Thane Sep 24 PTI A 35-year-old man from Bhiwandi town of Maharashtras Thane district allegedly attempted to set his wife ablaze after she refused to give him money to buy liquor police said on Friday The police have registered a case under section 307 attempt to murder of the IPC against the accused Firoz Firazu Uddin Shaikh for the alleged incident which took place in Shantinagar area on Thursday evening police PRO Jaimala Wasave said According to the police the accused demanded money from his wife Ruksana Banoo to buy alcohol and when she refused he got angry and poured kerosene on her The accused then threw a matchstick on the victim who ran for safety and managed to douse the flames the official said The woman sustained burn injuries in the attack and is undergoing treatment at a hospital she said adding that no arrest has been made in this regard so far PTI COR ARU ARU

Thane Sep 23 PTI A 32-year-old trader has been arrested with fake currency notes with a face value of Rs 1 lakh in Bhiwandi town of Thane district police said on ThursdayThane city police PRO Jaimala Wasave said the trader Ahmed Nazam Nashikkar was apprehended from Khadipar locality of the powerloom town on Wednesday nightThe police seized 200 counterfeit currency notes of Rs 500 denomination having a face value of Rs 1 lakh from his possession Wasave saidA probe was on to find out the source of the counterfeit notes and where the accused was going to use them the PRO added PTI COR RSY RSY

Thane Sep 22 PTI Police have arrested four people here in Maharashtra for allegedly threatening a man with dire consequences after he married a woman with whom one of the accused was in love an official said on Wednesday The victim was on his way to work from Diva town in Thane district in an auto-rickshaw on September 15 when two motorcycle-borne persons allegedly stopped his vehicle pointed a revolver at him and threatened him police spokesperson Jaimala Wasave said The victim ran away from the spot to save his life and later complained to Mumbra police in the district Based on the CCTV footage and intelligence inputs the police on Saturday arrested the two accused both aged 21 the official said Later on the basis of information provided by the duo the police arrested a 31-year-old hotelier the alleged mastermind of the crime and a salon owner she said During their questioning the police came to know that the hotelier was in love with the victims wife before she got married He allegedly wanted to separate the couple and took help of the two accused to threaten the victim the official said The police also seized a revolver two live cartridges and a motorcycle from the possession of the accused she added PTI COR GK GK

Thane Sep 18 PTI Police have raided a bar in Maharashtras Thane district and arrested 10 waitresses and 21 others for allegedly violating the coronavirus prevention guidelines and indulging in obscenity an official said on Saturday The action was taken by the Kalyan crime branch unit-III on Thursday night Thane police spokesperson Jaimala Wasave said Based on a tip-off the crime branch team raided the bar located on Kalyan-Manpada road and found several members of the bar staff and customers not wearing masks and also flouting the social distancing norm she said The police also found that the women who were serving food and drinks to the customers at the bar were improperly dressed and indulged in obscene acts the official said Apart from 10 waitresses 19 customers and two employees of the bar were arrested and various equipment including a music amplifier collectively worth Rs 24300 was seized police said An offence under Indian Penal Code sections 294 obscene acts and songs 188 disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant and 269 270 negligent malignant acts likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life was registered against the accused They were also booked under provisions of the Epidemic Diseases Act and the Disaster Management Act at Manpada police station PTI COR NP NP

Thane Sep 17 PTI A 30-year-old man was allegedly attacked and stabbed to death by five persons in broad daylight in Ulhasnagar town of Maharashtras Thane district on Friday police said The five accused were arrested within hours of the incident that took place around 2 pm police PRO Jaimala Wasave said The accused allegedly caught hold of the victim Sushant Kailas Gaikwad a resident of Manore and attacked him with an iron rod and sharp weapons the official said The victim collapsed with several stab wounds and was rushed to a hospital where he was declared brought dead she said Investigations have revealed that the attack was a result of an old enmity she added A case of murder has been registered against the arrested accused Akash Prakash Shinde alias Chintya Amol More alias Vangya Abhay Thorat Yeshwant Rupawate and Akash Kapil Chowdhary the official said PTI COR ARU ARU

Thane Sep 17 PTI The Anti-Narcotic Cell ANC in Maharashtras Thane city arrested a 31-year-old man for alleged possession of ketamine drug worth Rs 1112 lakh an official said on Friday Acting on a tip-off a team from the ANC laid a trap in Anand Nagar locality of Ghodbunder Road and nabbed the accused Vaibhav Narendra Singh on Thursday Thane city police PRO Jaimala Wasave said The accused was allegedly found in possession of ketamine drug worth Rs 1121 lakh she said An offence under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Susbtances NDPS Act has been registered against the accused who has been remanded to police custody till September 20 the official said A probe is underway to find out the sources of the contraband and to whom it was going to be sold she added PTI COR ARU ARU