Thane: Man shot dead near Ulhasnagar station complex; police suspect old rivalry

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In a shocking incident, a man has been shot dead near Ulhasnagar railway station complex in Thane district during the late hours of Wednesday, October 14, prima facie over an old rivalry, police said.

According to preliminary information, unidentified assailants fired two bullets into the head of Harish Gajwani in the Camp 4 area, reported PTI.

A police official said that the incident occurred at 8.30 pm.

The police official further said that a preliminary enquiry suggests that the murder may be the fallout of an old rivalry, though the exact motive and the identities of the attackers are yet to be established, as per PTI.

Thane Police arrest 37-year-old for robbery and search for two accomplices

In a separate incident, the Thane Crime Branch arrested a man who, along with his accomplices, allegedly robbed elderly passers-by through distraction and impersonation tricks, police said on Wednesday.

Dinesh Babu Manjrekar, 37, a resident of Navi Mumbai, was arrested on October 5, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Amarsingh Jadhav.

Police said the accused approached senior citizens on roads claiming to be old acquaintances and tricked them into handing over their valuables. Police said that Dinesh's accomplices, including his father, Babu Irappa Manjrekar, and Sudesh, alias Babu Tanaji Mahade, 55, are absconding.

25-day-old baby kidnapped in Ambernath, rescued from Mumbai

Five people have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a 25-day-old baby boy from Maharashtra's Thane district to sell him, with the police rescuing the infant in Mumbai within four hours of the incident, an official said on Tuesday, reported the PTI.

The baby was allegedly snatched from a ragpicker in Ambernath town around 7 pm on October 10 by a speech-and-hearing-impaired woman, who then handed him over to her associates as part of a plan to sell the child, senior inspector Shabbir Sayyed of Ambernath police station said, the news agency reported.

Police trace baby to Dharavi

During the initial investigation, the police detained one of the accused, Sony Ganesh, 19, who allegedly told investigators that the baby had been handed over to her relative, Ruksar Faroukh Shaikh, 32, a resident of Dharavi in Mumbai, as per the PTI.

Using technical intelligence and mobile phone details, police teams traced the suspect to Dharavi and safely rescued the infant within four hours, Sayyed said.

The baby was subsequently rescued by the police, bringing the search operation to a swift end.