The Thane Police in Maharashtra have registered a case against two persons for allegedly duping a 74-year-old man, a Mumbai resident of Rs 1.29 crore after luring him with high returns on investment, an official said on Wednesday, reported the PTI. According to the complainant, a resident of Ghatkopar in Mumbai, he shelled out the money between February 2019 and August 2024. The suspects were identified as Harish Satra and Santosh Pandey from Thane district in Maharashtra. an official said. He said that they allegedly coaxed the senior citizen to collectively invest Rs 1.29 crore in a dubious housing project promising four flats or a partnership in the venture, the official said, the news agency reported. They also assured that his investment would double, the official said citing the FIR. However, the man didn't receive any money despite follow-ups. In his police complaint, he also accused Satra and Pandey of threatening him. The Khadakpada police have registered a case under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and probing the matter, the official added. Mumbai businessman cheated of Rs 96.5 lakh; one booked Meanwhile, in an another incident, a case has been registered against a man for allegedly cheating a Mumbai-based businessman of Rs 96.5 lakh, the Thane police in Maharashtra said on Tuesday, reported the PTI. According to the PTI, as per a complaint lodged with the police at Dombivili in Thane district, the suspect who was identified as one Mehul Motilal Jethwa, an owner of a real estate firm had purchased steel products valuing worth around Rs 1.24 crore from the complainant in September last year but he allegedly only paid him Rs 27.5 lakh, an official said. Jethwa made the transactions between September 2023 and May 2024 but failed to clear dues pending dues which amounted worth Rs 96.5 lakh, the complaint told the police, an official said. On his complaint, a case has been registered under sections 420 (cheating) and 406 (criminal breach of trust) of the Indian Penal Code, the official said, adding that no arrests have been made in the case, according to the PTI. (with PTI inputs)
18 September,2024 04:42 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondentMumbai Police have arrested a 60-year-old man from Dharavi on Tuesday for allegedly raping a minor girl. The accused has been identified as Jafar Hanif Khan, news agency ANI reported.As per Mumbai Police, the accused had seen the girl – whose age has not been revealed – alone at her residence. The police added that the accused had entered her house to commit the crime by hiding his face with a mask.However, the accused's mask came off while committing the crime. The minor girl recognised him and began screaming. Scared of his identity being revealed, the accused raped the girl at knifepoint and also threatened to attack her with acid, the police have claimed. The girl has suffered some injuries owing to the knife, police officers in Mumbai said.In similar another incident, an 85-year-old man from Malabar Hill in South Mumbai has been accused of molesting his domestic help.The incident came to light after the 20-year-old woman, who started working for the family on September 9, filed a complaint at Malabar Hill Police Station on Wednesday.The police registered a case based on her statement but have not yet made any arrests so far. However, a notice has been issued to the accused as per legal procedure.According to the police, the woman had previously worked in Santacruz for three years but decided to find employment closer to her house. A relative introduced her to the accused's 45-year-old daughter, and she began working for the family.In her complaint, the woman has alleged that when the accused was sitting at the dining table, she went to the kitchen to get a cloth to clean something. "He then grabbed me from behind and touched me inappropriately," the woman has alleged in her complaint. She further claimed that the accused had followed her to the living room, where he grabbed her again, and kissed her, Mumbai Police officers said.The woman told the police that after the incident, she informed the accused's wife, who at the time was in her bathroom. The accused's wife reportedly scolded her husband and apologised to the domestic help, the woman added.Following the complaint, the police have started an investigation into the matter. (With ANI inputs)
