Thane Mar 30 PTI The Anti-Corruption Bureau ACB on Wednesday said it has arrested two clerks of a private school in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtras Thane district for allegedly seeking and accepting Rs 9000 bribe on the promise of giving admission to a child The arrest was made on Tuesday an official release said The accused were identified as Tehaseen Mohid Ahmed Momin 36 and Akhil Malik Shaikh 52 Momin and Shaikh work are clerk and senior clerk respectively at Ayesha Siddhika Girls Urdu School Deputy Commissioner of Police ACB - Navi Mumbai Jyoti Deshmukh said in the release The accused demanded Rs 9000 over and above the regular fees from the complainant for giving admission to a child in the Junior KG in their government-aided school the official added The complainant approached the ACB whose officials laid a trap at the school on Tuesday and arrested the duo while accepting Rs 9000 bribe from the complainant Offences under provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act have been registered against the accused duo at the Shanti Nagar police station PTI COR NP NP

Thane Dec 28 PTI A man was allegedly duped of Rs 72 lakh by a gang that lured him to invest in a testing device in Bhiwandi of Maharashtras Thane district police said on Tuesday Based on a complaint the police on Tuesday arrested one Nurulhuda Khan 37 while a hunt has been launched for six more accused who cheated the victim over a period of six years an official said An offence under section 420 cheating and other relevant provisions of the IPC has been registered with Shanti Nagar police station under the Bhiwandi division he said According to the police the accused lured the victim to invest in a testing device which they said can be sold to a US-based authority for crores The gang collected Rs 72 lakh from the victim in various forms between 2016 and 2021 the official said Rice-puller scams are common in rural parts of the country Gangs carrying out such scams try to convince people to invest in machines that test copper-iridium an alloy which they claim is highly valuable for its magnetic power and go about demonstrating this quality by pulling rice usually a trick involving mixing the grains with iron particles PTI COR ARU ARU

Nagpur Dec 27 PTI A man with an outstanding electricity bill of Rs 152 lakh in Nagpur was booked for allegedly threatening a MSEDCL team making the rounds to take action against defaulters police said on Monday The team had come to the home of a consumer on Sunday when the accused identified as Jishan Masani came to the spot and issued a threat an official said Masani was booked for stopping a government servant from carrying out his duty as well as for criminal intimidation a Shanti Nagar police station official said PTI COR BNM BNM BNM

Thane Dec 27 PTI Police have arrested a 38-year-old man after he allegedly tried to throw acid on a woman for turning down his proposal here in Maharashtra an official said on Monday The accused Mohammad Iqbal Sikandar Ansari who worked as a mason in Bhiwandi town of Thane district was in love with the 20-year-old woman but she did not reciprocate his feelings an official from Shanti Nagar police station said The man allegedly tried to attack her with acid on December 22 but she escaped unhurt the official said The accused also abused the womans father and damaged his scooter he said Based on a complaint filed by the womans father the police arrested the accused on Saturday the official said A case was registered against the accused under Indian Penal Code Sections 354D stalking 326B voluntarily throwing or attempting to throw acid 5062 criminal intimidation 294 uttering obsence words and 427 mischief causing damage he said PTI COR GK GK

Thane Dec 24 PTI A new-born baby girl was found dumped in a garbage bin near a court in Bhiwandi town of Thane district in the wee hours of Friday police said An offence under IPC section 318 concealment of birth was registered at Shanti Nagar police station against an unidentified woman for abandoning the just-born child an official said The baby girl was found thrown in the garbage bin near the courts compound wall around 130 am The infant was wrapped in a green cloth he said The local police have launched a search for the woman he added PTI COR NP NP

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Thane Nov 30 PTI As many as 40 Bangladeshi nationals were arrested by the police for staying illegally in and around Bhiwandi city in Thane district of Maharashtra an officer said on Tuesday DCP Zone 2 Bhiwandi Yogesh Chavan told reporters that the arrested men were working as labourers at various locations They didnt possess any valid documents for staying in India he said A case was registered under the Indian Passport Act and the Foreign Nationals Act The arrests were made after raids were conducted in various areas in and around the powerloom town he said While 20 Bangladeshis were arrested from Shanti Nagar area 10 each were arrested from various areas under Bhiwandi town and Narpoli police station limits PTI COR NSK NSK

Thane Nov 19 PTI Police have arrested seven persons following a clash between two groups in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtras Thane district which has left at least three persons injured an official said on Friday The incident occurred in Ummat Nagar area of Bhiwandi on Thursday evening he said Two rival groups clashed following an argument among the children in the locality over some issue At least three persons were injured in the clash and they are undergoing treatment in a hospital A total of 16 persons were involved in the clash eight each from both the sides the official said The two groups have filed complaints against each other and two offences have been registered at Shanti Nagar police station in this connection for rioting and attempt to murder he said adding that seven of the accused have been arrested PTI COR NP NP

Thane (Maharashtra) [India], November 16 (ANI): A 20-year-old man was booked for allegedly raping a 5-year-old girl in the Ramnagar area of Thane district of Maharashtra, informed police on Tuesday.

Thane Oct 29 PTI Two persons were killed and four members of a family including three children were injured when their neighbour attacked them with a knife on Friday morning in the powerloom town of Bhiwandi near here in Maharashtra police saidThe gruesome incident triggered by a petty quarrel took place in the Gaibi Nagar area of Bhiwandi and the accused Mohammad Ansarul Haque Lukman Ansari 45 has been arrested a senior official from the Shanti Nagar police station saidHe has been booked under relevant sections of the IPC and the Juvenile Justice Care and Protection of Children Act he saidThe police gave the names of the deceased as Kamruzma Ansari 42 and Imtiaz Mohammad Juber Khan 35The injured including three children aged between 11 and 6 years - all members of the same family and related to Kamruzma Ansari - were admitted to a local hospital the official saidThe police said some days back one of the injured persons a woman aged 36 and related to Kamruzma Ansari had passed some critical remarks against the accused who lived in their neighbourhoodAngered over the same the accused this morning attacked Kamruzama Ansari who was standing at the entrance of his house with a knife and when his neighbour Imtiaz Khan intervened he attacked him too the police saidBoth the victims died on the spot after sustaining severe stab wounds they saidWhen four members of the Kamruzama Ansari family tried to stop accused Mohammad Ansari he attacked them too leaving them injured the police saidAs tension prevailed in the area following the incident additional police personnel were deployed to maintain peace PTI COR RSY RSY