Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Man held for posing as IPS officer, cheating businessman of Rs 8 lakh

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Man held for posing as IPS officer, cheating businessman of Rs 8 lakh; 2 aides absconding

A man was arrested for allegedly posing as an Indian Police Service officer and cheating a businessman of Rs 8 lakh, an official said on Thursday.
The MHB police station official identified the accused as Nilesh Kashiram Rathod. Rathod and his associates Sachin Krishna Sawant and Karan Singhania used to promise jobs in Central Excise department: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Four of family found dead in Maharashtra`s Nanded district in suspected mass suicide

A farmer, his wife and their two sons were found dead in two different locations in Maharashtra`s Nanded district on Thursday morning, in what police suspect to be a mass suicide, an official said. Around 8 am, the bodies of the man and his wife were discovered on a cot in their home at Jawala Murar village in Mudkhed tehsil, he said, adding that the bodies of their sons were subsequently found on nearby railway lines: PTI

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Farmers protest in Beed; seek MSP of Rs 12,000 per quintal for cotton and tur, Rs 7,000 for soybean

Hundreds of farmers held a protest in Beed on Thursday seeking substantial hike in minimum support prices (MSP) for cotton, soybean and tur. The agitators, who marched to the collectorate under the banner of Farmers` Rights Movement, warned of an indefinite agitation if their demands are not met, including MSP of Rs 12,000 per quintal for cotton and tur, and Rs 7,000 per quintal for soybean: PTI

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