18 September,2024 02:32 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentA shopkeeper and two others were arrested for allegedly assaulting a Mumbai cop at Byculla area of central Mumbai following an argument over change, an official said, reported the PTI. The two others held in the matter were identified as aides of the shopkeeper, the official said. The incident took place on Sunday morning at Dockyard Grain Store located near Dockyard Road, he said. "The victim, an official posted at Tardeo police station, had gone to purchase groceries and household items. After buying the goods, the shopkeeper told him that he does not have a change to return the remaining amount, following which the police personnel went to another shop, got the change and made the payment to the shopkeeper," the official said, according to the PTI. "While tendering the change, the police personnel passed a comment against the shopkeeper, saying that while he runs a big shop he does not have change. Angry over the remark, the shopkeeper and his two aides started arguing with the cop and beat him up," he said, as per the PTI. A case was registered against the shopkeeper and his two aides at Byculla police station, he said, adding that all three were arrested. Man riding two-wheeler killed after hit by auto rickshaw driven by female foreign tourist Meanwhile, in an another incident, a 55-year-old two-wheeler rider was killed on Monday in a hit-and-run accident involving an auto rickshaw allegedly driven by a female foreign tourist in Pune district of Maharashtra, police said, as per the PTI. The deceased, identified as Balasaheb Dere, was on his two-wheeler when the speeding auto-rickshaw struck him and his 37-year-old friend, Sanjay Jadhav this morning on the Narayangaon-Ozar Road in Junnar town. Dere succumbed to his injuries, while Jadhav sustained serious injuries and is receiving medical attention. The incident occurred when the speeding autorickshaw was overtaking a two-wheeler, a police official said. The rickshaw was driven by a female foreign tourist and her companions were travelling in the three-wheeler, the official said quoting the injured person, according to the PTI. They fled the scene without offering assistance, he said. The accused persons fled the spot in the same auto rickshaw and travelled to Nashik district to evade arrest, he said. Police intercepted the suspects in Nashik district after receiving a tip-off about the vehicle. They are now being transported back to Narayangaon Police Station for further questioning. A case has been registered, and the investigation is ongoing. (with PTI inputs)
17 September,2024 05:28 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentAn official on Tuesday said that the police have arrested a 31-year-old woman in connection with the Palghar triple murder of a senior citizen couple and their daughter in Maharashtra's Palghar district, reported news agency PTI. Syaba Begum Ansari, the wife of the prime accused Arif Ansari, was apprehended from Uttar Pradesh on September 15 for the murders that occurred in Nehroli in Wada tehsil last month, inspector Duttaray Kindre of Wada police said, reported PTI. Bodies of Mukund Bechardas Rathod (75), his wife Kanchan (72) and their daughter Sangeeta (52) were found inside their house at Nehroili in Wada tehsil on August 30, reported PTI. Arif, a former neighbour of the family, was apprehended at Meja village in Uttar Pradesh. He allegedly committed the murders on August 17 in a bid to rob the family, reported PTI. The official said Arif's wife was arrested after he revealed during interrogation that she knew of his involvement in the murders. "On the day of the crime, Arif returned home with bloodstained clothes and hands. When Syaba questioned him, he admitted to the murders, and she then allegedly helped him enter the crime scene to destroy the evidence," Kindre said, reported PTI. The couple then fled to a relative's house and later escaped to their hometown, where they reportedly concealed their identities, he said, reported PTI. A probe also revealed that the woman helped her husband sell silver coins he stole from the victims. The coins were melted down and sold to a jeweller in Prayagraj, the official said. A special police team, including a women's unit, was dispatched to Uttar Pradesh to arrest the Syaba. She has been remanded in police custody till September 21, he said. FIR registered as woman accuses two men of raping her in Palghar district Police in Maharashtra's Palghar district have registered a case against two men for allegedly raping a 32-year-old woman at knifepoint, an official said on Sunday, reported PTI. The alleged incident took place on the night of September 10 and the woman approached the Tulinj police four days later, he said. Senior inspector Shailendra Nagarkar said there seems to be some dispute between the woman and the accused, identified as Jitendra Yadav, alias Katu, and Avi Jaiswal, alias Billu, reported PTI. Police are verifying the facts of the complaints and also on the lookout for the accused, he added. (With inputs from PTI)
