NIRMAL, OCTOBER 21, 2026: A police head constable has reportedly been killed in a road accident in Bhainsa while on duty for the Dhamma Chakra Pravartan programme on Tuesday night.
The head constable identified as Gadapale Babu (HC 2228) associated with the Intelligence Department of the police. The Dhamma Chakra Pravartan programme marks the mass conversion to Buddhism led by Dr B R Ambedkar on October 14, 1956, and is observed every year around Dussehra.
The final rites of the head constable was conducted in his native Benbera village in Thanur mandal of Nirmal district on Wednesday. Nirmal SP Dr G Janaki Sharmila paid floral tributes to the mortal remains of the head constable and consoled the bereaved family members.
On this occasion, the SP expressed shock and grief over the death of the head constable. The police department expressed deep sorrow over the head constable’s death. Bhainsa ASP S Saikiran, Mudhole Inspector Ravinder Naik, Thannur SI Shaik Zubair Khan, district police officials’ Association President Dandekar Sai Kumar and others participated in the last rites.
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