The MRA Marg Police apprehended a 20-year-old man on Thursday, a day after his motorcycle hit a pedestrian, resulting in the latter falling down and being run over by a Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking bus in Mumbai. The accident occurred around 4.30 pm on Wednesday near Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) in South Mumbai. “The bus on route number A-26 was moving to Electric House around 3.25 pm. When the bus was passing CSMT at 4.25 pm, it ran over a pedestrian. The bus was driven by a BEST undertaking bus driver,” a spokesperson of the civic transport body said. The 60-year-old victim, Hasenar Anduhi, hailed from Kasaragod district in Kerala, PTI reported. "We have arrested Mohammad Sahil Siddhique. He is resident of Dongri. We are investigating the matter further," Deputy Commissioner of Zone 1, Dr Pravin Munde, said. Anduhi was walking near Bhatia Baug Junction when he was hit by Siddique's motorcycle, which ultimately resulted in his death under a rear wheel of the BEST bus. After the incident, Mumbai Police registered a case and launched a search for the motorcyclist. The BEST bus driver, Dnyandev Namdeo Jagdale, was questioned by MRA Marg Police earlier. This was the third such incident involving a BEST bus. In another incident, a bike was hit by a BEST bus at Goregaon. A bus on route no 447, was going towards Goregaon at 5.30 pm on Wednesday. There was an unattended bike parked near Gai Vasru Chowk, which the larger vehicle hit. The bike rider later reported the incident. No injuries were reported. On Monday night, an out of control electric BEST bus fatally knocked down seven persons and injured 42 others. The police investigation into the horrific Kurla bus accident has revealed that the bus driver, 54-year-old Sanjay More, began operating the electric BEST bus just days before the crash took place. Following the incident, More was initially detained by the Kurla Police and was later placed under arrest. He has been booked under sections 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 110 (attempt to commit culpable homicide) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and relevant provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act. (With PTI inputs)
12 December,2024 06:26 PM IST | Mumbai | Apoorva AgashePolice have registered a case against a woman sarpanch on Thursday for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a house owner in Maharashtra's Thane district, reported news agency PTI. The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) stated that the person had bought a house and in order to levy the property tax, wanted the house to be registered with the Vangni gram panchayat. The sarpanch initially demanded Rs 20,000 for the same, but later reduced the amount to Rs 10,000, stated PTI. The house owner then approached the ACB, which filed a complaint with police. The ACB stated that the Kulgaon police on Wednesday registered an FIR against the sarpanch under provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, based on the complaint. Two forest officials held for accepting bribe in Palghar district In a similar case of bribery, recently two forest officials from Maharashtra's Palghar district were arrested for allegedly demanding and accepting bribe from a complainant after threatening to take action against him, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) said on Friday, reported the PTI. According to the PTI, one of the suspect who was identified as Pannalal Dinkar Beldar (35), is a forest guard and the second official, identified as Pankaj Shantaram Saner (45), is a ranger, said Harshal Chavan, deputy superintendent of police of ACB in Palghar district. The ACB official said the complainant, who owns a chawl along the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway, was changing the entrance to his property in the opposite direction for easy access, but the two officials accused him of encroaching upon forest land, the news agency reported. Saner on September 16 demanded Rs 2,40,000 from the complainant to not act against him. He paid Rs 90,000 to the accused duo the same day, said the official. The complainant then approached the ACB, which laid a trap and nabbed the two on Thursday after Beldar allegedly accepted Rs 40,000 as part of the bribe, he said, the PTI reported. The Valiv police have booked the two under the Prevention of Corruption Act, he added, as per the PTI. (With inputs from PTI)
12 December,2024 01:04 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondentA tragic incident occurred in Kasane village near Vasind in Thane district, where a woman is accused of killing her one-year-old son following a heated argument with her mother-in-law. The child was allegedly thrown into a water tank by his mother, resulting in his death. The police have arrested the woman in connection with the incident. According to the police, the incident unfolded on Wednesday when the woman’s son, born in 2022, was suffering from a congenital illness and had been receiving ongoing treatment at Wadia Hospital in Mumbai. The baby’s health issues had caused tension between the mother and the grandmother, who often disagreed over his care. On Tuesday, the boy’s grandmother, concerned about his condition, took him on a trip to Titwala, where his health worsened, and he developed a fever. She returned him to Kasane village late that night. This prompted a fierce argument between the mother and grandmother over the child's health. The father, a security guard at a nearby