The Navi Mumbai Police in Maharashtra on Sunday arrested a man for allegedly raping a seven-year-old girl residing in his neighbourhood in Navi Mumbai township, an official said, reported the PTI. The 40-year-old accused and the victim were residents of the same building in Ulwe area, an official said on Sunday. According to the PTI, on Saturday evening, the victim went to the house of the accused for playing. The accused then allegedly raped her, the official from NRI Sagari police station said. The police said that the accused had earlier also sexually assaulted the girl, showed her obscene photographs and asked her not to inform about it to anyone, as per the PTI. After the offence on Saturday, the girl informed her mother about it. The victim's parents then filed a police complaint following which the accused was arrested, the official said. The accused was booked under Indian Penal Code sections 376 (rape), 376(2)(j)(n) (rape of a female under 12 years of age or a woman incapable of giving consent), 376AB (rape of female under 12 years of age) and 506 (criminal intimidation) and provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the police said. Cab driver for killing woman after she forced him to marry her, say cops A cab driver was arrested by the Navi Mumbai Police in Maharashtra for allegedly killing a woman after she forced him to marry her, police said on Sunday, reported the PTI. The decomposed body of the 27-year-old woman was found wrapped in a blanket and dumped in a dried-up rivulet at Talekhar along Chirner-Kharpada in Uran area of Navi Mumbai on April 25 morning, they said, as per the PTI. The police then sent the body for postmortem and registered a case against unidentified persons under various Indian Penal Code sections, including 302 (murder), Uran police station's senior inspector Satish Nikam said, according to the PTI. While conducting a probe into the case, the police got information about a woman reported missing from Mankhurd Police Station limits in neighbouring Mumbai on April 18. Upon verification, it came to light that the body found in Uran was of the missing woman, the official said. Further probe suggested the woman was in love with the 28-year-old taxi driver, a resident of Nagpada in Mumbai. The woman was forcing him to marry her but he refused which had led to a dispute between them, the official said, the news agency reported on Sunday. On April 18 evening, the man picked up the woman from Mankhurd and took her for a drive in his car to Khadavli in Kalyan area of Thane district. He allegedly killed her at around 1 am on April 19 and threw the body in the rivulet, he said. (with PTI inputs)
28 April,2024 04:50 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondentA cab driver was arrested by the Navi Mumbai Police in Maharashtra for allegedly killing a woman after she forced him to marry her, police said on Sunday, reported the PTI. The decomposed body of the 27-year-old woman was found wrapped in a blanket and dumped in a dried-up rivulet at Talekhar along Chirner-Kharpada in Uran area of Navi Mumbai on April 25 morning, they said, as per the PTI. The police then sent the body for postmortem and registered a case against unidentified persons under various Indian Penal Code sections, including 302 (murder), Uran police station's senior inspector Satish Nikam said, according to the PTI. While conducting a probe into the case, the police got information about a woman reported missing from Mankhurd Police Station limits in neighbouring Mumbai on April 18. Upon verification, it came to light that the body found in Uran was of the missing woman, the official said. Further probe suggested the woman was in love with the 28-year-old taxi driver, a resident of Nagpada in Mumbai. The woman was forcing him to marry her but he refused which had led to a dispute between them, the official said, the news agency reported on Sunday. On April 18 evening, the man picked up the woman from Mankhurd and took her for a drive in his car to Khadavli in Kalyan area of Thane district. He allegedly killed her at around 1 am on April 19 and threw the body in the rivulet, he said. The accused was arrested on Saturday and produced before a local magistrate who remanded in police custody till April 29, the police said. Meanwhile, in an another incident, a woman was arrested in Maharashtra's Nagpur for allegedly killing a property dealer she was in a relationship with by hitting him on his private parts with a blunt object, a police official said on Sunday, as per the PTI. The body of 55-year-old Ravindra Kudwe was discovered on April 19 and the post mortem report stated the cause of death as "shock resulting from testicular injuries", after which a murder probe began, said the Hudkeshwar police station official said, the PTI reported. "His son told us the deceased was in a relationship with one Kajal Joge (27), who was now planning to marry someone else but wanted the deceased to fund the ceremony. This caused a dispute leading to the murder," the official said, according to the PTI. "She hit Kudwe on the testicles with a blunt object in a flat in Akash Nagar on April 19. She was arrested on Saturday and has been charged with murder," the official said. (with PTI inputs)
