Nagpur Apr 23 PTI Police busted a prostitution racket and rescued two women after raiding a spa cum massage parlour in Dharampeth area of Nagpur in Maharashtra on Saturday an official said Police arrested a man for operating the sex racket under the garb of the spa and massage parlour A police official said that a decoy customer was sent to the spa After it was confirmed that the accused was accepting cash and providing young women to customers the police raided the parlour Cash and other material collectively worth Rs 21000 were seized A case has been registered under the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Immoral Trafficking Act the official said PTI COR NSK NSK

Mumbai Apr 22 PTI Police were deployed in large numbers outside Matoshri the personal residence of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in suburban Bandra following legislator couple Navneet and Ravi Ranas plan to recite the Hanuman Chalisa there and angry reaction by Shiv Sena workersWorkers of the Thackeray-led Shiv Sena began to gather outside the house since morning as Amaravati MP Navneet Rana and her husband Badnera MLA Ravi Rana -- both independent legislators -- said they were firm on their plan to recite the Chalisa outside the Thackeray residencePolice were also deployed outside an apartment in suburban Khar where the Rana couple lives Shiv Sena workers turned up outside the apartment and sang bhajans with some of them telling reporters that they would not allow the Ranas to leave their house on Saturday morningLocal BJP leader Mohit Kamboj claimed that his car was attacked by Sena workers near the Kalanagar colony where the Thackeray residence is located He also posted a video of the incidentMumbai police earlier in the day served a notice under CrPC section 149 to the Rana couple asking them not to disturb the law and order situation Under section 149 police can take steps to prevent a cognizable offenseBarricades were also placed on the road leading to MatoshriRavi Rana told reporters that he had demanded that the chief minister read Hanuman Chalisa on Hanuman Jayanti to rid Maharashtra of crises and attain peace for the state but Thackeray refusedWe will go there Matoshree to read the Hanuman Chalisa at nine tomorrow We will cooperate with police I have asked our workers to ensure that law and order is not disturbed in Mumbai Police and people should not be troubled he addedThackeray meanwhile arrived in the afternoon at Matoshree He was seen greeting Shiv Sena workers with his palms joined together as he went insideShiv Sena MP Vinayak Raut who was present outside Matoshree accused the BJP of hatching a conspiracy to harass the Sena-led coalition government in the state and using the Ranas and MNS chief Raj Thackeray as pawnsMahaprasad is ready Whoever comes will get it he told reporters crypticallyBut 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 saidSenas Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut said Hanuman Chalisa and Ram Navami were matters of faith and not occasions for stuntPeople like Rana are characters in the nautanki drama and stunt of the BJP People dont take this stunt seriously he saidHe described the Rana couple as Bunty aur Babli reference to a Hindi movie starring Abhishek Bachchan and Rani MukherjeeSecretary of Yuva Sena the partys youth wing Varun Saardesai said the party workers will not let the couple go back without prasad if they dared to turn upNCP spokesperson Mahesh Tapase claimed that the Ranas were trying to destabilize the Sena-NCP-Congress government in the state and fuel communal tensionRana couple are planning to recite Hanuman Chalisa outside Matoshree Is this the job of a public representative he askedRavi Rana had supported the BJP-Sena government during 2014-19 He had demanded earlier this month that CM Thackeray recite Hanuman Chalisa at home on Hanuman JayantiHis demand followed Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackerays ultimatum to the state government to remove loudspeakers from mosques by May 3 He had threatened to play Hanuman Chalisa outside the mosques if the demand was not met The BJP supported Rajs demand PTI DC ENM MR ARU NP KRK KRK

Thane Apr 18 PTI Police have arrested four persons in Navi Mumbai among them a scrap dealer and a caterer for allegedly placing bets on cricket matches of the ongoing Indian Premier League IPL police said on MondayOfficials of the Crime Branch of the Navi Mumbai police on Sunday night raided a premises in the city and arrested them for accepting bets on IPL matches on mobile phones Assistant Commissioner of Police ACP Crime Vinayak Vast saidThey also seized mobile phones and cash totalling Rs 320600 from the quartet he saidOffences under relevant provisions of the IPC the Information Technology Act and the Indian Telegraph Act were registered against the four identified as Iftekar Ahmed Ishrak Ahmed Khan 31 scrap dealer Alokkumar Shiv Kumar Gupta 45 a jockey in a club Imran Salim Sheikh 25 a chemical dealer and Mohammad Yusuf Mohammad Yunus Dadda42 a caterer the police said PTI COR RSY RSY

Nagpur Mar 30 PTI Police have registered a case against a man for allegedly appearing in place of an original candidate during a police recruitment examination in Nagpur an official said on Wednesday The exam had been conducted at Anjuman High School and Junior College in Mangalwari area of the city for recruitment of constables in the State Reserve Police Force SRPF Group IV in September last year he said The accused identified as Kamalsingh Singhal hails from Aurangabad district The fraud came to light after the photograph of the accused on the identity card failed to match with that taken during the physical test he said adding that police suspect the involvement of some more persons in the racket Personnel of Sadar police station registered a case under IPC sections 420 419 related to cheating and 34 common intention against Kamalsingh and others PTI COR NP NP