godown, left for his night shift after attempting to calm the situation. Upon returning home the next morning, the father briefly played with his son before falling asleep. During this time, the woman allegedly took the infant and drowned him in a water tank located on the first floor of their home. When the father noticed his son was missing, he began searching the house with family and friends. Meanwhile, the mother approached the police with a report stating that her son had disappeared. Suspicious, the father confronted his wife, and she eventually admitted to the crime. She confessed that she had killed their child by drowning him in the tank. The man immediately contacted the Padgha police, who launched an investigation. The child’s body was recovered from the water tank and sent for a post-mortem at a government hospital. The mother was arrested and charged with murder, while further legal proceedings are underway. (With inputs from ANI)
12 December,2024 11:17 AM IST | MumbaiA 34-year-old regional transport officer (RTO) officer from the Kurla division was allegedly assaulted by an unknown individual on Wednesday. The accused also snatched the officer's mobile phone before fleeing the scene. According to police sources, assistant inspector Amol Sapkal was patrolling in Kurla along with senior RTO officials to take action against motorists violating the law. Around 1 pm, he intercepted a tempo on LBS Road near Hari Masjid. The vehicle was found to be overloaded beyond its permitted capacity. Before initiating any action, he took the license of the driver, identified as Dev Raju Kunchikorve. Sapkal decided to verify the weight and instructed the driver to take the vehicle to a weighing machine (weight kata). However, the accused allegedly refused to comply and made a call to an anonymous person to complaint about the officer's actions. In response to the driver’s call, an individual promptly arrived on a bike and began arguing with the RTO officer. When the officer attempted to take a photo of the vehicle on his mobile phone, the accused snatched the device from his hand and smashed it to the ground. The officer then tried to use a challan machine to take a photo, but the accused attempted to snatch it as well. Sapkal, however, managed to hand the challan machine to his associate. The situation escalated further as the accused allegedly assaulted the officer and fled the scene, taking Sapkal's broken mobile phone with him. The officer later approached Kurla Police and filed a complaint. Based on his report, the police have registered a case under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and are actively searching for the accused, an officer from Kurla Police Station said.
11 December,2024 10:00 PM IST | Mumbai | Samiullah KhanThe Manikpur Police in Palghar district of Maharashtra busted a notorious interstate gang involved in assaulting citizens under the pretext of asking for directions, snatching gold ornaments, and fleeing on motorcycles. Two gang members have been arrested, and during police interrogation, they confessed to committing three crimes. The police have seized stolen items worth Rs 1,09,280 from cases registered at Valiv and Manikpur police stations in Vasai. According to Deputy Commissioner of Police Pournima Chougule-Shringi of Mira-Bhayandar, Vasai-Virar Police Commissionerate Zone 2, the arrested suspects have more than eight criminal cases registered against them in various police stations across Gujarat and Mumbai. Both the accused have been identified as Kanubhai alias Kanhaiya Ramabhai Solanki (45), a resident of Himmatnagar in Sabarkantha district, Gujarat, and Mohammad Sharif Farid Khan (55), a resident of Poman Sastikar Pada in Vasai. Solanki has serious criminal cases registered against him at Khadia, Paldi, Ghatlodia in Ahmedabad, Umra in Surat, and Himmatnagar City and Bayad in Sabarkantha. Khan also has criminal cases registered at Bandra in Mumbai and Umra in Surat. Both the accused have confessed to crimes registered at Valiv, Manikpur, and Mahatma Phule Chowk police stations in Kalyan.
11 December,2024 07:43 PM IST | Palghar | Diwakar SharmaDays after horrific Kurla BEST bus crash that killed seven people and injured 42, a pedestrian was fatally struck by a Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply And Transport (BEST) bus in south Mumbai, the police said on Wednesday. According to the police, the incident took place at the Bhatia Baug Junction near hotel Shivala in CST area at around 4.30 pm. The victim, a man, aged around 60-year-old was hit by a biker due to which the victim fell and came under back wheel of a BEST bus. An official said, a pedestrian was killed after a BEST bus moving on the Walchand Hirachand Marg in the CST area of south Mumbai ran over him. He said that the bus, operating on route A-26, with the registration number MH 03 EC 0174, was proceeding from Anushakti Nagar towards Electric House at approximately 3:25 pm, about an hour later at around 4:30 pm, the pedestrian came under the vehicle and was run over, resulting in an immediate fatality at the spot where the accident took place. The bus driver was identified as Dnyandev Namdeo Jagdale was detained by the MRA Marg police for further investigations. The deceased is yet to be identified, sources said. FIR was being is registered in MRA Marg police station and further investigation is being done to find the biker involved in the incident, an official said, adding that the deceased is yet to be identified, the police said. Further details will be updated.
