Thane Jan 24 PTI An unidentified person allegedly attacked a woman doctor at her private clinic here in Maharashtra and fled with her mobile phone gold jewellery and Rs 5000 cash police said on Monday The 53-year-old doctor was injured in the incident that took place in Bhayander area on Sunday The accused allegedly barged into the clinic and attacked the doctor with a sharp weapon He then snatched her mobile phone gold jewellery and cash all collectively worth around Rs 93000 and ran away an official from Bhayander police station said The doctor suffered a severe head injury he said adding that some people in the neighbourhood rushed to the clinic on hearing the commotion and took her to a nearby private hospital Based on the victims complaint the police registered a case against the unidentified person under relevant provisions he said The police were checking the CCTV footage of the area to trace the culprit the official said PTI COR GK GK

Thane Nov 29 PTI Two personnel of a police station in Thane district of Maharashtra were arrested on Monday for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50000 for not registering a case the Anti-Corruption Bureau said Another person involved in the bribery is on the run The accused are identified as police sub-inspectors Govind Ekolwale 32 and Prakash Kamble 31 both attached to the Bhayander police station under the MBVV police commissionerate The third accused is identified as Mukesh Kotian a resident of Mira Road According to ACB Ekolwale had demanded Rs 10 lakh from the complainant for not registering a case of cheating against him and not arresting him Kamble had encouraged the complainant to pay the bribe the ACB said in a release On November 26 Ekolwale demanded Rs 250000 from the complainant On Monday Ekolwale took the complainant to his car and took Rs 50000 from him He handed the amount to Kotian it said However after seeing the ACB officials both the PSIs and Kotian fled Kamble was arrested from his house while Ekolwale was nabbed from near a court in Thane city after a chase A case was registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act PTI COR NSK NSK

Thane Nov 29 PTI A hawker allegedly attacked a civic official with an iron rod during an anti-encroachment drive here in Maharashtra police said on Monday The official received injury on his hand during the incident on Sunday evening following which the 20-year-old hawker was caught and arrested they said A drive was underway to remove unauthorised hawkers from the Bombay Market in Bhayander area While Rakesh Tribhuvan the in-charge of the Mira-Bhayander Municipal Corporations anti-encroachment department was carrying out the drive hawker Abdul Rehman Hasmi allegedly attacked him with an iron rod Bhayander police stations senior inspector Mukundrao Patil said The other civic and security personnel present there immediately caught hold of the accused and took him to a police station The accused was arrested and a case was registered against him under relevant sections Patil said The civic official was treated for his hand injury at a local hospital he added In August this year a hawker had chopped off three fingers of a woman official of the Thane Municipal Corporation during an anti-encroachment drive here PTI COR GK GK

Thane Nov 19 PTI Nine Bangladeshi nationals were arrested in Bhiwandi of Maharashtras Thane district for allegedly living in the country without any valid documents an official said on Friday Offences under the Indian Passport Act and Foreign Nationals Act has been registered against the accused who were employed in a textile unit at an industrial estate in Saravali the station house officer of Kongaon police station said Based on a tip-off the police conducted a raid at Saravali industrial estate late on Thursday night and nabbed the accused he said The arrested men have been identified as Salim Amin Shaikh 30 Rasal Abul Hasan Shaikh 27 Mohammad Shain Mohammad Akbaralai Shaikh 24 Mohammad Masoom Sheidulla Islam 21 Tarunmaniram Tripura 21 Suman Maniram Tribupra 25 Ismail Abu Tahir Khan 19 Azam Yusuf Khan 19 and Mohammad Amir Abu Sufia Khan 26 it was stated In a similar action couple of days ago the MBVV police had arrested nine Bangladeshi nationals from Govind Nagar locality of Bhayander an official said Offences were registered against them with the Naya Nagar police station he said In a related matter the Navi Mumbai police on Thursday issued instructions to foreign nationals to register themselves with the local police when they reside in the limits of the commissionerate Violating the regulations will invite police action the order stated PTI COR ARU ARU

Thane Oct 23 PTI The police have arrested a woman for allegedly running sex racket in Mira Road of Maharashtras Thane district an official said on Saturday Based on a tip-off the Anti-Human Trafficking Cell AHTC of the MBVV police sent a decoy customer to the accused at a lodge in Mira Road on Thursday the official said The police arrested the accused when she came to the establishment with two other women he said adding that two victims were rescued and sent to a rehabilitation centre An offence has been registered against the accused under relevant sections of the IPC and Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act PITA with the Naya Nagar police station of Bhayander division the official said The police are on the look out of the womans accomplices who helped her operate the racket he added PTI COR ARU ARU

Thane Oct 18 PTI A handcuffed man accused in a case of mobile phone theft escaped from police custody here in Maharashtra an official said on Monday The incident took place on Friday when the accused Durgesh Gupta 32 was being brought to Bhayander police station after he was produced in a court for remand he said The accused allegedly pushed personnel of the escort team jumped out of the police van and escaped he said An offence was registered against him at Bhayander police station under relevant sections and efforts were on to trace him the official said PTI COR GK GK