17 September,2024 02:35 PM IST | Palghar | mid-day online correspondentA flyer on a domestic flight has claimed to have lost Rs 10 lakh cash to theft from his baggage that he checked in at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport Terminal 2. The incident allegedly happened when the flyer, a businessman from Thane, was travelling from Mumbai to Jaipur on Air India Express Flight on August 27.The businessman arrived at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport Terminal 2 early in the morning and handed over his purple-coloured bag at the check-in counter before boarding the flight. On his arrival at Jaipur International Airport at 9 am, he discovered that his bag had been tampered with. Upon inspection, he found that a yellow bag containing R10 lakh cash (in two bundles of R5 lakh each) was missing, according to an officer from Sahar police station. After returning to Mumbai, the businessman reported the theft to the Sahar police station. He stated that the money was intended for ongoing construction work in his village."We have recorded his statement and registered a case under relevant sections, including Section 303(2) of the BNS. We are currently investigating the case by reviewing CCTV footage and searching for the culprit," the officer said. August 27 The day the incident occurred ‘We have recorded his statement and registered a case under relevant sections, including Section 303(2) of the BNS. We are currently investigating the case by reviewing CCTV footage and searching for the culprit’ A police officer, Sahar police station
17 September,2024 10:44 AM IST | Mumbai | Samiullah KhanA 26-year-old woman allegedly plotted and executed the murder of her 44-year-old mother, along with her two friends, in a bid to gain access to her parents’ property and to avoid the taunts from her mother regarding her new boyfriend. Police investigations revealed that she had planned the murder along with her teen friends, who were tasked with killing her mother and making it look like a suicide. The motive of this crime is multifaceted. The woman wanted to gain control over her parents’ property as in the event of her mother’s demise, she would get control of the household. Besides, she also wanted to eliminate the dependency on her parents and gain financial independence as she was going through a divorce. The woman also wanted to avoid the embarrassment of being criticised by her mother regarding her relationship with a man. The prime suspect, Pranali Pralhad Naik, in the custody of the police. PIC/FAISAL TANDEL The Panvel City police have arrested three persons including the daughter and investigations will likely reveal more details about the events leading up to the murder. According to the police, the deceased Priya Pralhad Naik, 44, was a resident of Panvel. Naik lived with her husband Pralhad Naik. The prime suspect Pranali Pralhad Naik, 26, a resident of Panvel, is married and has a daughter. Though Pranali and her husband are estranged, she continues to stay at her husband’s house in Panvel. The incident On September 13, the police found Priya’s body at her residence. “Prima facie, we suspected it to be a suicide case. As we found some poisonous substance consumed by Priya and there were signs of froth in her mouth. Accordingly, we registered an accidental death case and started the investigation,” said a police officer. The results from the post-mortem changed the course of the investigation. “The post-mortem reports revealed injury marks on the neck. With the confirmation of murder on September 14, we registered a case of murder under the the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and started the investigation. We started gathering technical evidence and found that the society didn’t have any CCTV cameras. The investigation was conducted from all angles with all the relatives, neighbours and friends being considered as suspects," said a police officer. The police said based on technical evidence and suspicion, they detained Pranali, the only offspring of the deceased. “Pranali confessed that she and her two friends Vivek Ganesh Patil and Vishal Pandey, both 19, had committed the crime. Pranali claimed that she told her mother Patil was coming home for some work. When Patil arrived, he was joined by Pandey and in the presence of Priya, they both strangled the deceased. They later poured rat poison into her mouth to mislead the police. Priya had promised to pay a hefty amount to the teens to murder her mother. As the two were in need of money, they had accepted the offer and committed the crime,” said a police officer. Prashant Mohite, deputy commissioner of police, Zone 2, Panvel said, “We arrested the daughter of the deceased and her two friends on September 15. All three were produced in court on September 16 and will be in police custody till September 23.” The police said Pranali’s parents received rent from over 10 houses and a few shops they owned and it was her mother who collected and managed all this money. “As she was in the middle of a divorce, she depended on her mother. The latter was helping her. Pranali was in a relationship with a man to whom her mother objected. They argued on this subject many times. She assumed that after the death of her mother she would collect all the rent from her parents’ property and live a happy life. She plotted and got her mother murdered,” said a police officer. Nitin Thackeray, the senior police inspector of Panvel City police station is investigating the case.
