Weekly Mumbai crime wrap: Security guard kidnaps to raise cash for wedding, Ex-CEO of bank held over loan scam

Here's a weekly round-up of Mid-day.com's top crime stories    

Updated On: 2022-05-21 02:58 PM IST

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1. 9-year-old boy accidentally crashes cycle into TV actor's mother

The Vanrai police in Goregaon had registered an FIR against a nine-year-old boy after he injured the mother of TV actor Simran Sachdeva while cycling. The Child Welfare Committee said the police have no right to book a child for an accident. While the actor said she approached the cops seeking action against the child’s parents, the police, clearly on the backfoot, said they will consider closing the case

2. Mumbai: 21-year-old nabs mobile thief even after being attacked with a knife

The student, identified as Darshan Jungari, was on his way to Five Gardens to pick up his friend when he noticed a person running towards Parsi Agyari and a few people chasing him. Darshan ran towards the thief and tried to catch him. The accused, identified as Surendra Jadhav, attacked Darshan on his leg and face with a knife, but the student didn't budge and handed him over to the public. Later, when the police reached the spot, they recovered a mobile phone and a purse from the thief.

3. ED files PMLA case against Raj Kundra for producing pornographic films

Enforcement Directorate (ED) registered a money laundering case against Actor Shilpa Shetty's husband and businessman Raj Kundra in connection with the production and circulation of pornography films. ED sources said Kundra formed a company named Arms Prime Media Limited in February 2019 and developed an app named 'Hotshots'.

4. Malad security guard kidnaps boy to arrange money for his wedding

A security guard has been arrested for kidnapping a three-and-a-half-year-old boy and demanding a ransom of Rs 50,000. Malad police, which solved the case and nabbed the accused within 17 hours, said the accused allegedly committed the crime to arrange for money for his wedding.

 

5. Mumbai Crime: Former CEO of city co-operative bank held over Rs 96.45 crore loan scam

A Former General Manager and CEO of The City Co-Operative Bank and a person who had taken loan from the bank have been arrested by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Mumbai police in a R96.45-crore scam, on Monday. The probe by the EOW revealed that from November 2010 to May 2015, a total of 56 borrowers, individuals as well as companies, received loans despite not having repayment capacity or the value of the mortgaged property was inflated, resulting in the loans turning into non-performing assets (NPA). 

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