Mumbai police

MUMBAI: Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani received two death threat emails two days in a row. On Friday, he got an email saying: "If you don't give us Rs 20 crore, we will kill you. We have the best shooters in India." Ambanireceived another death threat from the same account Saturday. This time the sender demanded Rs 200 crore, saying the amount had been increased due to "non-response to the...

MUMBAI: Police have slapped yet another FIR on jailed builder Jayesh Tanna, brother Deep and son Vivek for cheating 28 flatbuyers of Rs 40 crore. TOI has learnt that the case is likely to be taken over by police's economic offences wing.Tanna, who is lodged in Arthur Road jail, has been booked in nine offences registered all over Mumbai. Police said in most of these cases, Tanna and his family members...

MUMBAI: Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided several premises connected to Asgar Ali Sheraji, a key accused in a drug syndicate, his associate and premises connected to them in Mumbai on Monday after registering a money laundering case. The raid was concluded on early Tuesday. Sheraji was accused to sending over Rs 200 crore worth party drugs to various countries after declaring them as medicines. The...

MUMBAI: Road crash-related fatalities in the city reduced by 35% with 176 deaths reported between January and September as compared to 272 in the same period last year.Traffic police have attributed the drop to strict enforcement and improved infrastructure around 'black spots' or accident-prone locations. But with high-speed corridors like the Mumbai Coastal Road and Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link to be...

MUMBAI : Actor Shah Rukh Khan’s security has been upgraded to Y-plus category.Shah Rukh previously had only two police constables, but now he will have six personal security officer in three shifts round the clock and five armed guards at his residence. (see graphic)TOI has a copy of the letter, dated October 5, issued by the state home department to senior police officers and departments, including...

MUMBAI: The city police have busted a baby-selling racket and have rescued two newborn babies who were sold for Rs 5 lakh each in illegal adoption process. Five women have been arrested in the case which includes kingpin of the racket Julia Lawrence Fernandes, a bogus doctor and three touts from Rafiq Nagar in Govandi.What has baffled the police is the fact that Julia, who has at least seven offences of...

MUMBAI: The Mumbai police received a threat call about a bomb planted at Mumbai International Airport, on Sunday.However, probe found that it was a hoax call.Police said that a hoax call was made saying there was a bomb in a blue bag at the airport.Soon, police officers and bomb squad team rushed to the airport and carried out investigation, however, nothing was found."Nothing was found during the...

MUMBAI: A 64-year-old retired MTNL employee, who was undergoing treatment for bipolar disorder, allegedly stabbed his wife with a kitchen knife and then hanged himself in his Mulund flat on Thursday. Navghar police have filed an attempt to murder case against the deceased, Palani Yadav. His wife Kavita (54) is in the ICU at Fortis Hospital. The couple's daughter Dhania (34) said she reached home after...