17 September,2024 07:15 AM IST | Mumbai | Faisal TandelA 30-year-old man working at a laundry shop in IC Colony, Borivli West, fabricated a robbery story, claiming that two people on a bike held him at gunpoint and stole Rs 1,500 from the shop’s drawer. Despite his tale, the shop owner didn’t believe him and chose not to report it to the police. However, the laundry worker continued sharing the fake story with shop visitors and local watchmen. One visitor believed him and spread the story, which soon went viral in a local IC Colony residents’ group. The viral message reached the police and Crime Branch, who rushed to the laundry shop to investigate. After reviewing CCTV footage, officers found that no such incident had occurred. Upon interrogation, the worker confessed to making up the entire story. The laundry worker, identified as Ramesh Kanojia, had been employed at the shop for 10 years. Originally from Uttar Pradesh, Kanojia admitted to fabricating the story because he feared his boss would scold him after he lost Rs 1,500 from the shop’s drawer. The viral message, which caused panic in the IC Colony area, read: “Robbery Alert in IC Colony: Yesterday at 4 pm, a man robbed the laundry at Prem Bhanu in IC Colony, holding the staff at gunpoint and taking all the cash from the drawer. This alarming incident happened in broad daylight, highlighting the lack of safety in the area. Please stay extremely alert and cautious.” According to police, Kanojia explained, “I was cooking inside the shop on Sunday around 1 pm. At some point, someone entered and stole Rs 1,500, which I had kept in the drawer. After finishing my meal, I saw the money was missing and feared my boss would be angry.” “In the evening, I called my boss and made up the story about two men on a bike robbing me. Although my boss didn’t believe it, I kept telling it to others, including local watchmen,” Kanojia told the police officer. “On Monday morning, a resident shared a WhatsApp message about the ‘incident,’ which eventually reached the MHB Colony police. When officers reviewed the CCTV footage, they found no one had entered the shop during the time of the alleged robbery. They grew suspicious, took Kanojia into custody, and he confessed to making up the story,” the officer said. The MHB Colony police released Kanojia with a warning after confirming the robbery was entirely fabricated.
17 September,2024 07:03 AM IST | Mumbai | Shirish VaktaniaThe Mumbai police cybercrime division has registered a fraud case against unknown persons based on a complaint filed by a businesswoman from Goregaon, who claimed that she was duped of Rs 33.89 lakh after clicking on a link sent to her on WhatsApp. According to the complainant, 52, the alleged fraud took place between April and June this year. The woman said she was looking for a financial investment adviser and came across a YouTube channel, following which she was added to a WhatsApp group and later duped. In her statement to the police, she said that she joined a WhatsApp group ‘Long Creek Capital 73’ where a person identified as Deepak (last name not known) provided investment advice and organised daily webinars offering investment tips. To build trust, documents were also shared showing they were Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)-registered and provided company details, claiming registration in the United States, the woman stated. She said that based on the tips and strategies provided during the webinars, she started investing through her own trading account. However, she suffered losses and mentioned this to Deepak but was reassured by him and other people on the WhatsApp group to not worry about the loses as many have reportedly made significant profits. The complaint states that she continued to observe the group and eventually downloaded the ‘Long Creek Capital 73’ app. After an initial investment of R1 lakh, the app showed a 70 per cent profit, which encouraged her to invest more to a tune of Rs 33 lakh. The woman said she tried to withdraw her money, however, it was advised that she should wait. However, when she began questioning and did not receive satisfactory answers, she realised she might have been scammed and later her account was showing empty. According to the Mumbai police, stock market investment cyber fraud cases have been on the rise since the past few months. As per the data from the police, 906 cases have been reported and 214 people have been arrested so far till May this year.
