Thane Mar 25 PTI Three persons have been arrested for allegedly practising black magic and cheating people of lakhs in Maharashtras Thane city police said on Friday The police have seized several electronic gadgets from the accused and frozen the bank account in which they deposited the money they took from their victims deputy commissioner of police Wagle Estate Dr Vinay Rathod said An offence under relevant sections of the Maharashtra Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and other Inhuman Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act 2013 IPC and POCSO Act has been registered against main accused Kuldeep Nikam Kishore Navle and Sneha Shinde he said The case was registered based on the complaint by Nikams sister whose nine-year-old son the accused were allegedly planning to use for human sacrifice the official said The police have recovered a laptop mobile phones drones night vision CCTV cameras a ghost detector and several items used in the practice of black magic all valued at Rs 650 lakh from the trio he said Snake and tiger skins were also seized during the police raids he added The accused allegedly cheated people of lakhs by promising to weed out evil spirits the official said adding that further probe is underway PTI COR ARU ARU

Thane Mar 18 PTI Two persons hailing from Panvel in adjoining Raigad district have been arrested in Thane city on charges of stealing scooters police said on FridayOfficials of the Crime Unit V Wagle Estate nabbed the duo Kiran Dhodu Bhalekar 21 and Mayur Anant Patil 33 on Thursday they saidSenior Inspector Vikas Ghodke said acting on a tip-off that two persons were coming to Shastri Nagar to sell stolen scooters at half their price police laid a trap and nabbed themThe police have recovered seven scooters stolen by them between 2018 and 2021 in Panvel and Khandeshwar areas he said PTI COR RSY RSY

Thane Jan 27 PTI A man from neighbouring Mumbai was arrested for alleged possession of pangolin scalp worth Rs 12 lakh police said on Thursday Based on a tip-off the police laid a trap and intercepted Kiran Dhanawade 31 in Wagle Estate area of Maharashtras Thane city on Wednesday senior inspector Vikas Godhke of crime unit-5 said The accused who is a resident of Ghatkopar had 55 kg of pangolin scalp worth Rs 12 lakh in his possession and had come to Thane to sell the substance he said An offence under the Wildlife Protection Act has been registered against the accused with the Shree Nagar police station of the Wagle Estate division the official said The police are probing from where the accused acquired the substance and to whom he was planning to sell it he said Pangolin scalp is used for several purposes including in medicines PTI COR ARU ARU

Thane Dec 27 PTI A police constable was arrested from the Thane district court premises on Monday afternoon for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe a Maharashtra Anti Corruption Bureau official said Constable Milind Ganesh Joshi 41 who is attached to Wagle Estate police station and was assigned court duty had demanded Rs 2000 from a man whose son was booked in a case the official said The man approached the ACB and Joshi was held in a trap while accepting Rs 1500 as bribe installment in the court premises He has been charged under Prevention of Corruption Act the official informed PTI COR BNM BNM BNM

Thane Nov 17 PTI Two persons have been arrested for alleged possession of Ambergris or vomit of whale worth Rs 2 crore in Maharashtras Thane city police said on Wednesday Based on a tip-off the police laid a trap near a hotel in Wagle Estate area on November 13 and nabbed the two accused who had allegedly come there to sell the banned substance said Jayant Bajbale assistant commissioner of police Wagle Estate A search was carried out and it was found that the accused Mayur More 31 and Pradeep More 34 were carrying over 2 kg of Ambergris worth Rs 2 crore in a bag the official said Offences under relevant sections of the Wild Life Protection Act has been registered against the accused with the Srinagar police station he said Further probe is underway to ascertain how and from where the accused sourced the banned substance the official added The sale of Ambergris which is used to make perfumes is prohibited by law as the sperm whale is an endangered species that is protected under the Wildlife Protection Act PTI COR ARU ARU

Thane Oct 31 PTI Seven people were arrested in Thane in Maharashtra for allegedly operating a sex racket through which they honey-trapped people a police official said on Sunday They lured customers through a couple of apps and then blackmailed them and extorted money said Wagle Estate division assistant commissioner of police Jayant Bajbale When the people they lured arrived at some pre-decided lodge the accused would loot them Shree Nagar police has charged the seven including three women for wrongful confinement extortion and other offences We have seized Rs 50000 cash and vehicles all totaling Rs 120 lakh Bajbale added PTI COR BNM BNM BNM

Thane Oct 29 PTI Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Eknath Shinde has received a threat letter suspected to have been sent by Naxals a senior police official said on FridayThe official attached to the Thane Police commissionerate said the Urban Development Minister received the threat letter 10 to 15 days backShinde a Shiv Sena leader is also the guardian minister of Thane and Gadchiroli districts Gadchiroli located in eastern Maharashtra is a Naxal-affected districtThe police official said the letter warns that the minister a resident of Thane city and his family members will have to pay a heavy price for the state governments actions against NaxalsHe said the letter has the CPI Maoist a banned outfit of Naxals written on itAn offence under IPC section 506 criminal intimidation has been registered at the Wagle Estate police station here against unidentified persons the official saidThe crime branch of the Thane city police is probing the matter he added PTI COR RSY RSY

Thane Oct 26 PTI A teen boy who intervened in a fight to save his friend was allegedly stabbed and bludgeoned to death on Tuesday by four boys in the 13-17 age group all of whom have been detained Thane city police said One of the boys in a school had tapped another on the head in jest on Monday which led to an argument said Senior Inspector Datta Dhole of Wagle Estate police station The one who got tapped on the head and three of his friends on Tuesday attacked the boy who had committed the act When his 16-year-old friend came to his rescue the four stabbed him and then smashed his head and face with stones and fled He was declared brought dead by doctors Dhole said All four have been detained and have been charged with murder he added PTI COR BNM BNM BNM

Thane (Maharashtra) [India], October 3 (ANI): Thane Municipal Corporation on Friday night said that a portion of a road in front of Savarkar Nagar Naka near the Wagle Estate area caved in.

Thane Sep 29 PTI The police raided a hookah parlour and arrested five persons for allegedly violating the COVID-19 norms in Maharashtras Thane city an official said on Wednesday Acting on a tip off a team from the Crime Unit V- Wagle Estate raided the hookah joint in Majiwada on Tuesday night and found that the customers had not worn masks or maintained social distancing senior inspector Vikas Ghodke said The police arrested staff of the establishment Yogesh Pooran Singh Akram Azad Muzumdar Suraj Raju Kunder Mark Suresh Singh and Deepak Shaymdas Gupta all residents of Mumbra the official said Offences under relevant sections of the IPC and COPTA Act have been registered against the arrested accused he said adding that further probe is underway PTI COR ARU ARU