Police in Maharashtra’s Thane district seized 25,000 litres of illegally transported diesel worth Rs 24.5 lakh from a tanker at Kharigaon toll naka on the Mumbai-Nashik Highway. A case has been registered against eight people, including the owner and driver, and a probe is underway

The police arrested the accused within hours of the attack that occurred in the Mharalgaon area of Kalyan taluka late on Friday night, an official said