17 September,2024 06:53 AM IST | Mumbai | Faizan KhanA septuagenarian has been arrested for allegedly molesting his daughter's 9-year-old student in Maharashtra's Kolhapur district, the police said on Monday, reported the PTI. Based on a complaint by the girl's family, the police on Sunday registered a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and arrested the 73-year-old accused, an official said. The incident occurred in the Radhanagari area in the first week of September, he said. The accused's daughter conducted tuition classes, and the girl was one of her students. The girl complained to her aunt that the accused had molested her, the official said, according to the PTI. The accused has been remanded in police custody, and further probe is underway, the official said. Physical education teacher held for molesting schoolgirl In an another incident, last week, the Thane Police had arrested a teacher of a private school in Ulhasnagar township of Maharashtra's Thane district for allegedly molesting a seven-year-old girl student, an official had earlier said on Saturday, according to the PTI. The accused, a physical education teacher, was arrested last week on Friday, an official of Hill Line police station in Ulhasnagar said. "The teacher allegedly molested the girl on the school premises. She later told her parents about the incident, following which they approached the police and lodged a complaint on Thursday," he said. On the complaint from the family of the girl, a case under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was registered by the police which arrested the accused. Further investigations into the matter were going on, the police officials said. Meanwhile, in a separate incident, a sanitation worker from Bhayander in Thane district was arrested for allegedly molesting a 12-year-old girl, a police official said on Friday. The 58-year-old accused, who was held on Wednesday, is accused of molesting the girl inside a lift and also threatening her against revealing the ordeal to anyone, the Bhayander police station official said. He was charged under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the official added. (with PTI inputs)
16 September,2024 10:12 PM IST | Kolhapur | mid-day online correspondentThe body of a 35-year-old man with his head severed was found on the terrace of a shopping complex in Maharashtra's Thane city on Monday morning, the police said. The headless body of Somnath Sadgir, a security supervisor, was found on the terrace of the complex in the Kapurbawdi area of Thane and has been sent to a government hospital for post-mortem, an officer said. Deputy Commissioner of Police Zone-v Amarsingh Jadhav said Sadgir had dinner with a security guard at the complex around 10 pm on Sunday, and the duo allegedly had an argument, which might have led to the killing. A person from the adjoining building spotted the body and alerted the police in Thane, he added. A search has been launched for the alleged accused, the officer said, adding that a case has been registered under section 103 (1) (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever.
16 September,2024 06:15 PM IST | Thane | PTIA 50-year-old man was arrested in Thane district of Maharashtra within hours after he allegedly killed his wife over domestic issues, the police said on Monday, reported the PTI. The man allegedly killed his wife by slashing her neck after an argument on Sunday, an official said. The accused was identified as Pritesh Shirke. He was nabbed on Sunday evening, a few hours after he fatally attacked his wife who has been identified as Draupati Shirke, 47, the official said, the news agency reported. The man attacked his wife with a sharp weapon on Sunday following a dispute between the two, an official said, according to the PTI. The police registered an FIR under section 103 (1) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and the suspected was held on the charge of murder, he added, as pe the PTI. Man held for stabbing wife to death Meanwhile, in an another incident in Palghar, the police arrested a 38-year-old man from Virar in Maharashtra for allegedly stabbing his wife to death following an argument with her, the officials had said on Saturday, reported the PTI. According to the PTI, the accused was identified as Gopal Rathod a resident of Palghar district in Maharashtra. Rathod allegedly had a habit of drinking liquor and would trouble his family members after returning home drunk, an official of Mira Bhayandar-Vasai Virar (MBVV) police commissionerate said. "At around 4.30 am on Friday, an argument broke out between the accused and his wife who was identified as 32-year-old Bharati Rathod. During the commotion, the accused began to assault his wife and in a fit of rage, he also pulled out a knife. The accused stabbed her to death with the knife," he said, as per the PTI. Their neighbours alerted the police, following which a team was sent to the spot. The victim's body was taken to a government hospital for a post-mortem, he said, adding that the accused was later arrested and booked under sections 103 (1) (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), as per the news agency. (with PTI inputs)
16 September,2024 05:37 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondentADVERTISEMENT
