesh fencing to stop gaur coming out to the road. (Express photo by Arul Horizon)
While the sightings of Gaurs in Pune may be making headlines, the residents of Sutarwadi area on the outskirts of the city, where the animal was spotted on Tuesday, say that spotting Gaurs in their area is not uncommon.
Explained: Who is Hasan Ali Khan, the Pune-based businessman facing money laundering cases?
Before the Income Tax raids across his properties 13 years ago, 65-year-old Khan was hardly known outside his business circles. Written by Sushant Kulkarni , Edited by Explained Desk | Pune | Updated: December 22, 2020 9:15:20 am
Khan was arrested in March 2011 under the provisions of PMLA.
Pune-based businessman Hasan Ali Khan, who is facing cases of money laundering, was
questioned for three days last week by officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) at his residence in the city. Having hit the national headlines in 2007, he was alleged to have owed more than Rs 34,000 crore to the government in tax dues. The Income Tax department had assessed his income during the six-year period between 2001 and 2007 to over Rs 1.1 lakh crore.
Khan, now 65, had made national headlines in 2007 when news broke that he owed more than Rs 34,000 crore to the government in tax dues. The Income Tax department had assessed his income during the six-year period between 2001 and 2007 to over Rs 1.1 lakh crore, and tax liability of approximately Rs 34,000 crore. He has been accused of parking huge sums from this money in Swiss banks, using the hawala route.
Along with two cases under PMLA being probed by the ED, he is also facing a case by the Central Bureau of Investigation, wherein he has been named as a suspect, along with some government officials, for criminal conspiracy and corruption.