Over 400 Maharashtra police officers came together to raise Rs 21 lakh in two days for a deceased batchmate’s family. Dnyanoba Kale was dismissed  in 2019 while he was serving as a police sub-inspector (PSI). He returned to his home town and  later died of Covid-19.

Kale got into Maharashtra Public Service Commission (in 2013. He attended Maharashtra Police Academy in Nashik and was part of the 111 DN batch. His first posting was at Deglur, Nanded. In June 2019, when he was posted at Himayat Nagar police station in Nanded, he was accused of assault by a citizen. He was dismissed from service and he opposed it at the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal and his batch supported him. Kale, 39, died during treatment in his native Paranda, Osmanabad on May 1. He is survived by his wife, Meera, daughter Sanchita,13, and son Sarthak, 7, parents and sister.