28 April,2024 04:26 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondentMumbai Police's Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Sunday arrested Bollywood actor Sahil Khan in connection with the Mahadev betting app case, the police said. Sahil Khan was later produced before a court that has remanded him to police custody till May 1, an official said. The police said said that Sahil Khan was nabbed on Saturday from Chhattisgarh after he was located at a hotel in the state. "Sahil Khan was apprehended from Jagdalpur in Chhattisgarh on Saturday after the Bombay High Court rejected his pre-arrest bail plea," said an official. He added that the actor was subsequently brought to Mumbai and placed under arrest. Earlier, Sahil Khan was questioned by the SIT that was formed in connection with the Mahadev betting app case. Meanwhile, Mumbai Police had earlier arrested one person in connection with the case and Sahil Khan is the second person to be arrested by the city police in the case, the official said. The SIT has been conducting a probe into the alleged illegal transactions between certain financial and real estate firms in the state and the promoters of the controversial Mahadev betting app. The scam is suspected to be of about Rs 15,000 crore, as per the first information report (FIR) registered by the Matunga Police in Mumbai. An investigation is underway against Sahil Khan and 31 other individuals. The probe involves examining their bank accounts, mobile phones, laptops, and all technical equipment, according to the police. While the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is investigating money laundering angle in the Mahadev betting app case, Mumbai Police have registered a separate case against 32 persons and formed an SIT to investigate the entire matter. A Mumbai Crime Branch officials have been investigating the case. Notably, on April 24, the Economic Offence Wing (EOW) and Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Chhattisgarh announced that it had detained two people, one from Goa and the other from New Delhi, in relation to the alleged illicit activities of the Mahadev online gaming and betting app, which allegedly involved high-ranking officials and politicians from that state. As part of its investigation into the case related to money laundering, the ED has so far made nine distinct arrests.
28 April,2024 04:06 PM IST | Mumbai | Asif RizviA couple had a narrow escape when a car they were travelling in overturned on the Eastern Express Highway in Maharashtra's Thane district, civic officials said on Sunday, reported the PTI. The accident took place at 10.25 pm on Saturday when the couple was returning home in Thane. The car driver lost control over the wheels, following which the vehicle hit the road divider and overturned, Thane Municipal Corporation's disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said, as per the PTI. The 57-year-old man and his wife aged 50 managed to come out of the vehicle which was severely damaged, the news agency reported on Sunday. They did not receive any injury, the official said. After being alerted, local firemen, regional disaster management cell team and traffic police rushed to the spot. The car was later towed away from the highway after the accident. Two policemen killed, over a dozen injured in road accident in Bihar Meanwhile, in an another incident, two policemen were killed and over a dozen injured when the van in which they were travelling was hit by a speeding container truck from behind in Bihar's Gopalganj district on Sunday, police said, the PTI reported. The incident took place near Barhima Bazar around noon when the police team was going to Supaul for the third phase of the Lok Sabha election duty. "The van carrying policemen on election duty had halted near Barhima Bazar when a speeding container truck rammed into it from behind. Two policemen died on the spot and over a dozen sustained injuries, according to the PTI. "All injured have been admitted to the nearest government hospital and their condition is reported to be stable. The container has been seized by the local police," a statement issued by the office of the Superintendent of Police of Gopalganj said, the news agency reported on Sunday. The deceased have been identified as Ashok Kumar Uraon (resident of Punea) and Pawan Mahto (resident of Bettiah) both constables of Bihar Police. "The driver of the container truck fled from the spot. Further investigation is on," said a local police officer, as per the PTI. (with PTI inputs)
