Mumbai Apr 22 PTI Mumbai police on Friday issued a notice to MP Navneet Rana and her husband MLA Ravi Rana asking them not to disrupt the law and order situation as they plan to recite Hanuman Chalisa outside Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackerays residence here on April 23 On Thursday Ravi Rana had announced that he was firm on his plan to recite Hanuman Chalisa outside Matoshree the private residence of Thackeray who is also the president of the Shiv Sena on Saturday In view of his announcement a large number of Shiv Sena workers gathered outside Matoshree in suburban Bandra here on Friday and raised slogans in support of the chief minister The party workers said the Ranas would be taught a lesson if they turn up at the spot The NCP a constituent of the Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA government in the state of which Congress is also part slammed MLA Rana for his announcement and accused him of doing so to destabilise the government and stoke communal tension in the state An independent MLA from Badnera in Amravati district Rana had extended his support to the Devendra Fadnavis-led BJP-Sena government in 2014-19 The police deployed heavy bandobast at Thackerays residence in Kalanagar area to prevent any untoward incident as a large number of Shiv Sena supporters gathered outside the house an official said Moreover there was heavy police deployment when Rana and his wife reached their residence in Khar area he said A team led by DCP Manjunath Singe visited the Rana residence and served them a notice from Kherwadi police station under section 149 of Code of Criminal Procedure CrPC The couple took the notice which has been issued to prevent any cognisable offence he said As per the notice the police have requested them not to disturb peace and maintain aw and order situation the official said Sitting outside Thackerays residence Shiv Sena leaders who are in a combative mode said that the couple was not worthy to take on the party and will be taught a lesson if they dared to show up outside Matoshree The Sena leaders further accused the Ranas of acting at the behest of the BJP Mahaprasad is ready Whoever comes will get it Shiv Sena MP Vinayak Raut told reporters cryptically as he squatted outside Matoshree with party workers waiting for the couple to show up But we want to show the BJP that the Shiv Sena is still alive We have buried a dishonest friend like you We are ready to bury you again Raut said Shiv Senas Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut said recital of Hanuman Chalisa and Ram Navami celebration was matter of faith and not stunt People like Rana are characters in the nautanki and stunt of the BJP People dont take this stunt seriously he told reporters He described the Rana couple as Bunty aur Babli reference to a Hindi movie starring Abhishek Bachchan and Rani Mukherjee They dont know what Mumbais shiv sainiks are made of he said Secretary of Yuva Sena the partys youth wing Varun Saardesai who flanked Raut termed the couples declaration as a stunt and said the party workers will not let them go back without prasad without teaching them a lesson if they dared to turn up They are not big enough to talk about the Shiv Sena chief Thackeray he said Sena MP Anil Desai accused the Ranas of engaging in theatrics since they dont have peoples issue to raise and alleged that the couple was trying to destabilise Thackeray-led MVA government Maharashtra has overcome its problems under Thackerays leadership So they are engaging in such stunts to destabilise the MVA government and are pitching communities against each other Desai said He further said that the Shiv Sena follows and practices real Hindutva and wondered if the Ranas themselves can recite Hanuman Chalisa Meanwhile the NCPs state unit chief spokesman Mahesh Tapase claimed that Rana was inspired by the BJPs ideology and expressed confidence that the MVA government in the state cannot be destabilised There is news about the Rana couple planning to recite Hanuman Chalisa outside Matoshree Is this the job of a public representative Tapase said in a video statement A public representative should work to get approvals for development works for his or her constituency district and the state he said What are they Ranas interested in They are only interested in destabilising the state government and stoking communal tension in Maharashtra Tapase claimed The people of Maharashtra would have hailed the Ranas if they had raised the issue of power shortage before the Central government the NCP leader said Unfortunately they are not raising these important issues Maharashtra cannot be destabilised The MVA government is strong he added Earlier MLA Rana had asked CM Thackeray to recite the devotional hymns at his residence on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti celebrated on April 16 drawing criticism from the Sena Maharashtra Navnirman Sena MNS Raj Thackeray had earlier given an ultimatum to the state government to remove loudspeakers atop mosques by May 3 citing noise pollution and threatened to play Hanuman Chalisa outside these religious places at a higher volume if his demand was not met The BJP has supported his demand PTI DC ENM MR ARU NP NP

