Mumbai News Updates: Railway staffer in Mumbai kills self over `sextortion` plot

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Railway staffer ends his life over `sextortion` plot in Mumbai

In Mumbai, a Government Railway Police (GRP) case has been filed against three individuals, including a woman after a Central Railway employee killed himself due to falling victim to an online "sextortion" scheme, the police reported on Wednesday. The trio has been charged with extortion and abetment of suicide under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and relevant sections of the IT Act, two days after the 36-year-old railway employee ended his life by leaping in front of a moving train at Matunga in Central Mumbai, an official stated.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Chembur man stabbed to death; one arrested
A 35-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a person to death at Anik village in suburban Chembur, police said on Wednesday.
The deceased was identified as Ilyas Khan (40). He and the accused worked at a catering firm, said an official of the RCF police station. (PTI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Fire breaks out in a car in Thane`s Ghodbunder Road; no injuries reported

A car in Thane caught fire on Wednesday evening; no one was injured in the mishap. The incident, according to the civic disaster management unit, happened on Ghodbunder Road and authorities immediately responded to the alert... Read More

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Maharashtra govt to set up Scheduled Tribes Commission, review tribal population status

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday announced that a Scheduled Tribes Commission will be set up on the lines of the National Commission for STs.