28 April,2024 03:51 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondentThe police in Maharashtra's Thane district have busted an IPL betting racket in Thane by conducting a raid at a hotel in Bhiwandi, and arrested three persons hailing from Chhattisgarh in this connection, an official said, reported news agency PTI. The operation to nab the accused of IPL betting racket in Thane was conducted jointly by the officials of the Special Task Force and the Anti-Extortion Cell of the Thane police's crime branch on April 25, Deputy Commissioner of Police Shivraj Patil said in a press conference on Friday evening. Efforts are on to trace one more accused, who partnered with the arrested trio and operated the racket from Chhattisgarh, he said, reported PTI. "The police had received a tip-off that some persons were inviting people to place their bets on the ongoing IPL cricket matches. Accordingly, a raid was conducted at a hotel in Kongaon village in Bhiwandi between 7.30 pm and 11 pm on Thursday," he said, reported PTI. The accused trio was caught taking bets on the match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Sunrisers Hyderabad. They were making use of the mobile applications and collected a total of Rs 11,86,811 from people, the official said, reported PTI. The fourth accused, who operated from Chhattisgarh, collected Rs 7,03,000 from people on the bets, he said. "The trio had obtained SIM cards by forging documents. During the raids, the police seized 12 mobiles, one tablet and laptop each collectively valued at Rs 1.97 lakh from them," Patil said. Assistant Commissioner of Police Shekar Bagde said the police have launched an operation to nab the fourth who operated from Korba in Chhattisgarh, reported PTI. The arrested accused were identified as Shannu Lalit Berival (31), Rajat Babula Sharma (30) and Vijay Sitaram Devgan (40), he said, reported PTI. A first information report (FIR) was registered under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 420 (cheating), 465, 467, 468, 471 (all pertaining to forgery) and 34 (common intention) at the Kongaon police station, the official said. (With inputs from PTI)
27 April,2024 12:15 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondentThe cyber cell of Mumbai Police has succeeded in recovering more than Rs 1 crore of two city residents who fell victim to online investment frauds, an official said on Friday. Cyber cell of Mumbai Police acted swiftly in the two separate cases after complaints were registered on Thursday, and stopped a total of Rs 1.02 crore from being transferred into the accounts of unidentified criminals by contacting bank officials, he said. In both cases, the complainants were contacted by fraudsters who offered them high returns on investment in the stock market. While one of the complainants deposited Rs 1.80 crore through online transactions as instructed by the fraudsters, the other ended up transferring Rs 2.29 crore. After realising that they had been cheated, they immediately contacted cyber cell helpline '1930' which helped police recover their money at least partially, the official said, adding that probe was underway to identify and nab the culprits. People should not fall prey to dubious offers of stock market investment, and in case of cheating, one should contact the cyber cell helpline without losing time, he said. In another case, the police in Maharashtra's Thane district have registered a case against a couple and their son for allegedly cheating a builder of nearly Rs 42 lakh over the sale of land, an official said on Thursday, reported PTI. In his complaint, the 27-year-old builder, who lives in the Bhiwandi area, said the accused and he had signed an agreement a few months ago towards the sale of more than 15 acres of land in the district, reported PTI. The builder alleged that he and his family paid Rs 42 lakh to the accused in connection with the deal but the accused neither got the land transferred nor refunded the money, reported PTI. While the accused sold the land to others, they abused and threatened to harm the builder whenever he sought a refund, the official said citing the complaint, reported PTI. Acting on a complaint by the builder, the Shanti Nagar police in Bhiwandi registered a case against the couple and their son on Tuesday, the official added. (With inputs from PTI)