Mumbai Mar 30 PTI The Mumbai police have registered an FIR against a city-based developer for allegedly snapping the water connection of the members of a housing society at Vakola in suburban Santacruz and shutting the terrace as well as the welfare office of the building for them following a dispute over maintenance dues an official said on Wednesday The FIR was registered against Shakil Khamkar of Dolphin Developer at Vakola police station on Tuesday He was booked after Sunny Mahida a member of the housing society lodged a complaint against him he said In the complaint Mahida alleged that over a month ago Khamkar had threatened over 40 families residing in the building that he would stop the supply of water and electricity and also the lift service if they dont pay the society maintenance charges to him On Monday morning he suddenly snapped the water supply of the society When the residents asked the society watchman about it he said Khamkar had asked him to do so the complaint said Immediately after that the residents took up the matter with the police and submitted a written complaint to them During the probe the police found that although the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC had not given the Occupation Certificate OC to the residential complex comprising two buildings Khamkar had handed over the OC to the society members We have registered the case against Khamkar under Indian Penal Code IPC section 341 wrongful restraint and sections of the Maharashtra Ownership Flats Act MOFA and investigation into the case is underway the police official said Last week taking serious note of the housing society members whose water or electricity connections have been disconnected for non-payment of pending dues or maintenance Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Pandey had said that those executive committee members found doing this will be booked for extortion and criminal house trespassing He had said that instructions have already been given to police stations to take the action PTI ZA NP NP

Mumbai Mar 20 PTI Mumbai police have arrested eight persons for allegedly killing a man in suburban Versova after he refused to pay money to them to buy liquor an official said on Sunday The incident occurred on Friday night at Seven Bungalows locality and the accused were arrested on Saturday he said The deceased was identified as Suraj Sanjay Jhinjhotiya the Versova police station official said Jhinjhotiya was on his way to his residence in Seven Bungalows locality when Ravi Singh who knew the victim stopped him along with his colleagues and demanded money for liquor Soon a heated argument between the victim and others after which they started hitting him with bamboo sticks They left the place on seeing the victim lying in a pool of blood he said After some time one of the accused informed Jhinjhotiyas colleague about the incident who in turn told the victims family members On being alerted the police personnel reached the spot and sent him to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead All eight accused were arrested under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code IPC including section 302 murder and further investigation is underway the official added PTI ZA NP NP

Mumbai Feb 23 PTI Mumbai recorded no daily deaths due to COVID-19 on Wednesday for the fifth time in February while 168 more people tested positive for the coronavirus infection said the city civic bodyEarlier zero coronavirus deaths were reported on February 15 16 17 and 20 in the metropolisWith addition of new COVID-19 infections the citys caseload increased to 1055960 while the death toll remained unchanged at 16690 said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC in a bulletinOn Tuesday Mumbai had reported 135 cases and two deathsAlso 255 patients were discharged during the day taking the number of recovered cases to 1035169 the BMC saidThe city now has 1228 active casesThe coronavirus recovery rate of Mumbai now stands at 98 per cent while the case doubling rate has increased to 3758 the bulletin saidAt present there are no active containment zones or sealed buildings in the metropolis it added PTI ND RSY RSY

Mumbai Feb 23 PTI The Mumbai crime branch on Wednesday arrested a 64-year-old man wanted in connection with the seizure of drugs worth over Rs 14 crore in suburban Sion here an official said The police apprehended Yashwant Vitthal Patil alias Yasa who had been on the run since October last year the official said Four members of a family Bandu Udanshive 52 his wife Clera daughter Cynthia 23 and son-in-law Jasar Jahangir Shaikh 24 were arrested in October after charas worth Rs 144 crore was found in their car in Dahisar During the probe the arrested accused revealed that the contraband had been sourced from Jammu and Kashmir and Yasa was going to take the delivery of the high-quality charas he said The police had last month arrested Gulzar Ahmed Khan 40 from Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir for supplying the contraband the official said With the recent arrest the police have booked six persons in the case he added PTI ZA ARU ARU

Mumbai Feb 22 PTI The Mumbai polices crime branch has arrested four persons in connection with a pornography-related case lodged against actor Gehena Vasisth an official said on Tuesday The property cell of the crime branch on Monday arrested four persons including a casting director the official said At least three FIRs had been registered against Vasisth last year for allegedly creating pornographic content and uploading them on some OTT platforms The actor had secured bail in two cases while the Supreme Court had granted her protection from arrest in the third case he said While probing in the case against the actor the property cell got information about four more persons involved in the crime following which they were arrested post enquiry the official said PTI DC ARU ARU