Mumbai Mar 30 PTI Police have seized two fishing boats off the Mumbai coast and recovered 10950 litres of diesel illegally stocked in them an official said on Wednesday Two persons found in the boats were arrested in this connection he said The operation was conducted by the Yellow Gate police station here on a specific information about the illegally stocked diesel he said The accused persons identified as Deepakkumar Tandel 42 and Sureshbhai Tandel 47 were in deep sea for the last 15 days and it is suspected that they had procured the diesel illegally from big vessels anchored off the Gujarat coast the official said The police arrested the duo and seized both the fishing boats he said adding that they were produced in a local court which sent them to six days of police custody PTI DC NP NP

Ahmedabad Mar 30 PTI Police have launched a search for a man after his wife two teenage children and another relative were found dead inside their locked house here in Gujarat an official said on Wednesday The semi-decomposed bodies of Sonalben Gaekwad 37 her son Ganesh 17 daughter Pragati 15 and Sonalbens grandmother Subhadraben were found on Tuesday night in their house in Odhav locality of Ahmedabad It is suspected that they were stabbed to death a few days back the official said The incident came to light after Sonalbens mother Sanjuben approached the police saying she was not able to contact her daughter on phone and that the latters house was locked from outside Sonalbens husband Vinod Gaekwad is the main suspect in the case and efforts are on to nab him Deputy Commissioner of Police Achal Tyagi told reporters The suspect had called up his mother at his native place in Maharashtra to say that someone attacked his family and he escaped There is no evidence of an attack from outside It appears he told a lie to mislead everyone the official said Five police teams have been formed to investigate the case and gather evidence he said The police were also questioning Sanjuben Vinod had allegedly attacked her with a knife a few days ago over a property dispute the official said Vinod was angry as his mother-in-law had refused to transfer her house in her daughters name he said He used to have frequent fights with his wife after getting drunk But these are not enough reasons to kill his children the official said adding that at this stage they cannot rule out involvement of another person along with Vinod in the crime The suspects mother-in-law was in touch with him He misled her by saying that his wife and other family members had gone for a birthday party and will be back soon he said The suspects wife had invited her grandmother to their house and the latter was also among those found killed the police added PTI KA GK GK

Jammu Mar 28 PTI Police on Monday night arrested a man here for making objectionable remarks during an interview on social media an official spokesperson saidThe accused has been identified as Mohd Yousaf Wani a resident of Lal Chowk in Srinagar the police spokesperson saidDuring an anti-encroachment drive conducted by the Jammu administration on Sunday Wani made some sensitive and objectionable remarks in an interview on social media he saidThe Jammu police have registered a case under sections 153A promoting enmity between different groups 505 making statement of objectionable nature and 295A outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion of the Indian Penal Code against him Wani has been arrested he added PTI AB AB DIV DIV

Nagpur Mar 27 PTI Police conducted a raid at a restaurant-cum-bar in Nagpur city on Sunday where hookah was being served to customers illegally an official said After the raid at the bar located in Jaripatka area police registered a case against four persons including the owner of the commercial establishment he said The four accused were identified as bar owner Shubham Kewalramani 26 Tarun Karamchandani 30 Krishna Patil 23 and Jitendra Murlidhar Madame 30 police said Acting on a tip-off Jaripatka police raided the bar around 1 pm and found the customers smoking hookah following which the action against the bar owner and staffers was taken the official of Jaripatka police station said PTI COR NP NP

Jodhpur Mar 25 PTI Police on Friday arrested a 23-year-old choreographer from Delhi for allegedly raping a student inside her schools toilet in Jodhpur four years ago The suspect identified as Sanam Gill who is a native of Nepal had settled in Delhi where he was working as choreographer and gym trainer police said adding that his family is living in Jodhpur According to police the incident took place in February 2018 when Gill had been engaged to train the children for a cultural performance for the annual function of the school The victim was then just five years old police said Police said the incident came to the notice of the victims mother three days ago when she was teaching her about good touch and bad touch at home It was then that the girl told her mother about the ordeal she suffered four years ago at her school Shocked mother took the daughter to a doctor where she was subjected to a sonography test report of which confirmed rape police said adding that the mother then filed a complaint against the choreographer Assistant commissioner of police Nishant Bhardwaj who is investigating the case said that the suspect had settled in Delhi about a month ago after his work had been affected due to the COVID-19 pandemic Describing the incident Bhardwaj said On February 26 2018 during a training session he followed the victim to the toilet and raped her there He threatened her not to tell about the incident to anyone The scared victim did not tell anyone about the incident until a few days ago when her mother sat to educate her about good touch and bad touch the ACP said Bhardwaj said that after the complaint by the girls mother police began the investigation and traced the suspect to Delhi from where he was arrested PTI CORR KVK KVK CJ CJ

Thane Mar 24 PTI Police in Ulhasnagar city in Thane district has registered a case against unidentified persons after a female dog and a puppy were found hanged to death from a treeBased on the complaint filed by an NGO the case was registered under various sections of the IPC and Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act PTI COR KRK KRK