Basti (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 6 (ANI): The Mumbai Crime Branch on Tuesday afternoon arrested an Assistant Sales Tax Commissioner posted in Basti district of Uttar Pradesh in connection with the Angadia extortion case, informed Crime Branch on Wednesday.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 25 (ANI): After former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh on Thursday appeared before the Mumbai Police Crime Branch, the Maharashtra government is mulling taking action against him, according to sources.

New Delhi Oct 26 PTI Sameer Wankhede the Narcotics Control Bureaus Mumbai zonal director who is leading the probe in the cruise drugs case in which actor Shah Rukh Khans son Aryan Khan is arrested visited the agencys headquarters here on TuesdayThe officer entered the NCB headquarters here in R K Puram area through a back entry gate and is expected to meet senior officersHe had landed at the Indira Gandhi International IGI Airport on Monday nightSome people holding banners and certain posters declaring their support for Wankhede were seen outside the NCB headquartersHis visit to Delhi comes in the backdrop of the NCB ordering a vigilance inquiry into the allegations made by a witness in the cruise drugs case of an extortion bid of Rs 25 crore by some agency officials including Wankhede and others for letting off Aryan KhanThe officer told media persons outside the IGI Airport that he has not been summoned by the agency but has some work here as he said he did a fair job in the drugs-on-cruise caseWankhede on Sunday had written to Mumbai Police commissioner Hemant Nagrale seeking protection from likely legal action being planned against him by unknown persons to falsely frame him concerning an alleged vigilance-related issueOn Monday he failed to get any relief related to an affidavit on the sensational extortion claims made by the independent witness Prabhakar Sail with a special court saying it cannot pass a blanket order barring courts from taking cognisance of the documentPTI NES SRY

Mumbai Oct 25 PTI Prabhakar Sail the independent witness in the cruise drugs case met a senior Mumbai Police official on Monday seeking protection a day after he claimed that Rs 25 crore was demanded by an NCB official and other persons to let off Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khans son Aryan Khan in the case an official said Sail visited the city police commissioners office in the morning and met Joint Commissioner of Police crime Milind Bharambhe the official said He spent about an hour in the police commissioners office He later approached the Sahar police in Mumbai seeking security whenever he comes to meet his wife children and mother-in-law who live in the Sahar village here officials said Sail did not file any written complaint against anyone at the police station but only approached the police for the purpose of his and his familys security they said On Sunday Sail told media persons that he feared a threat to his life and had claimed he could be harmed Sail had claimed that Rs 25 crore was demanded by an official of the Narcotics Control Bureau NCB and other persons including absconding witness K P Gosavi to let off Aryan Khan in the cruise drugs case He had said that he overheard Gosavi telling one Sam DSouza over the phone after Aryan Khan was brought to the NCB office following the October 3 raid about a demand of Rs 25 crore and to settle at Rs 18 crore as they have to give Rs eight crore to Sameer Wankhede the zonal director of NCB He also claimed NCB officials had asked him to sign nine to ten blank papers However a senior NCB official had denied the allegations terming them as completely false and malicious Wankhede on Sunday wrote to Mumbai police commissioner Hemant Nagrale seeking protection from likely legal action being planned against him by unknown persons to falsely frame him concerning an alleged vigilance related issue On Monday the NCB and Wankhede approached a special court here against the allegations of extortion levelled against them in the cruise drugs seizure case Wankhede in his affidavit submitted to the court refuted the allegations levelled against him and claimed he was under a lurking threat of arrest as it does not suit some vested interests for conducting an honest and impartial investigation The NCB and Wankhede in their affidavits submitted to the court designated to hear cases related to the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act NDPS also said the allegations against them were an attempt to create hurdles and scuttle the investigation in the case The NCB in its affidavit sought that there should be no tampering with the evidence or investigation in the case PTI ZA GK GK

