Mumbai, May 30 (IANS) A 25-year-old Mumbai resident with a criminal record has been arrested for allegedly subjecting his wife to severe physical and mental abuse following a domestic dispute, police said, adding that he not only assaulted her inside their home but also tracked her down after she escaped and allegedly attacked her again. According to investigators, the accused, identified as Arbaaz Syed, became violent after an argument with his wife. He allegedly confined her inside their resid…
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Mumbai, May 29 (IANS) The Mumbai Crime Branch Unit has arrested two persons from outside the Mumbai airport for allegedly possessing counterfeit stamp papers worth more than Rs 62.5 lakh. According to the Mumbai Crime Branch, the accused have been identified as Rohit Jadhav (37), a resident of Badlapur, and Narendra Ahire (46), a resident of Kopar Khairane in Navi Mumbai.Police said the duo was allegedly carrying fake stamp papers for delivery to another person when they were intercepted by the …
Mumbai, May 25 (IANS) The Mumbai police have achieved a breakthrough in unravelling the mystery of purse/chain snatching during morning walks in the Taloja area and, during the probe, have also stumbled upon other such rackets operating in other parts of the city. The police have taken the accused, a juvenile, into custody and recovered stolen cash amounting to over Rs 1.85 from his possession.The police crackdown on the purse snatching gang began after a recent incident in an upscale society in…
Mumbai, May 23 (IANS) The Western Cyber Police Station in Mumbai on Saturday registered a criminal case against individuals accused of spreading false and misleading information on social media regarding the recent government demolition drive in Bandra East. According to cyber police officials, the action was initiated after authorities noticed a post circulating on the social media platform X on May 22. The post allegedly contained fabricated and baseless claims related to the eviction and demo…
Mumbai, May 22 (IANS) The Mumbai Police Crime Branch’s Anti-Narcotics Cell on Friday arrested a suspected drug supplier near Lokmanya Tilak Terminus and seized 3.886 kilograms of charas from his possession. According to officials, the seized narcotics are valued at approximately Rs 3.89 crore in the international market. A case has been registered against the accused under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, and he has been taken into custody for further investigation.Of…
Mumbai, May 22 (IANS) The large-scale encroachment drive undertaken by Western Railway in Bandra’s Garib Nagar slum area to clear the government land from illegal occupation is continuing in full steam even as the city police intensifies their drive to identify, track and nab the violent protesters who pelted stones to derail the process.Western Railway, sharing an update about the demolition drive on its X handle, informed that the operation to reclaim the illegally occupied land for future r…
Mumbai, May 21 (IANS) The anti-encroachment demolition drive near Bandra East railway station resumed on Thursday with heavy security deployment, a day after tensions flared during the operation following a stone-pelting and lathi-charge incident linked to the demolition of a religious structure.Officials said nearly 85 per cent of the overall demolition work at the site has now been completed as authorities continue action against illegal encroachments in the area.According to officials associa…
Mumbai, May 21 (IANS) Tension prevailed in Mumbai’s Bandra East area after an anti-encroachment demolition drive allegedly turned violent, leading to clashes, stone-pelting and injuries to several police personnel deployed at the site, officials said on Thursday.Following the violence that erupted on Wednesday, the Mumbai Police registered an FIR at Nirmal Nagar Police Station against 10 identified accused people and several others under multiple provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)…
Mumbai, May 21 (IANS) In a major breakthrough in the fight against cybercrime, the Mumbai Cyber Police, in coordination with the 1930 Cyber Helpline and the Crime Branch, successfully froze and secured more than Rs 101.39 crore lost to online fraud between January and May. Officials said the achievement is especially significant as cybercriminals continue to target citizens using increasingly sophisticated and innovative methods. However, prompt reporting by victims and swift technical coordinat…
Mumbai, May 18 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Mumbai Zonal Office, has provisionally attached immovable properties worth around Rs 700.27 crore under the provisions of the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act (FEOA), 2018 in connection with a money laundering case linked to late Iqbal Mirchi and his family members.According to the ED, the attached assets include three prime properties — Rabia Mansion, Marium Lodge and Sea View — located in Mumbai’s Worli area and collectively valued …