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This is an archive article published on July 30, 1998

Cooper Coroner held for assaulting wife

MUMBAI, July 29: The Cooper Coroner Court Judge, Chandrakant Kamble, was arrested at Pune yesterday for assaulting his wife. He was later...

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MUMBAI, July 29: The Cooper Coroner Court Judge, Chandrakant Kamble, was arrested at Pune yesterday for assaulting his wife. He was later released on bail.

His wife, Chhaya, a resident of Pune, had filed a complaint with the Khadki police accusing Kamble and his three brothers of beating her up on July 18. She had alleged that her brother-in-law Ankush Gaikwad too was roughed up by them. While Kamble8217;s brothers 8211; Sunil, Anil and Ganesh 8211; were arrested on July 19 and have since been remanded to magisterial custody, Kamble turned himself in at the Khadki police station even before an arrest warrant could be issued against him on Tuesday, Assistant Commissioner of Police V P Munde said.

In her complaint Chhaya has alleged that she was beaten up by her husband once earlier also and that their relationship since then has been strained. On the other hand, magistrate8217;s brother, Sunil, too has lodged a complaint that he and his brothers Chandrakant and Ganesh were assaulted by Ankush Gaikwad and two others onthe evening of July 18. Gaikwad and his alleged accomplices are currently out on bail.

This is not the first time Kamble has been in news. His office was ransacked by Shiv Sena and BJP corporators last year when he failed to treat them with the 8220;respect due to them.8221; He made headlines again when he hauled Jaya Bachchan, vice-chairman of AB Corp formerly Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited to his court in connection with the suicide of a company employee. In the high-profile case of actor Divya Bharati8217;s death, he had ruled that it was a suicide not a murder.

When Express Newsline tried to contact the judge today, it was learnt that he was still in Pune.

 

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