Mumbai Oct 25 PTI The Narcotics Control Bureau NCB and its zonal director Sameer Wankhede approached a special court here on Monday against the allegations of extortion levelled against them in the cruise drugs seizure case in which actor Shah Rukh Khan son Aryan Khan is an accused The anti-drugs agency and Wankhede in their affidavits said this was an attempt to create hurdles and scuttle the investigation in the case The NCB in its affidavit sought that there should be no tampering with the evidence or investigation while Wankhede refuted the allegations raised against him On Sunday an independent witness in the cruise drugs case in a statement to the media claimed that Rs 25 crore was demanded by an official of the NCB and other persons including absconding witness K P Gosavi to let off Aryan Khan in the case Prabhakar Sail the independent witness told media persons that he had overheard Gosavi telling one Sam DSouza over the phone after Aryan Khan was brought to the NCB office following the October 2 raid about a demand of Rs 25 crore and to settle at Rs 18 crore as they have to give Rs eight crore to Sameer Wankhede Sail had said he would soon release evidence to support his claim The NCB and Wankhede rubbished these claims in their affidavits submitted to the court on Monday Wankhede on Sunday also wrote to Mumbai Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale seeking protection from likely legal action being planned against him by unknown persons to falsely frame him concerning an alleged vigilance related issue Without taking names Wankhede an IRS officer of the 2008 batch had claimed in his letter to Nagrale that the threat of jail and dismissal have been issued against him on public media by highly respectable public functionaries An NCB team led by Wankhede earlier this month allegedly seized drugs onboard a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast following which Aryan Khan was arrested on October 3 He is currently lodged in the Arthur Road jail in Mumbai His bail application is likely to be heard by the Bombay High Court on Tuesday PTI SP GK GK

Mumbai Oct 25 PTI Prabhakar Sail the independent witness in the cruise drugs case arrived at the Mumbai police commissioners office on Monday to meet senior security officials a day after he claimed that Rs 25 crore was demanded by an NCB official and other persons to let off Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khans son Aryan Khan in the case an official said Sail visited the police commissioners office apparently in connection with his security concern an official said He reached the commissioners office premises at around 1120 am and will meet Joint Commissioner of Police crime Milind Bharambhe the official said On Sunday Sail told media persons that he feared a threat to his life and had claimed he could be harmed Sail the independent witness had claimed that Rs 25 crore was demanded by an official of the Narcotics Control Bureau NCB and other persons including absconding witness K P Gosavi to let off Aryan Khan in the cruise drugs case He had said that he overheard Gosavi telling one Sam DSouza over the phone after Aryan Khan was brought to the NCB office following the October 3 raid about a demand of Rs 25 crore and to settle at Rs 18 crore as they have to give Rs eight crore to Sameer Wankhede the zonal director of NCB He also claimed NCB officials had asked him to sign nine to ten blank papers However a senior NCB official had denied the allegations terming them as completely false and malicious Wankhede on Sunday wrote to Mumbai police commissioner Hemant Nagrale seeking protection from likely legal action being planned against him by unknown persons to falsely frame him concerning an alleged vigilance related issuePTI ZA GK GK

Mumbai Sep 30 PTI A senior inspector of Andheri police station in Mumbai has been suspended for alleged negligence in duty days after a raid was conducted at a bar which was found to be indulging in illegal activities an official has said Senior police inspector Vijay Belge was suspended on Wednesday based on a report submitted by his seniors to Mumbai Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale he said On September 23 a DCP squad had conducted a raid on the bar located in Andheri which fell under the jurisdiction of Belges police station Later an inquiry revealed negligence in duty on the part of Belge following which he was suspended the police official said Belge was earlier posted as an inspector at Vakola police station He had taken charge as senior inspector of Andheri police station a few months back he said Deputy Commissioner of Police Zone 10 Mahesh Reddy confirmed Belges suspension PTI ZA NP NP

New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI/ThePRTree): Looking at the increasing issues towards women, Aarey Police Station in collaboration with General Secretary of Dhadak Auto Rickshaw Taxi Chalak Malak Union has organized a special orientation camp.

Mumbai Sep 23 PTI The Nirbhaya squad of police in Mumbais Bhandup on Thursday reunited a young woman with her family hours after she left home on being scolded by parents an official said The 19-year-old woman had left her Andheri residence in a huff late night on Wednesday and reached Bhatti Pada market in suburban Bhandup on foot Woman police official Kanchan Thorat who was on duty at that time spotted her on a road in the area in the wee hours of Thursday he said Thorat heads the Nirbhaya squad or special womens safety cell of Bhandup police station The woman was brought to the police station as she did not give satisfactory answers She was taken into confidence after which she revealed that she had left her home after her parents scolded on her over some minor issue the official added She gave her mothers mobile number to police who called her up and asked to visit the police station After that the young woman was handed over to her parents No complaint was lodged in this connection he said Earlier this month Mumbai Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale had ordered that a Nirbhaya squad be set up at every police station in the city for womens safety The instructions came in the aftermath of the brutal rape and murder of a woman in suburban Sakinaka which bore some similarity to the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape case of Delhi Each Nirbhaya squad comprises a woman assistant inspector or sub-inspector a woman constable a male constable and a driver PTI ZA NP NP

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 15 (ANI): With an aim to enhance security of women, Mumbai Police on Tuesday decided to have 'Nirbhaya Squad' in every police station.