Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Panvel man held for using fake I4C ID, extorting money from cyber fraud victims

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Uddhav dubs Public Security Bill as `BJP Suraksha Act`

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday described the Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill as `BJP Suraksha Act`, saying the ruling party thinks whoever speaks against it is anti-national. He alleged that the bill has been brought with political intentions, and expressed fear that it will be misused against the opposition as well as common citizens.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: CM Fadnavis, his junior minister differ on stance in canteen worker assault case

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also heads the Home Department, seems to differ with his junior minister over the issue of police action against Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad from Buldhana district. On Friday morning, asked about why police had not lodged an FIR against Gaikwad for assaulting MLA hostel canteen staff, Minister of State for Home, Yogesh Kadam told the media that the police cannot act in the absence of a complainant.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Panvel man held for using fake I4C ID, extorting money from cyber fraud victims

The Cyber Police of the West Region in Bandra has arrested a 35-year-old Panvel man for posing as an official from the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) and the 1930 National Cybercrime Reporting Portal’s helpline, an official said on Friday. The suspect allegedly extorted money from victims of cyber fraud by promising to help them recover their lost funds, the official said.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Shiv Sena minister`s `cash bag` video goes viral, he says only clothes in bag

A video of Maharashtra minister Sanjay Shirsat sitting in a room along with a partially opened bag containing what look like bundles of notes went viral on Friday. The Shiv Sena minister rubbished the claim that it was a money bag, and insisted that it contained only clothes, as reported by PTI.