11 December,2024 07:22 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentShocking visuals of minutes before the horrific Kurla BEST bus crash took place on Monday night has been accessed by mid-day. The CCTV footage from the BEST bus in the Kurla crash reveals terrifying moments inside the vehicle. In the CCTV footage of inside the BEST bus and the spot where the accident took place shows panicking commuters inside the bus figuring out why the bus was on a rampage. Moreover, the conductor of the bus who can bee seen busy issuing the tickets to the passengers shocked to see the driver rashly driving and crashing into whatever was on the way of the BEST bus. Moments later, panicked passengers, some of them elderly are seen attempting to save their lives as they witnessed the uncontrollable speeding bus going on dashing people and vehicles coming its way. Exclusive: CCTV footage from the BEST bus in the Kurla crash reveals terrifying moments inside the vehicle and on the street during the incident.By: @ShirishVaktania#KurlaBusAccident #Kurla #kurlaaccident #Kurla #Mumbai #BusAccident #MumbaiPolice https://t.co/W958N7KJMl pic.twitter.com/ickDtFbyXT — Mid Day (@mid_day) December 11, 2024 Minutes later, as the bus halted, the passengers present in the BEST bus can be seen rushing outside the bus and trying to understand what happened. The police investigations into the horrific Kurla bus accident has revealed that the bus driver identified as Sanjay More, 54, began operating the electric BEST bus just days before the crash took place. More's alleged negligence has left caused has killed 7, injured 42, police sources said on Tuesday. Following the incident, More was initially detained by the Kurla police and was later placed under arrest. He has been booked under sections 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and 110 (attempt to commit culpable homicide) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and relevant provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act. More was produced before a Mumbai court on Tuesday that remanded him in police custody till December 21. The police, while seeking More's police custody on Tuesday, told the court that the he drove the bus in a 'negligent manner'. The police investigations revealed that More had previously operated BEST mini-buses and other regular buses. However, he did not have much experience operating electric buses. He started driving an electric BEST bus on December 1 and had only been running the electric buses on the Kurla-Andheri route for nine days. The bus he was allegedly driving hit several vehicles and pedestrians around 9.30 pm in the crowded Kurla (West) locality. In one of the CCTV footage, people lying on the road while vehicles being damaged can bee seen as the BEST bus continues to move at speed. The police has recovered several CCTV footage of the incident and are further probing the matter, sources said. View this post on Instagram A post shared by mid-day (@middayindia)
11 December,2024 05:32 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentA special court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Mumbai on Wednesday sentenced three Bangladeshi nationals to five years in prison for illegally entering India and possessing counterfeit documents, reported news agency PTI. The convicted individuals, Mohammed Habibur Rehman Habib alias Raj Jesub Mandal, Hannan Anwar Hussain Khan alias Hannan Baburali Gazi and Mohd Azarali Subhanallah alias Raja Jesub Mandal, were each fined Rs 2,000 by the NIA special court in Mumbai, as per an official statement from the agency. The case dates back to March 2018, when the Pune Police registered a first information report (FIR) following intelligence reports regarding several Bangladeshi nationals residing in Pune without valid documentation, PTI stated. The investigation revealed that the accused were reportedly involved in assisting members of the Ansar Bangla Team (ABT), a front organisation linked to the designated terrorist group Al Qaida. According to PTI, following thorough investigations, the NIA filed a charge sheet against the three accused on September 7, 2018. They faced multiple charges under various laws, including the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Foreigners Act. The three were sentenced under section 14 of the Foreigners Act (for overstaying in India without valid documentation), section 471 of IPC (for using forged documents as genuine), and section 120-B of IPC (for conspiracy related to document forgery), stated PTI. Mumbai: Two Bangladeshi nationals held in Kandivali The Samta Nagar Police on December 7 arrested two Bangladeshi nationals who had allegedly illegally crossed the border and were residing in the Kandivali area of Mumbai, an officer said. According to the police, the accused entered India by evading border security and had been living in Kandivali, sustaining themselves through daily wage work. Acting on a tip-off, the Samta Nagar police detained the duo near Sandeep Hotel on Akurli Road, in Kandivali (East). The accused were identified as Robiyul Mohammed Moazzam Husain Alam, 24, and Mohammed Ridoy Hussain Miyan, 25. During the search, mobile phones with active SIM cards were recovered from their possession. Upon investigation, the police identified the accused as residents of Bildora in Mymensingh District of Bangladesh. The two have been charged under various sections of the Foreigners Act and the police are conducting further inquiries. (With inputs from PTI)
11 December,2024 04:14 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentActing on specific intelligence, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Mumbai, uncovered a syndicate involving airport staff employed at the food court of the international airport in smuggling gold. The racket allegedly involved retrieving gold from international transit passengers and delivering it outside the airport. DRI officials maintained surveillance at the airport and intercepted two consignments of smuggled gold during delivery. Three airport staff members and three receivers were apprehended. During the operation, 24 oval-shaped balls of gold dust in wax form were found concealed in eight pouches. Upon examination, 12.5 kilograms of gold, valued at Rs 9.95 crore, was recovered and seized under the provisions of the Customs Act, 1962. All six individuals, including the airport staff, were arrested. Officials stated that this operation has dismantled a significant gold smuggling syndicate. This seizure is part of a larger crackdown, as DRI Mumbai has seized a total of approximately 36 kilograms of smuggled gold over the last two days, delivering a substantial blow to smuggling operations in the region.