Mumbai Feb 18 PTI Mumbai on Friday reported 202 COVID-19 cases and one death taking the tally to 1055193 and the toll to 16686 a civic official said The city witnessed a daily addition of less than 300 cases for the fifth day in a row though the lone fatality came after a three-day gap he pointed out The discharge of 365 people during the day took the recovery count to 1033862 which is 98 per cent of the caseload leaving the metropolis with an active tally of 1780 he said Civic data showed that 87 per cent or 176 out of the 202 new cases were asymptomatic while only eight patients needed oxygen support in the last 24 hours It also revealed that only 838 of the 36319 hospital beds earmarked for COVID-19 treatment are currently occupied including 26 admitted in the last 24 hours As per Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation officials the city does not have a containment zone or sealed buildings since over a week now The positivity rate was 053 per cent the caseload doubling time was now 2627 days while the growth rate of cases between February 11 and 17 stood at 003 per cent they said With 37700 samples being examined in the last 24 hours 3000 more than the previous day the number of tests in Mumbai had gone up to 15963150 they added Mumbai had witnessed a record 20971 cases on January 7 this year amid the third wave of the pandemic PTI KK BNM BNM BNM

Mumbai Jan 26 PTI The Mumbai police have arrested seven persons and seized fake Indian currency notes with a face value of Rs 7 crore after busting an inter-state gang involved in printing and distribution of counterfeit notes an official said on WednesdayActing on a specific information Unit-11 of the Mumbai crime branch intercepted a car at Dahisar Check Post in the suburbs on Tuesday evening the official saidThe police apprehended four persons seating in the car and interrogated them he saidDuring a search of the car crime branch sleuths found a bag containing 250 bundles of counterfeit currency notes in Rs 2000 denomination with a face value of Rs 5 crore the official saidWhile interrogating the four car occupants the police got information about their three more aides he saidAccordingly a police team conducted a raid at a hotel in suburban Andheri west and arrested the trio the official said adding 100 more bundles of fake currency notes again in Rs 2000 denomination with a face value of Rs 2 crore were recovered from themBesides counterfeit notes the police have recovered a laptop seven mobile phones Rs 28170 in genuine currency Aadhaar and PAN cards and driving licences among other things from the gang members he saidDuring the investigation it came to light that the inter-state gang was operating a racket of printing fake currency notes and distributing them said DCP Sangramsingh Nishandar Detection-1 who oversaw the entire operationThe police have so far recovered fake currency notes with a face value of Rs 7 crore and arrested seven persons in this case he saidThe accused were produced before a local court which remanded them in police custody till January 31 PTI DC RSY RSY

Mumbai Jan 23 PTI Mumbai police have registered six accidental death reports ADRs in connection with the fire that broke out in a residential building in Tardeo area of central Mumbai which claimed six lives and left 23 others injured an official said on Sunday The blaze had erupted on Saturday around 730 am at Sachinam Heights a ground-plus-20-storey building located opposite Bhatia Hospital at Gowalia Tank As the fire claimed the lives of six persons separate accidental death reports were registered at the Gamdevi police station on Saturday night the police official said The police are waiting for a report by the fire department as well as the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transports BEST electricity wing to know the exact cause of fire although preliminary investigation has revealed that it broke out due to a power short circuit he said Officials had said that the fire was extinguished nearly five hours after it broke out Deputy Commissioner of Police Sourabh Tripathi had said that primary information indicated that the fire started on the 15th floor and spread upward to the 19th floor which was affected the most Following the incident the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC set up an inquiry committee PTI ZA NP NP

Mumbai Dec 23 PTI The Mumbai police on Thursday took the custody of jailed gangster Ejaz Lakdawala and his aide Salim Maharaj in connection with an extortion case registered at D N Nagar in western suburbs an official saidThe Anti-Extortion Cell AEC of the crime branch took the custody of Lakdawala and Maharaj from the Taloja central prison in adjoining Navi Mumbai where they were lodged on a court order he saidAn FIR was registered against the duo at the D N Nagar Police Station on December 17 on a complaint of a businessman the official saidAccording to the complaint Lakdawala had allegedly called the businessman using an international phone number in 2019 and demanded Rs 5 crore from him he saidLakdawala 51 had threatened to kill the complainant and his family members if the extortion demand was not fulfilled the official saidThe custody of both the accused were given to the AEC on the order of a city court where the police had submitted a remand application he addedLakdawala a former aide of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim faces multiples cases of extortion attempt to murder and rioting He was earlier arrested by the Mumbai police in January 2020 PTI DC RSY RSY