01 January,2024 02:24 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
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In Thane district, Maharashtra, authorities have filed a case against four individuals for allegedly falsifying documents to manipulate land acquisition compensation for a project, as reported by the police on Monday.
The incident involves the acquisition of land by the Railways in the Katai area, where the accused purportedly tampered with records, deliberately excluding a female beneficiary from the list of heirs or successors. This alteration resulted in wrongfully obtaining a compensation amounting to Rs 1.46 crore, depriving the victim of her rightful share of Rs 48.82 lakh, according to an official from the Manpada police station, operating under the Kalyan division, stated a report in PTI.
"They wrongfully claimed the compensation amount of Rs 1.46 crore, denying the victim of Rs 48.82 lakh as her share of the compensation. We, on Saturday, registered a case against the four accused under relevant provisions," an official from Manpada police station under Kalyan division told PTI.
The police registered a case against the four accused under relevant provisions on Saturday, the report added.
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An official stated on Monday that three men were arrested for allegedly killing a 30-year-old relative after an argument in Maharashtra's Palghar district. Reportedly, on Saturday, when the victim was riding a pillion on a motorbike with his two relatives, who are 23 and 31 respectively, in the Zari district of Talasari taluka.
When the victim questioned the two-wheeler being driven at excessive speed, a disagreement erupted. According to a Talasari police station spokesman, the discussion evolved into a fight between the victim and the accused. The victim's cousins and their 53-year-old uncle then attacked him with a sharp knife, resulting in his death, the report added.
Following an alert, police raced to the scene and transported the deceased to a government hospital for post-mortem examination. According to the official, the three suspects were apprehended on Sunday and booked under applicable sections of the Indian Penal Code, the PTI report stated.
Meanwhile, in Palghar, a man was arrested from the Navgarh area; the man was accused of raping his minor daughter. The ANI report stated that the accused threatened and raped his daughter over the course of last several days when the 14-year-old girl would be alone at home. If she protested, the accused would beat her up badly.
The girl confided in her sister who then took the minor to the nearest police station and filed a case.
Further details related to the matter are awaited