27 April,2024 08:33 AM IST | Mumbai | PTIA lookout circular (LOC) was issued on Friday against Anmol Bishnoi in connection with the Salman Khan firing case, an official said, reported the PTI. Anmol Bishnoi is the younger brother of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi. Anmol Bishnoi had earlier in a social media post claimed the responsibility for the firing outside Bollywood superstar Salman Khan's residence in Bandra west, the official said. Two men had shot multiple rounds at Salman Khan's home on April 14, the police had earlier said. According to the PTI, the official said that the police is likely to take custody of Lawrence Bishnoi, who is currently lodged in a jail in Sabarmati in Gujarat, and was also contemplating invoking the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in the case. Anmol Bishnoi had claimed responsibility for the firing and a probe too showed his involvement, following which the LOC was issued by Mumbai police, the official added, as per the PTI. "Anmol and Lawrence Bishnoi have been named as wanted accused in the case. Anmol Bishnoi stays in Canada and travels to the USA. However, the IP address of the Facebook post, through which he claimed responsibility of the firing, was traced to Portugal," the official said, reported the PTI. The alleged shooters Vicky Gupta (24) and Sagar Pal (21), both residents of Bihar, have been arrested along with Sonu Kumar Subhash Chander Bishnoi (37) and Anuj Thapan (32), who had provided them two country-made pistols and cartridges on March 15, as per police. As per police, Sonu Bishnoi and Thapan hail from Fazilka, close to Lawrence Bishnoi's native place in Punjab. "Both were also accused along with Lawrence and Anmol Bishoi in a firing case registered in Gangapur in Punjab," he said. Meanwhile, two men arrested from Punjab in connection with Salman Khan firing case were on Friday produced before a Mumbai court that remanded them to police custody till April 30, the PTI reported. The crime branch had on Thursday arrested the duo, who had allegedly provided weapons and cartridges to the shooters, from Punjab. The police informed the court that the accused were key persons in the crime and were arrested based on technical evidence. They need to be interrogated to find out who supplied them with weapons and asked them to give the same to the two shooters arrested earlier, police said, according to the PTI. Mumbai Police have alleged that Chander and Thapan had come to Panvel on March 15 to hand over two country-made pistols and 38 live rounds to the shooters Sagar Pal and Vicky Gupta. The duo were the shooters arrested by the Mumbai Crime Branch for shooting outside Salman Khan's residence in Bandra west. The court had on Thursday remanded Pal (21) and Gupta (24) to police custody till April 29. (with PTI inputs)
26 April,2024 08:30 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentAn unidentified woman's body was discovered wrapped in a blanket and discarded in a dried-up stream in Uran taluka of Maharashtra's Raigad district, officials said on Friday. According to an official from the Uran police station, the discovery was made on Thursday morning in Talekhar, PTI reported. According to the official, a passerby spotted the unidentified woman's body on the Chirner-Kharpada route at 6 am. The body was wrapped in a blanket, while the legs were placed in a plastic bag, the report stated. Initial reports indicate that the deceased woman was around 35 years old, and foul play is suspected in her death, the PTI report added. "A passerby found the body on the Chirner-Kharpada road around 6 am. It was found wrapped in a blanket with the legs put in a plastic bag. The deceased could be around 35 years old and she might have been killed," the official said. Following its discovery, the body was taken to a government hospital for post-mortem examination. Authorities then filed a case against unidentified criminals under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code, such as 302 (murder) and 201 (causing the disappearance of evidence of wrongdoing), the PTI report added. Investigations are underway to identify the victim and locate those guilty of the murder. In another incident, a guy being held in an assault case escaped from police custody while being escorted for a medical check-up in Navi Mumbai, according to a police statement issued on Friday. The escapee, Ajay Datta Katkari, 25, reportedly bolted while being transported to the Indira Gandhi Rural Hospital in Uran. Katkari was detained for allegedly using hazardous weapons to injure another person, another PTI report stated. Speaking about the escape, a police station in Uran spokeswoman revealed that Katkari shoved a policeman who was riding with him when they were being taken to the hospital, a PTI report stated. According to the report, law enforcement organisations are stepping up their search efforts in an attempt to locate and capture the runaway, Katkari, to guarantee his prompt return to police custody.
