Three prominent figures from the entertainment industry — Rajpal Yadav, Remo D’Souza, and Sugandha Mishra — have received threatening messages, sources in Mumbai Police said. According to the sources, the threats were sent via email, and the sender signed off as 'BISHNU'. Yadav has filed a complaint with the Amboli Police Station, following which a first information report (FIR) under Section 351(3) (criminal intimidation) was registered in the case. Meanwhile, on the basis of Mishra's complaint, the Oshiwara Police have lodged a non-cognisable (NC) complaint in the case. D’Souza has also approached the police to register a complaint. Initial investigations suggest that the email originated from Pakistan, Mumbai Police sources said. Further investigations are ongoing.
22 January,2025 09:51 PM IST | Mumbai | Faizan KhanA newborn was found dead in Malad (East) on Wednesday afternoon. According to reports, the body of the baby girl was discovered in a pit near a construction site in the Makrani Pada area. A preliminary examination by a doctor revealed that the baby girl was a day old and was likely stillborn. Senior Inspector Ajay Aafale from Dindoshi Police Station said, "We have registered a case against an unknown person and are currently investigating the matter."
22 January,2025 09:32 PM IST | Mumbai | Samiullah KhanThe Mumbai Police are looking for crucial evidence in the Saif Ali Khan attack case. On Wednesday, the police conducted a search operation in Bandra Talao to recover the knife used in the attack, as well as the clothes worn by the accused on January 16, when he allegedly stabbed the 54-year-old actor at his Bandra home during a robbery attempt. The CCTV cameras in the area had captured visuals of the accused walking towards Bandra station around 7.30 am on January 16, merely hours after the attack. Mumbai Police suspect that Fakir dumped the knife and the clothes in Bandra Talao after the incident. Outside Bandra station, the accused spent around 20 minutes to decide on travelling by train. At 8.35 am, he took a train from Bandra to Dadar Railway Station, the cops said. Earlier, the police said that Fakir, who is a Bangladeshi national, entered Khan's building by scaling its compound wall and went inside the main entrance after finding the security guards asleep. As per PTI, the Mumbai Police on Tuesday recreated the crime scene with the accused at the actor's residence in Bandra West's Satguru Sharan building. Khan was repeatedly stabbed by the 30-year-old intruder inside his 12th-floor apartment in the early hours of January 16. The Bollywood actor sustained multiple stab injuries in the attack and underwent an emergency surgery at the Lilavati Hospital. He was discharged on Tuesday, PTI cited. The police arrested the accused in neighbouring Thane on January 19. In order to recreate the crime scene in the Saif Ali Khan attack case, the police took Fakir to the actor's building as well as at other places that he possibly visited to have food, change clothes and board a train, the official said on Tuesday, PTI cited. "Both the security guards in the building, where actor Saif Ali Khan resides, were sleeping when his attacker entered it by crossing over the boundary wall," the official said. "As the accused found both the security guards in deep slumber, he entered the building from the main entrance where no CCTV camera had been installed. The accused removed his shoes and kept them in his bag to avoid making any noise and also switched off his phone," he said, PTI cited. During a police investigation, they found there were no CCTV cameras installed in the building's corridor, the official said. "The investigation revealed that one of the two security guards was sleeping in the cabin and the other near the gate," he added.
22 January,2025 06:44 PM IST | Mumbai | Shirish VaktaniaEight people have suffered injuries after some assailants from a rival group attacked them using pistol, knives, and iron rods near Tungareshwar Phata on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway in Naigaon (East) on Wednesday afternoon. “The incident occurred in the presence of officers who had been to the location to conduct a panchnama related to an attempt-to-murder case registered at the Naigaon Police Station just a day earlier,” a senior officer said. Locals were left shaken after hearing relentless sound of gunfire, an eyewitness whose car suffered damages by splinters stated. While seven injured people were rushed to Vivaan Hospital on the highway, one person who is critically injured in the attack was taken to Wockhardt Hospital for advanced treatment, the police said. Senior officers, including the zonal Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) and the additional commissioner of Mira-Bhayandar, Vasai-Virar (MBVV) Police, are currently at the scene. The crime branch is also conducting a parallel investigation into the incident.
22 January,2025 06:01 PM IST | Mumbai | Diwakar SharmaA dispute over parking space at a housing society led to a murder in the Panchavati area of Nashik city in Maharashtra, police said on Wednesday, reported news agency PTI. The victim was identified as Buddhan Laxman Vishwakarma (49), resident of Shree Keshav Hari Apartments in Hirawadi. He had a heated exchange with society chairman Vasant Ghode and another man who lives as a tenant in the building on Sunday over parking, following which A meeting of all residents was held after a heated exchange between the victim and society chairman Vasant Ghode along with another man who lives as a tenant in the building on Sunday over parking, said a police official. Vishwakarma owned a flat in the building, he said. Vasant Ghode and his two sons on Monday were discussing the issue near Buddhan Vishwakarma's house, when Buddhan's wife Mona asked them to move away. The police official said Ghode and his sons allegedly assaulted Mona and also beat up Buddhan when he came to her rescue. Mona was hospitalised late Monday night and as Buddhan and his son were coming out of the hospital, he too complained of pain and collapsed, PTI stated. He was declared dead by the doctors. According to the autopsy report, Buddhan died due to internal injuries. A case of murder was registered on Tuesday against Ghode and his two sons at Panchavati police station. Probe was underway but no arrest has been made yet, stated PTI. Maharashtra: Woman found murdered in farmland in Nashik district A 55-year-old woman was discovered murdered in a farmland in Sinnar taluka, Maharashtra’s Nashik district, with her throat slit in a suspected homicide, as per PTI reports. The body was first noticed by local farmers on Monday in a field located on Dubere-Sonari Road, according to police officials. After being alerted, a police team rushed to the spot and began investigations into the gruesome incident. The deceased was identified as Sindhubai Maruti Waje, a resident of the same area, police sources confirmed. The body was sent for a post-mortem examination to determine the exact cause and timing of her death. Police have registered a murder case and stated that the initial probe suggests a deliberate attack. “While it is too early to comment on the motive, we are pursuing multiple leads. The victim's family, neighbours, and other acquaintances are being questioned as part of the investigation,” an official told PTI. (With inputs from PTI)
22 January,2025 03:28 PM IST | Nashik | mid-day online correspondentA court in Maharashtra's Beed district on Wednesday remanded Walmik Karad, accused in an extortion case in connection to the murder of sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh, in 14-day judicial custody, PTI reported. As per PTI, Karad was produced via a video link before the special court for Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) cases after the end of his CID custody. The special court then sent him in judicial custody for 14 days. Karad, a close aide of state minister Dhananjay Munde, was on January 14 booked under the stringent MCOCA and sent in 14-day judicial custody. Subsequently, the police approached the special MCOCA court for his custody, PTI cited. The court on January 15 had remanded him in the custody of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the CID, which is conducting an investigation into the case, till January 22. Santosh Deshmukh, sarpanch of Massajog village in Beed district, was kidnapped, tortured and killed on December 9. Preliminary investigation indicated that Deshmukh had tried to resist an extortion attempt on an energy company operating a windmill project in the area, PTI reported. Earlier, Karad was arrested in the extortion case linked to the murder after he surrendered before the police in Pune on December 31. As per PTI, the sarpanch was killed because he was thought to be an obstacle in a plan to extort Rs 2 crore from an energy firm, and Walmik Karad was in contact with his killers when the crime was executed, the Maharashtra police's SIT told the court in Beed last week. Beed sarpanch murder: Book Walmik Karad or we’ll end our lives, says Kin of dead sarpanch Massajog sarpanch the late Santosh Deshmukh’s brother Dhananjay climbed up a water tank in the village demanding MCOCA against Walmik Karad, one of the accused in the Beed extortion case which is suspected of having led to Deshmukh’s murder on December 9, 2024. On Monday morning, Dhananjay refused to climb down despite Maratha activist Manoj Jarange and district SP’s requests, but relented after a couple of hours, demanding that the police give him and his family a probe update and fulfil the demand by 10 am on Tuesday, failing which he threatened a mass suicide by his family and the fellow villagers. According to reports, the drama began early in the morning when Dhananjay escaped the police eye to reach the water tank that supplies water to the village. The police were stationed in the village because he had threatened to climb up a cell phone tower. The villagers gathered near the tank and the chief of Beed district police Navneet Kanwat also reached. Jarange and Kanwat urged Dhananjay to get down but he refused. Meanwhile, the rest of the Deshmukh family and some villagers also climbed up the tank, but couldn’t go up further. A couple of hours passed by in negotiations. Dhananjay got down at about 1 pm. He posed many questions to the police and special investigation team that have been probing the murder. He said the family was not told about the progress in the case. (With PTI inputs)
22 January,2025 01:17 PM IST | Beed | mid-day online correspondentAn official on Wednesday said that the police have arrested a man after seizing ambergris, or whale vomit, valued at Rs 5 crore from his possession in Maharashtra's Thane district, reported news PTI. Ambergris is a waxy substance produced in the digestive system of sperm whales and its trade is illegal. It is often called "floating gold" due to the immense price it fetches in the international markets for its use in luxury perfumes. Acting on a tip, a crime unit team maintained a vigil in the Rabodi area on Monday and apprehended the 53-year-old man on the basis of suspicion, senior police inspector Sachin Gaikwad said, reported PTI. The police recovered 5.48 kg of ambergris, valued at Rs 5 crore, from his possession, the official said, reported PTI. The accused, identified as Niteen Mutanna Morelu, hailing from Pune, was arrested and booked under provisions of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, he said, reported PTI. The police were trying to find out from where the accused got the contraband and to whom he planned to sell it. Ambergris worth Rs 6.20 cr seized in Kalyan, 3 held Last year in September, the Kalyan Crime Branch arrested three individuals involved in smuggling whale vomit, scientifically known as ambergris, valued at around Rs 6.20 crore. Acting on a tip-off, the police apprehended the suspects as they attempted to sell the rare substance in Dombivli. According to reports, the accused—identified as Anil Bhosale (55), Ankush Mali (45), and Laxman Patil (63)—were travelling from Raigad district to Dombivli in a grey Wagon R car carrying the illegal material. The operation was conducted after Assistant Police Sub-Inspector Dattaram Bhosale received confidential information regarding their plans. The Kalyan Crime Branch, through its Unit-03 team, quickly established a trap along the Badlapur Pipeline Road and intercepted the vehicle. The accused were caught red-handed with 5.642 kg of ambergris, a substance highly sought after in the perfume industry for its ability to enhance fragrances. In addition to the ambergris, the police also seized the Wagon R and several mobile phones, which are currently being analysed for further leads. The trio was presented before the Kalyan court, which remanded them to police custody for further investigation. (With inputs from PTI)
22 January,2025 12:29 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondentPolice have filed a case against a 43-year-old man for allegedly peeping through the window of a woman's house in Maharashtra's Thane district while she was taking a bath, an official said on Wednesday, PTI reported. The incident occurred at Kalyan's Parshuram Wadi area on Monday morning, he said. Following a complaint by the 35-year-old woman, an FIR was filed against the accused under section 77 (voyeurism) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the official from Kolsewadi police station said, PTI reported. An investigation is underway, the police added. Thane crime: Man held for harassing, assaulting wife The police on Monday said that a 40-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly harassing and assaulting his wife in Maharashtra's Thane district, reported news agency PTI. Police arrested the accused from Ulhasnagar town on Sunday, an official said while sharing an update on the Thane crime. As per the complaint, the accused allegedly drugged his wife, took objectionable photographs of her and forwarded them to his friend on social media, the official said while sharing an update on the Thane crime, reported PTI. The official said the accused also beat up the woman after she confronted him about the photographs. On January 17, the accused's friend called up the woman and sought sexual favours, he said, reported PTI. Based on the woman's complaint, a case was registered under sections 77 (voyeurism), 78 (stalking), 115(2), (voluntarily causing hurt), 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) and other relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and Information Technology Act, the official said. Thane court acquits two persons after 9 years in attempt to murder case A court in Thane district acquitted two persons accused of attacking and injuring a man nine years ago, citing insufficient evidence in Maharashtra, reported news agency PTI. Additional sessions judge Amit M Shete acquitted Imran Akhtar Sayyad and Anant Jairam Bhagat in a 2015 attempt to murder case. The copy of the order, dated a week ago on January 13, was made available on Monday. A group of men attacked the victim, Sandeep Gadekar, with weapons in Kalwa on August 31, 2015, as per the case details. The man sustained severe injuries to his head, neck, and abdomen and was hospitalised. The Kalwa police registered a case under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 143 (unlawful assembly), 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting armed with a deadly weapon), 307 (attempt to murder), and 452 (house trespass to assault), among others. (With inputs from PTI)
22 January,2025 11:39 AM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondentThree Bangladeshi nationals have been convicted for illegally entering India and obtaining fraudulent citizenship documents. The convicts have been identified as Mohammed Shaid Aakas Ali Shaikh, Chandal Husain Ali Sardar, and Firdaus Mohammed Qasim Gazi. They have been sentenced to one year of imprisonment and fined for their illegal actions. The case came to light after the Criminal Intelligence Unit (CIU), led by Police Inspector Milind Kathe, received confidential information about the accused. According to the Crime Branch, the three Bangladeshi nationals entered India illegally and, using forged documents, managed to obtain Indian citizenship papers. They resided in India unlawfully, misusing these forged documents. Acting on the information, the authorities quickly organised a raid and detained the accused in Chembur. Mohammed Shaid Aakas Ali Shaikh, Firdaus Mohammed Qasim Gazi and Chanchal Husain Ali Sardar The convicts were charged under multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including Sections 465 (forgery), 468 (forgery for cheating), and 471 (using as genuine a forged document), as well as under the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1950, and the Foreigners Act, 1946. The Crime Branch’s detailed investigation, led by Police Inspector Dilip Tejankar, resulted in a charge sheet being filed in court. After carefully reviewing the case, Chief Judicial Magistrate Kanchan Zanwar convicted the three men, sentencing them to imprisonment and imposing fines. Once they complete their sentences, the convicts will be deported to Bangladesh, as confirmed by the Crime Branch. This conviction is part of a broader crackdown by the Mumbai Crime Branch against illegal infiltration, especially from neighbouring Bangladesh. Since January 1, the Crime Branch has registered 28 cases and arrested 42 Bangladeshi nationals as part of a special operation aimed at curbing illegal immigration. In addition, one Indian citizen was arrested for allegedly assisting the infiltrators. Authorities seized 14 fake Aadhaar cards, four PAN cards, four voter IDs, and three Bangladeshi passports from the arrested individuals. The investigation was closely supervised by Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Lakhmi Gautam and Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Datta Nalawade, who commended the efforts of the team in tackling the growing issue of illegal infiltration. Bangladeshi national arrested after residing illegally in India for 20 years A 34-year-old Bangladeshi national, Ehsan Hafiz Shaikh, was arrested by Pune city police after it was discovered that he had been residing illegally in India for the past two decades. According to ANI, Shaikh, who had been living in the Maharshi Nagar area of Pune, was taken into custody after being brought to the Swargate police station by activists from the Patit Pavan Sanghatna, who suspected him of being a Bangladeshi citizen. This led to the filing of an FIR at the Swargate police station, triggering an investigation into Shaikh’s status in the country.
22 January,2025 10:49 AM IST | Mumbai | Faizan KhanThe Bangladeshi national arrested for attacking Saif Ali Khan entered the actor's building in Mumbai by scaling its compound wall and went inside the main entrance after finding the security guards asleep, police said, PTI reported. As per PTI, the Mumbai police on Tuesday recreated the crime scene with the accused at the actor's residence in Bandra West's Satguru Sharan building. Khan (54) was repeatedly stabbed by the intruder, Shariful Islam Shehzad Mohammad Rohilla Amin Fakir known as Vijay Das (30), inside his 12th-floor apartment in the early hours of January 16. The Bollywood actor sustained multiple stab injuries in the attack and underwent an emergency surgery at the Lilavati Hospital. He was discharged on Tuesday, PTI cited. The police arrested the accused in neighbouring Thane on Sunday. In order to recreate the crime scene, the police took Das to the actor's building as well as at other places that he possibly visited to have food, change clothes and board a train, the official said on Tuesday, PTI cited. "Both the security guards in the building, where actor Saif Ali Khan resides, were sleeping when his attacker entered it by crossing over the boundary wall," the official said. "As the accused found both the security guards in deep slumber, he entered the building from the main entrance where no CCTV camera had been installed. The accused removed his shoes and kept them in his bag to avoid making any noise and also switched off his phone," he said, PTI cited. During a police investigation, they found there were no CCTV cameras installed in the building's corridor, the official said. "The investigation revealed that one of the two security guards was sleeping in the cabin and the other near the gate," he added. According to PTI, the accused is kept in the lockup either at the Bandra or the Santacruz police stations (as per the probe requirement) and no one except the investigation officer has permission to meet him. He is being provided food given to the other accused as well, the official said. Police Inspector (Crime) Ajay Lingnurkar has been appointed as the investigation officer in the case, he said. Fakir, a native of Bangladesh's Jhalokathi district, was residing in Mumbai for over five months, did odd jobs and was associated with a housekeeping agency, according to police, PTI cited. A court in Mumbai remanded the accused in five-day police custody on Sunday. (With inputs from PTI)
22 January,2025 10:24 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentFive days after he was brutally attacked by an intruder in his residence, Saif Ali Khan, 54, was discharged from Lilavati Hospital in Bandra on Tuesday. Accompanied by his wife, Kareena Kapoor Khan, and other family members, the actor was spotted in a white shirt, jeans and sunglasses as he walked out of the hospital and got into his vehicle amid heavy police presence. As Saif reached his Bandra residence, Satguru Sharan, he waved to the media. The Dil Chahta Hai actor looked healthy as he greeted the paparazzi with a smile. Kareena and her sister Karisma Kapoor were spotted at the building where security has been tightened since the attack. CCTV cameras have also been installed on the premises. Saif underwent a supra-major spinal surgery between 5 am and 9 am on January 16, the day of the attack, to remove the broken metal piece from the assailant’s knife that was lodged in his back and underwent cosmetic surgery for multiple stab wounds on the neck and hand. Dr Niraj Uttamani, chief operating officer at the hospital, said, “Saif Ali Khan is in good health though the surgical wounds will take some time to heal. From the hospital’s end, the actor was absolutely fine at the time of discharge.” Asked if the actor had been asked to return to the hospital for follow-ups, Dr Uttamani replied in affirmative, stating, “The actor will be in touch with Dr Nitin Dange, the consultant neurosurgeon who operated on him.” Asked if post-operative physiotherapy was recommended, the COO replied, “The treating neurosurgeon or the actor’s family will decide if it’s required.” Sara Ali Khan arrives at the hospital shortly before her father is discharged. Pic/Anurag Ahire Attempts made to contact Dr Dange did not yield any results. Meanwhile, the police team investigating the home invasion will be recording the statement of the actor in the coming days. The statement will be corroborated with the submissions of the accused, Shariful Islam, and if required, the accused can be further confronted about any new leads that come in, said a police officer, requesting anonymity. Flashback Saif was allegedly stabbed six times by Shariful, who had barged into his house around 2.30 am on January 16, following which the actor was rushed to Lilavati Hospital in an autorickshaw by his kin. After the artiste’s admission to the hospital, Dr Dange said, “The actor had sustained a major injury to the thoracic spine due to the broken piece of knife that was lodged. The surgery was done to remove the foreign body and also fix the cerebrospinal fluid leakage. Luckily, it was a dural [the outermost layer of tissue that covers the spinal cord] injury and did not impact the spinal cord. The actor is responding well to the treatment and we have kept him in the ICU for observation. He will be moved out of ICU by tomorrow [Friday] and should be discharged on or before Monday.” Sources within the hospital revealed that a 3D CT scan was done prior to the surgery and a 2.5-inch-long metal piece lodged in the spinal area was visible in the image. The neurosurgeon surgically removed the metal piece, which was later confirmed to be a broken knife piece. With inputs from Agencies
22 January,2025 06:56 AM IST | Mumbai | A CorrespondentADVERTISEMENT
