04 March,2026 01:19 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
The police said that further probe in the matter was underway. Representational Pic/File
Police in Thane district of Maharashtra, have invoked the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against four men accused of assaulting a local resident and injuring a police officer, reported the PTI.
The case waas registered on Monday in connection with an incident that occurred on March 1 in the Kalwa East area.
According to police, the accused - Swapnil Madhvani, also known as Babu Kharkataya, and Sushil Kamble, alias Natya Bhai, along with their associates Bilal and Raju - allegedly attacked a man identified as Shafikul Sheikh, as per the PTI.
An official from Kalwa police station said one of the accused reportedly brandished a knife in a public area, issuing threats and challenging anyone to lodge a complaint.
When officers attempted to apprehend the suspects, one of them allegedly attacked a policeman and slashed his right thumb with a blade.
The injured officer received medical attention, police confirmed.
Police said that Madhvani and Kamble had already been externed from the limits of Thane district prior to the incident, as per the PTI.
The four accused have been booked under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) as well as MCOCA.
Meanwhile, in an another incident, a case has been registered against five persons, including an 85-year-old man, for allegedly assaulting a woman court official during a flat foreclosure procedure in Thane, police said on Tuesday, reported PTI.
The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon at a housing society in the Mahagiri area, an official said.
According to the police, a woman court commissioner was acting on the orders of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Thane, to take possession of a ground-floor flat belonging to Chandrakant Vishnu Jadhav (49) after he defaulted on a loan taken from a finance firm, reported PTI.
"The court commissioner, accompanied by legal managers from the finance firm and a police contingent, was executing the court's order, but Jadhav refused to hand over possession," the official said, reported PTI.
Four other accused persons, including a lawyer and Jadhav's family members, allegedly assaulted the court official and obstructed the action, he said.
Based on a complaint, a case has been registered against Chandrakant Jadhav, his wife Pallavi, father Vishnu Sahadu Jadhav, advocate Ashwini Bhosale and her son, the official said, adding that a probe is underway into the incident, reported PTI.
(With inputs from PTI)