11 December,2024 02:23 PM IST | Mumbai | Faizan KhanAn official on Wednesday said that the police have registered a case against a scrap dealer for allegedly duping a supplier of nearly Rs 1 crore in Maharashtra's Thane district, reported news agency PTI. The dealer used to purchase scrap material from the victim who stored it at a godown in Bhayander area. Between April 1, 2022 and April 29, 2024, the dealer purchased scrap material of Rs 6.30 crore but paid the supplier Rs 5.31 crore, the official from Navghar police station said while sharing an update on the Thane crime, reported PTI. When the supplier asked for the balance payment, the dealer refused and later became unreachable, he said. Based on the supplier's complaint, the police on Monday registered an FIR against the dealer relevant legal provisions for cheating and other charges, he said while sharing an update on the Thane crime, reported PTI. Couple duped of Rs 80 lakh on promise of getting payments bank's franchisees; 3 booked Police have registered a case against three persons for allegedly duping a couple in Maharashtra's Thane district of Rs 80 lakh by promising to get authorisation to open franchisees of a payments bank, officials said, reported PTI. The incident occurred between August 2022 and April 2023, and an FIR in this connection was registered on Thursday, they said. The accused have been identified as Kalpit Ashokbhai Soni (46), Kunjalsingh Vikramsing Solanki (33), both from Gujarat, and Surendrakumar Kishorelal Sharma (40) from Rajasthan, the police said, reported PTI. "The accused trio contacted a 46-year-old businesswoman, who along with her husband was assured that they would be granted authorisation to open franchisees of a payments bank," an official of Kasarvadavli police station said. "Between August 2022 and April 2023, the accused offered the businesswoman and her husband franchise opportunities in Maharashtra, Goa and Gujarat. They promised that they would secure them the gold loan franchisee/master franchisee and cash management schemes. The couple believed them and transferred Rs 80 lakh to the accused in instalments to their bank accounts," he said, reported PTI. But despite paying money to them, the victims neither got their money back nor received the authorisation for franchisees of a payments bank. After the couple realised that they had been duped, they lodged a complaint, the official said, reported PTI. The accused trio was booked on the charges of criminal breach of trust, forgery, criminal breach of trust, cheating, criminal conspiracy and common intention. (With inputs from PTI)
11 December,2024 12:09 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondentThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday continued grilling actress Gehana Vashisht in connection with the pornography case involving Raj Kundra and others. Vashisht is currently under the agency's scanner in its money laundering probe linked to the making and distribution of pornography. Sources said that the ED is scrutinising whether the payments Vashisht received were part of a larger money-laundering operation orchestrated through the alleged pornography racket. Vashisht, who was questioned for seven hours on Monday, returned to the ED office for further interrogation on Tuesday. On the second day of her interrogation, Gehna was questioned for nearly six hours, during which the officials continued recording her statement as well and asked her to appear again when required. Speaking to the press after the interrogation, Gehna said that the ED officials are yet to retrieve data from her mobile and that is why she was being summoned again and again. The ED is investigating payments made to her by Kenrin Limited, a London-based company owned by Kundra’s brother-in-law, Pradeep Bakshi, who is a wanted accused in the case. Vashisht allegedly received multiple payments from Kenrin Limited for pornographic films shot in India and transferred to London, where they were allegedly uploaded on various platforms. However, Vashisht has maintained her stance that the films she worked on were erotica, not pornography. She said the ED’s questioning revolved around her financial transactions and her connections with Kundra and Kenrin Limited. Vashisht was previously arrested by the Mumbai Crime Branch in February 2021. During that time, she spent over three months in jail. Recently, in November, ED raided multiple locations associated with Kundra in connection with the money laundering case tied to the alleged production and distribution of pornographic and adult content. The ED’s investigation focuses on the alleged use of the "Hotshots" app, which was reportedly operated by Armsprime Media Pvt Ltd, a company founded by Kundra. WhatsApp chats retrieved from Kundra’s phone allegedly revealed discussions about financial transactions and plans to sell adult films for $1.2 million. Questions asked by the ED: Do you know Raj Kundra?How do you know Raj Kundra?How many films have you made for HotShots?How much were you paid per film?Was Raj Kundra the owner of HotShots?How many times have you met Raj Kundra?How do you know Umesh Kamat? (Kamat was the MD of HotShots.)How much money have you earned from HotShots?Through whom did you meet Umesh Kamat?
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