Guns, drugs, dirty cops and a frame-up

Following a raid at the house of a Matunga-based sales executive, which led to the alleged recovery of 485 gms of mephedrone (MD) worth Rs 60 lakh and a revolver, the Shahu Nagar police arrested him and his friend on Friday. But, the 30-year-old accused’s family and friends claim the cops were carrying the drugs with them when they arrived to raid the house and the gun was planted by them at the behest of the man’s fiancee’s friend, who was not happy with their engagement. 

‘Stalked and harassed for months by peddler who framed my fiance’

The 25-year-old fiancée of prime accused Faqrudin Sayyed said she was receiving calls from an unknown man, who threatened her to end relations with Sayyed and not marry him. The woman revealed that her entire family had been getting threat calls from the man, who according to them, is a drug peddler in Dharavi and has many criminal cases against him.

Executive Faqrudin Sayyed loses his job

There seems to be no end to the problems for Matunga man Faqrudin Sayyed, who was arrested along with his friend last week in a drugs-and-gun planting case, even though the duo has been found innocent. In fresh trouble for him, Sayyed has lost his job as a sales team leader in a reputable mobile company, where he was working for the past eight years. 

Dombivli gang-rape case: Cops file charge sheet against 33 accused

Police in Maharashtra's Thane district have filed a charge sheet against all 33 accused, including four minors, in the Dombivli gang-rape case, in which a 15-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted multiple times over a period of eight months earlier this year

Mumbai: Woman drowns three-month-old daughter in water tank; arrested

Driven by the constant harassment by her husband and in-laws for a male child, a woman allegedly drowned her three-month-old daughter in a water tank at her home in the Kalachowky area of central Mumbai, police said.

Mumbai: Woman duped of Rs 37 lakh by ‘Godman’

A 45-year-old woman recently found out that she was duped by a fake Godman to the tune of Rs 37 lakh on the pretext of performing virtual havans as a remedy to her problems. The incident came to light on November 27 when the woman reached Ayodhya and found out that there was no such Godman living there.

Marathi TV actor's wife held for cheating Thane senior citizen of Rs 3.75 lakh

Police have arrested the wife of a Marathi TV actor for allegedly cheating a 72-year-old man of Rs 3.75 lakh on the pretext of helping him in his bank transactions in Maharashtra's Thane city, police said on Wednesday. The accused posed as a support staff of a nationalised branch here and obtained all account details of the man. She also took some cheques from his for opening a fixed deposit in his name, Kasarwadavali police station's senior inspector Rajesh Babshetty said.