Mumbai, April 14: In a shocking incident that has gone viral, a 21-year-old man suffered minor burn injuries when a sparkling candle blew up on him after his friends threw wheat flour and eggs on him to prank him during his birthday celebrations in Ambernath. Viral Video Shows Ambernath Man Suffering Minor Burn Injuries After Birthday […]
Thane Feb 21 PTI An infant who was handed over to a couple in Nalasopara in Palghar by her poverty-ridden parents in Thanes Ambernath has been rescued by volunteers of the Child Welfare Committee on Monday an official said District Women and Child Welfare officer Mahendra Gaikwad told PTI the 2-month-old girl child who was the third born to the couple was rescued based on a tip off provided by the local ward committee The couple are poor and already have two daughters aged three and one-and-half years The man is a rickshaw driver and the woman is a domestic help They gave the third child to a couple from Nalasopara in the belief that she will have a good life This couple from Nalasopara is related to a household where the childs mother is working an official said The rescue team comprising Gaikwad advocate Pallavi Jadhav and 11 ward committee members approached Ambernath police which has registered an FIR in connection with this illegal adoption and is probing if any monetary transaction was involved he said Jadhav said couples looking to adopt children must do so by following all legal procedures mentioned in the Central Adoption Resource Authority portal PTI COR BNM BNM BNM
Thane Jan 20 PTI Thane Police has arrested seven persons for allegedly stealing petroleum products worth crores of rupees from a storage tank in south Mumbai an official said on Thursday The Anti Extortion Cell AEC of Thane crime branch raided a dhaba eatery at Ambernath in the district on Wednesday and seized stolen products and four tankers altogether worth Rs 103 crore he said Senior inspector Sanjay Shinde of the AEC said the accused pilfered petroleum-derived industrial chemicals from the storage tank of an Ambernath-based firm at Sewree in south Mumbai The stolen chemicals were ferried to a dhaba at Ambernath by tankers and then sold off he said Acting on a tip-off police raided the dhaba when the tankers were being emptied and booked seven persons for theft and other offenses said inspector Shinde The arrested men were identified as Gyanchand Varma 32 Aman Saroja 22 Sanjay Singh 34 Prayagsingh alias Ravi Singh 34 Amar Bahadur Verma 34 Sandeep Varma 26 all from Sewree and dhaba owner Anil Chikankar 30 PTI COR KRK KRK KRK
Thane Nov 19 PTI A 35-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly sodomising and beating up his minor employee in Maharashtras Thane district police said on Friday The police on Thursday arrested the accused who owns a meat shop in Ambernath town of the district an official said The incident took place on the intervening night of November 13 and 14 when the accused allegedly sexually assaulted the minor and had unnatural sex with him The boy worked at the shop and lived there the official said The next day the boy narrated the incident to his mother who questioned the accused Angered by this the accused pushed the boy against a wall injuring the latters face he said A customer helped the boy lodge a complaint following which a case was registered at Shivaji Nagar police under sections 377 and 326 of the IPC and relevant provisions of the Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences POCSO Act the official added PTI COR NP ARU ARU