Thane Mar 19 PTI A 35-year-old criminal who had been externed from the limits of Mumbai Thane and Raigad was arrested by the police here an official said on Saturday Based on a tip-off the police nabbed Saurabh Vartak who had come to meet a friend in Vartak Nagar area of the city on Friday senior inspector Vikas Godhke said Vartak is a notorious criminal who has been externed from the limits of Thane Mumbai and Raigad for a period of two years it was stated The police seized a country-made pistol and three cartridges from the accused who has cases under sections 420 cheating 465 forgery and other relevant provisions of the IPC to his name the official said An offence under the Arms Act and Maharashtra Police Act has been now registered against him with the Vartak Nagar police station he added PTI COR ARU ARU

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 2 (ANI): A resident of Thane in Mumbai has been stabbed to death by three friends allegedly over enmity while playing a PUBG game on Monday. Police have arrested one accused and held two juveniles in the matter.

Thane Jan 22 PTI Two boys drowned after they went for a swim in a water-filled pit at a firing range in Maharashtras Thane city on Saturday an official said The incident took place at a firing range in Vartak Nagar area of the city around 330 pm said Santosh Kadam chief of the regional disaster management cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation Cousins Gautam Walmiki 12 and Nirbhay Chouhan 15 had ventured into the pit for a swim when they drowned unable to gauge its depth the official said Teams from the RDMC and fire department rushed to the scene and fished out the bodies following a search operation that lasted two hours he said Gautam was a resident of Shastri Nagar while his cousin Nirbhay had come to the city for a visit from Uttar Pradesh two days ago the official said A case of accidental death has been registered with the Vartak Nagar police station it was stated PTI COR ARU ARU

Thane Oct 18 PTI A 28-year-old history-sheeter was killed allegedly by his friend after a fight over some issue in Maharashtras Thane city police said on Monday On the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday the two were having drinks at a hamlet in Lokmanya Nagar when they had a quarrel over some issue an official from Vartak Nagar police station said The accused Subijit Bagh 27 then allegedly stabbed his friend Rahul Solanki who was a history-sheeter with a sharp weapon Solanki was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him dead the official said adding that the body was sent to a government hospital for postmortem A case was registered against Bagh who is also a history-sheeter under Indian Penal Code Section 302 murder the police said adding that efforts were on to nab him PTI COR GK GK

Thane (Maharashtra) [India], October 14 (ANI): Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Jitendra Awhad on Thursday appeared in Vartak Nagar police station in connection with a case of alleged assault on a civil engineer, informed the Thane Police.

Thane Sep 22 PTI The district court here in Maharashtra has convicted a 35-year-old man for kidnapping a teenage boy for ransom and sentenced him to rigorous imprisonment for seven years The court acquitted another accused involved in the 2015 kidnapping case for want of evidence District and sessions court judge Shailendra Tambe convicted Kalim Ishaq Ansari under section 387 Whoever in order to the committing of extortion puts or attempts to put any person in fear of death or of grievous hurt to that person of the Indian Penal Code IPC and imposed a fine of Rs 10000 The order passed on Tuesday was made available on Wednesday The prosecution told the court that Ansari kidnapped a 15-year-old boy from the Vartak Nagar area in Thane on March 27 2015 He demanded Rs 1 lakh for releasing the boy After the boys parents approached the police the caller was traced and arrested along with his accomplice A minor boy who was also involved in the crime was detained the court was told Thane city police said in an official release on Wednesday that a writ petition had been filed in the High Court concerning the detection of the crime and the case was handed over to the crime branch of the Thane city police The kidnapped boy was traced and rescued He was handed over to his parents on January 30 2019 the release said PTI COR NSK NSK

Thane Aug 24 PTI A 44-year-old man arrested for robbery escaped from the lock-up of a police station here in Maharashtra an official said on Tuesday The accused Raman Pawar escaped on Monday night from the Vartak Nagar police station by giving the personnel a slip the official said The exact circumstances regarding Pawars escape are not known PTI COR NSK NSK