26 April,2024 07:48 PM IST | Navi Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentAn undertrial man reportedly fled from the police custody while being taken for medical check-up in Maharashtra's Navi Mumbai, a police official said on Friday, reported the PTI. The man was held in an assault case escaped from police custody while he was being taken for a medical check-up, the official said. According to the PTI, the Uran police station official identified the escapee as Ajay Datta Katkari (25) and said efforts were on to nab him. "He was arrested for allegedly hurting a person with dangerous weapons. On Thursday, while being taken to Indira Gandhi Rural Hospital in Uran, he escaped after pushing a policeman escorting him," he said, the news agency reported on Friday. Thief out on bail, gets back in slammer after two days Meanwhile, in an another incident, A 21-year-old habitual offender identified as Narayan Raju Parmar, involved in over half-a-dozen thefts, snatchings, and cheating cases, was arrested by the Borivali police in October last year. With his arrest, the cops had solved four cases including one of snatching, two thefts and one cheating case. He has been in jail since November 2023 and was released on bail on Sunday morning. Soon after being released from jail in the morning, he allegedly committed a theft in the evening and the next day. The incident has led him back in jail again. According to police sources, within seven hours of his release, he committed another theft, snatching a gold mangalsutra from the neck of a 63-year-old woman near Gora Gandhi Hotel on Sunday evening. The following day, around 10 pm, he again stole a purse containing gold ornaments from a 50-year-old woman in an auto-rickshaw near Kalpana Chaval Chowk. In both cases, the stolen gold valuables were worth about Rs 1.25 lakh. Under the guidance of DCP Anand Bhoite and Senior Inspector Ninad Sawant, Borivali PSIs Rajesh Kadam and Indrjeet Patil, along with their detection team began their investigation. With the help of CCTV footage, Parmar was identified and arrested on April 23, said an officer. Parmar has a previous criminal record and was arrested by the Borivali cops with an 18-year-old accused in October 2023. (with PTI inputs)
26 April,2024 05:24 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondentA court in Maharashtra's Thane district has sentenced four persons, including two women, to life imprisonment for the murder of a local cable operator over money more than a decade ago. In his order, Additional Sessions Judge (Kalyan) RG Waghmare also fined three of the four convicts Rs 25,000 each and one Rs 30,000. A copy of the operative order dated April 23 was made available on Thursday. During the trial, Additional Public Prosecutor Sanjay Gosavi told the court that a cable operator named Raja, alias Bhagwan Ochani, had lent Rs 10 lakh to two women and was demanding his money back. In 2013, the two women hired two men and got Ochani killed after calling him to their place under the pretext of discussing the money matter. They later demanded Rs 1 crore from Ochani's family, claiming he was in their custody. The court noted that the prosecution had proved the charges against the four beyond reasonable doubt and held them guilty under Indian Penal Code sections 302 (murder) and 120B (criminal conspiracy). It sentenced all four to life. The convicts were identified as Akash Harish Mendon (33), Babita Jaggusing Labhana (48), Priya Vijaykumar Ailani (52) and Rajesh Rajendran Tharur (38). The court directed that Rs 90,000 from the fine amount be paid to Ochani's widow. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
26 April,2024 04:52 PM IST | Thane | PTITwo men arrested from Punjab in connection with Salman Khan firing case were on Friday produced before a Mumbai court that remanded them to police custody till April 30, the PTI reported. Subhash Chander (37) and Anuj Thapan (32) were produced before a magistrate's court in Mumbai. The crime branch had on Thursday arrested the duo, who had allegedly provided weapons and cartridges to the shooters, from Punjab. The police informed the court that the accused were key persons in the crime and were arrested based on technical evidence. They need to be interrogated to find out who supplied them with weapons and asked them to give the same to the two shooters arrested earlier, police said, according to the PTI. Mumbai Police have alleged that Chander and Thapan had come to Panvel on March 15 to hand over two country-made pistols and 38 live rounds to the shooters Sagar Pal and Vicky Gupta. The duo were the shooters arrested by the Mumbai Crime Branch for shooting outside Salman Khan's residence in Bandra west. The court had on Thursday remanded Pal (21) and Gupta (24) to police custody till April 29. Apart from these four accused, the Mumbai Police have declared jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and his younger brother Anmol Bishnoi as wanted accused in the Salman Khan firing case. Appearing for the accused, advocate Ajay Dubey submitted that Chander and Thapan had not provided weapons to the other accused or visited Panvel, and they had no connection to the Bishnoi gang, according to the PTI. All charges against them are baseless, and they were falsely implicated in the case, he said, as per the PTI. Gupta and Pal allegedly fired outside 58-year-old Khan's house at the Galaxy Apartment in Bandra in the early hours of April 14 before fleeing the spot on a motorbike. They were apprehended from Mata No Madh village in Gujarat's Kutch district on April 16. The Mumbai Crime Branch team led by encounter specialist Daya Nayak later recovered two pistols, magazines and bullets from the Tapi river in Gujarat during a search operation to recover weapons allegedly used in the firing. (with PTI inputs)
26 April,2024 03:56 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentADVERTISEMENT
