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MUMBAI: Observing that his role of “knowingly assisting” the process of money laundering is prima-facie evident, a special PMLA court on Thursday rejected the bail plea of Jayram Deshpande, former sub-divisional officer (SDO) of Dapoli, arrested in March in the Dapoli-based Sai Resort case. Special judge MG Deshpande said that there is abundant material to show that Jayram had accorded sanction for...

CHENNAI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) sleuths nabbed the kingpin of a human trafficking racket involved in an attempt to send 61 Sri Lankan nationals abroad illegally after bringing them to India in 2021.The accused, identified as Mohamed Imran Khan (39) alias Haja Najerbheeden, a native of Ramanathpuram, was secured from his hideout in Theni district by the absconder tracker team (ATT) of...

NEW DELHI: A white Santro car, which had changed ownership several times, an Aadhaar card of a woman sex worker and a wrong phone number were what police had at hands while probing the case of a woman found dead, bound in chains. But these were the slim clues that helped them solve the case in less than 12 hours.The CCTV footage recovered from Block 18 of Tilak Nagar, where the Swiss woman's body was...

Thane: The Thane unit of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested a peon with the Thane collector office along with two private persons in a graft case.The accused has been identified as Ashok Waghela, 45, a peon attached to the home branch of the Thane collector office. The other include, Nitesh Hingmire, 33, and Abhishek Bade, 26, who helped the peon in the bribe.An ACB official informed that the...

NEW DELHI/THANE: An official reported on Friday that law enforcement authorities apprehended an accomplice of gangster Ravi Pujari, who is sought in connection with an extortion case, at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport.An official from the city crime branch reported that on Thursday, they arrested Vijay Purushottam Salvi, known by the alias Vijay Tambat, and he has been charged under...

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Thursday extended judicial custody of former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia till November 22 in an alleged money laundering case.The court of special judge, MK Nagpal, directed the counsels to inspect the documents from 2pm to 7pm on every working day at CBI office. Directing the counsels to email requests to the investigating officer (IO) following which a schedule...

MUMBAI: Observing that no Indian girl will make false rape accusation as if she is found to be false, she would be looked at with contempt through out her life and particularly for unmarried girl, it will be difficult to find a suitable groom, a special POCSO court convicted and sentenced a 21-year-old man to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting his friend, a 16-year-old girl from his...

MUMBAI: A month-and-a-half after a 63-year-old Chandivali resident in Mumbai was knocked down by a speeding MUV car outside the Orchid Enclave building on September 6 that was driven by a 14-year-old school student, the police has registered a first information report (FIR) against the Saki Naka-based businessman, Shamsool Khan (40), who was allegedly found at fault during the probe.Saki Naka police...

Thane: The crime branch has arrested the fourth accused, an auto driver, in connection with the murder of MNS functionary Jamil Shaikh in 2020.The police said the arrested accused has been identified as Wasim Ansari alias Wasim Bhishi (29) and is a resident of Rabodi.“Ansari played an important role in the murder of Shaikh and gave the logistical support to the accused who planned the murder. The...

KALYAN: A case of a teacher allegedly assaulting at least 40 students with steel and wooden rulers has come to light in a private school in Dombivli. Some of the students have suffered minor injuries.Police registered an FIR against the teacher, Nilam Bharmal, after parents of the children staged a protest in school on Friday.Police sources said after the teacher joined S H Jondhale Vidyamandir School,...