The Mumbai Crime Branch arrested five men after the complainant told the police that his property worth Rs 25 crore was usurped through forged documents.

New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the interim bail granted on medical grounds to activist and poet Dr P Varavara Rao, an accused in the 2018 Bhima Koregaon violence case.

Mumbai Apr 26 PTI The Bombay High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea filed by activist Gautam Navlakha an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case seeking that he be placed under house arrest instead of judicial custody in the Taloja Jail as it lacked basic facilities A bench of Justices S B Shukre and G A Sanap dismissed the plea and said that if Navlakha had any grievances pertaining to the lack of medical aid and basic facilities at Taloja jail the grounds he had cited while seeking house arrest he should inform the special NIA court of the same The high court HC also directed the superintendent of the Taloja prison in Navi Mumbai where Navlakha is lodged as an undertrial in the case to provide him with medical kits and requisite medical aid The present petition is dismissed The petitioner will be at liberty to bring to the attention of the presiding officer of the special NIA court the grievances in respect of difficulties faced by him in prison the bench said The said officer is directed to ensure the grievance is redressed within parameters of the law it said Navlakha had approached the high court earlier this year through advocate Yug Chaudhry seeking that he be shifted to house custody instead of judicial custody The activist had said that he was a senior citizen and suffered from several health ailments The trial in the case was unlikely to begin soon Chaudhry had said urging the court to impose whatever conditions it deemed fit but to permit Navlakha to be shifted out of Taloja jail and placed under house custody The National Investigation Agency NIA had urged the high court not to grant Navlakha the relief of house arrest arguing that it would result in difficulties including the inability to prevent him from using social media while out of prison NIA counsel Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh had said that the grounds raised by advocate Chaudhry for house arrest were common grievances such as Navlakha suffering from hypertension the prison being overcrowded etc The probe agency had further said that it was common knowledge that India was a crowded nation and that the city of Mumbai was overcrowded Therefore Taloja jail being overcrowded was not an adequate reason to grant house arrest The Maharashtra government had also opposed Navlakhas plea and informed the bench that the prison authorities will provide requisite medical care to him A detailed order of the high court bench is awaited PTI AYA ARU NSK NSK

New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): Lok Sabha Secretariat on Monday sought a factual report from the Government of Maharashtra within 24 hours in connection with the arrest of Amravati MP Navneet Rana.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 25 (ANI): Amravati MP Navneet Rana on Monday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla issuing a clarification that she wanted to ignite the flame of 'Hindutva' in Shiv Sena, not to create any religious tensions by chanting the "Hanuman Chalisa" outside the residence of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 25 (ANI): Maharashtra MLA Ravi Rana who was arrested following the Hanuman Chalisa row, has been shifted to Taloja jail on Sunday night.

New Delhi [India], August 26 (ANI): Sanjay Chandra and Ajay Chandra, the erstwhile promoters of realty firm Unitech, will be shifted from Delhi's Tihar Jail to Mumbai's Arthur Road and Taloja Jail respectively, said Supreme Court on Thursday.