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KALYAN: The Kalyan session court on Tuesday granted bail to three including the ex-NCP spokesperson from Ulhasnagar, Kamlesh Nikam, in the suicide case of ex-MLA Jyoti Kalani’s PA Nandkumar Nanavare and his wife. Along with Nikam, the bench granted to bail to Naresh Gaikwad and Ganpat Kamble.On August 18, the Thane crime branch had arrested the accused. Arjun Bhojraj Jeswani an advocate appearing for...

KALYAN: Fed up with the treatment of his 10-year-old mentally challenged daughter, a drunk man strangled her to death in Dombivli.Manoj Agrahari, 38, has been arrested on the complaint of the girl’s mother Lilavati. Lavli was being treated in a hospital in Thane and Manoj was finding it difficult to meet the expenses. Frustrated, he used to say, “There is no use of a retarded daughter, she should be...

THANE: The Bhiwandi Crime Branch unit of the Thane Police has arrested a gang of four men involved in the theft of auto-rickshaws from Mumbai and Thane districts.The gang used to sell the autos in the interior regions of Maharashtra after altering their number plates. Law enforcement has successfully recovered 18 stolen auto-rickshaws from the accused.The arrested men have been identified as Rashid...

NEW DELHI: Two persons have been arrested in connection with the alleged murder of a 43-year-old man in the Alipur area of north Delhi, police said on Saturday. The arrested suspects are identified as Mohammad Irshad (29) and Dinesh Kumar (38), both hailing from Bihar.According to the police, Irshad had rented a pan shop from the victim. It is alleged that Irshad carried out the killing to evade paying...

CHENNAI: A sub-inspector of police, who had voluntarily retired from service recently, was arrested for sexually abusing a Class IX student at Royapuram. The retired SI, Jebakumar, 55, resides in an apartment complex in Royapuram. On Thursday, a 14-year-old girl living nearby informed her parents that Jebakumar had been sexually abusing her at a park in the neighbourhood.Acting on a complaint filed by...

THANE: A security guard has been in Thane district for allegedly assaulting an 82-year-old woman and stealing jewelry worth Rs 3.2 lakh. The incident occurred on September 19 in a housing society in Bhayandar town, and based on a tip-off, the police took Rajendra Bahadur Kumwar (42), a native of Nepal, into custody.According to deputy commissioner of police Zone I, Jayant Bajbale, an unknown individual...

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police's Special Cell has arrested three people and recovered opium worth around Rs 40 crore in the international market, police said on Friday. Those arrested have been identified as Amra Ram (34), Bhana Ram Choudhary (33) and Bhalla Ram (31).The opium was smuggled from the northeastern states and was meant to supply in Delhi and other nearby states, police said.The accused — all...

THANE: Two armed robbers, including an externed criminal, were arrested after they sneaked inside a bar to steal cash, said the police on Thursday.A case was registered against Nagendra Maurya (30) and Manoj Gupta (23), under the relevant sections of the IPC. The duo, armed with a knife, entered the bar from its kitchen and stole Rs 4,000. The staff alerted the police, who rushed to the spot and caught...

THANE: A man was held on Thursday from North Dinajpur area of West Bengal for allegedly murdering a woman in Bhiwandi in Maharashtra's Thane district, a police official said. The decomposed body of the 36-year-old woman, identified as Madhu Prajapati, was found in Ganesh Nagar and a murder case was filed due to the presence of multiple wounds, Senior Inspector Rajendra Pawar of Kongaon police station...

CHENNAI: The Kancheepuram police on Tuesday arrested YouTuber and motorcycle racer TTF Vasan, who was injured after his bike stunt on the Chennai-Bengaluru National Highway went wrong on Sunday.Earlier on Monday the Baluchetty Chatiram police registered a case under two sections including rash and negligent driving against Vasan. On Tuesday, cases under five more sections for performing bike stunts on...