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Hello Jammu News at 4:57:00 PM 0



Thane, Feb 17 :  Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Sunday underlined the need of organising mass marriages, saying such events go a long way in reducing financial burden incurred on individual weddings.

He was speaking at a function in Asangaon town in Sahapur taluka where as many as 1,101 tribal couples tied the knot.

Many more such mass marriage ceremonies, which are low cost, should be organised, the chief minister said, adding they go a long way in reducing financial burden of individual weddings.

Praising the tribal community, he said its members have preserved `jal-jamin-jangal' (water, land, forest) in the real sense and also protected the country's culture.

Five couples who were part of the mass marriage were given `mangalsutra' (sacred necklace worn by married women) and essential household items, including gas connections, under the Centre's Ujjwala scheme.

Dwelling on local issues, the chief minister said all formalities have been completed for supply of water to Sahapur from the Bhavali dam.

The supply will begin once approval is received from the Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority, he said.

Fadnavis assured to look into all pending issues related to Sahapur.                Agencies 
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Thane (Maharashtra), Jan 12 : Kalyan Police in Maharashtra have cracked the December 31 murder of a 23-year-old woman from Uttar Pradesh and their investigation has revealed honour killing as the motive behind the crime.

A police official Saturday said they have registered a case of murder against four persons, including the father and the brother of the deceased Manita Yadav whose body was found hanging from a tree in Kalyan in Thane district.

No arrest is made yet.

The accused are identified as Manita's father Lotu Yadav, her brother Tirthraj Yadav and relatives Ramakanat Yadav and Manoj Yadav.

According to police, Manita's family members were filled with a sense of shame after her in-laws dropped her at their home in Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh last month while accusing her of having an extra-marital affair with another man.

The deceased was married to a man from a village in Azamgarh district.

A police official said Tirthraj, Ramakant and Manoj boarded a train for Mumbai on December 30 from Azamgarh under the pretext of taking Manita to her another brother who is a resident of suburban Vikhroli in Mumbai.

"They got down at Kalyan railway station and took Manita to a secluded place, where she was strangulated and her body was hanged from a tree to make it appear as a suicide," he said, adding that Manita was killed on the night of December 31.

The body was spotted by some locals on January 1 who, in turn, informed the police.

He said the CCTV cameras at the railway station captured the accused persons getting down with Manita.

The official said the first major clue to solve the crime was a SIM card they had found in the pocket of the sweater worn by the deceased woman.

The card was registered in the name of his brother whom police tracked down in Azamgarh, he added.             PTI
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Hello Jammu News at 1:08:00 PM 0

A 30-year-old Thane resident was arrested Tuesday night for allegedly molesting his woman colleague, a hair dresser, on two occasions, the police said Wednesday.


Thane (Maha), Dec 12 (PTI) A 30-year-old Thane resident was arrested Tuesday night for allegedly molesting his woman colleague, a hair dresser, on two occasions, the police said Wednesday.

The victim (30) works in a beauty saloon located on Ghodbunder Road, an official said.

According to police, the accused Hemant Sonawane, allegedly molested the woman when she was travelling in an autorickshaw last month.

He later apologised to her, following which the woman kept mum, the official said.

However, Sonawane continued making sexual advances towards the woman in the office and groped her again while she was travelling in an autorickshaw on December 6, he said, adding that the accused pushed her to the ground when she tried to resist his advances.

A case has been registered against Sonawane in Kasarvedawli police station, the officer said.


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Thane (Maha), Sep 25: A 27-year-old man was arrested from Madhya Pradesh for allegedly kidnapping a teenaged girl here in Maharashtra nine months back, police said Tuesday.

The 17-year-old girl had gone out of her home at Khartan Road here on January 1 this year, but did not return, Thane anti-human trafficking cell's (ATHC) senior police inspector Ravindra Doundkar said.

After her parents could not find her, they filed a complaint at the Thane Nagar police station, he said.

During the investigation, the police got a tip-off that the accused, identified as Jitendra alias Jitu Sharma who worked a security guard at a residential society, had taken the girl Madhya Pradesh (MP), he said.

Acting on the leads, the Thane police rescued the girl from Suwasra village in MP's Mandsaur district last week.

The accused was subsequently arrested and booked under relevant sections, the official added. (PTI)
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Thane (Maha), Sep 24: A 28-year-old man was allegedly killed by unidentified persons here in Maharashtra and his body dumped at a hotel where he had worked earlier, police said Monday.

An employee of the hotel, located in Kapurbawdi area, opened the premises Sunday morning and found the body of Tapas Chanda, who hailed from West Bengal, lying near gas cylinders, Thane police spokesperson Sukhada Narkar said.

The employee informed the police about it.

The footage of CCTVs installed in the area purportedly showed someone throwing the body in the hotel around 4 am on Sunday, Narkar said.

The deceased had left the job at the hotel around three months back and joined another establishment nearby, she said.

The body was sent for postmortem and a case was registered under IPC section 302 (murder), Narkar said.

Efforts were on to nab the killers and police were conducting a probe to ascertain the motive behind the crime, she said. (PTI)
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Thane (Maha), Sep 22: A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour near here in Maharashtra, police said Saturday.

The accused, a 50-year-old man residing in the powerloom town of Bhiwandi, was arrested Friday, they said.

The incident took place Thursday evening when the victim had gone out of her house to make some purchases.

As it was raining very heavily, she took shelter near the house of the accused, her neighbour. The man allegedly pulled her inside his home and raped her, the police said.

The girl returned home and told her mother about the ordeal. Her mother approached the ShantiNagar police station in Bhiwandi and filed a complaint, they said.

The accused was subsequently arrested and booked under relevant sections of the IPC and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, they said. (PTI)
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Hello Jammu News at 1:59:00 PM 0

Thane (Maha), Sep 20: Two persons were arrested for allegedly raping a 30-year-old married woman here in Maharashtra, police said Thursday.

One of the accused, Rajesh Mhaskar (30), called the woman, who works as a labourer, out of her house at Khoni village in Bhiwandi area in the wee hours of Tuesday and allegedly raped her, an official at Nizampura police station said.

The other accused, Lala alias Balaram Kolhe (33), also arrived at the spot and attempted to rape her, he said.

However, the woman raised an alarm and both the accused, who are residents of the same area, fled the spot, he said.

Based on the woman's complaint, the police arrested the accused Wednesday and registered offences against them under IPC sections 376 (rape) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention), the official added. (PTI)

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Thane (Maha), Sep 20: A 40-year-old man was arrested Thursday here in Maharashtra for allegedly raping his teenaged daughter, a police official said.

The accused and his wife separated seven years back.

Since then, the 14-year-old girl was living with her father in the Kasarvadavli area of Thane city, he said.

The girl alleged that she was raped repeatedly by her father in the last four years, the official at Kasarvadavli police station said.

Unable to bear the harassment any further, the girl approached her neighbours who helped her in filing a police complaint against her father Wednesday evening, he said.

The accused was subsequently arrested and booked under IPC section 376 (rape) and relevant provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

The girl was sent to a hospital for medical examination, the official added. (PTI)
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Thane (Maha), Sep 18: Two men allegedly beat up some police personnel and a tempo driver during the Ganesh idol immersion ritual at Dombivili town here in Maharashtra, police said Tuesday.

The Dombivili police received a complaint Monday night that the accused were thrashing some people at the idol immersion site Chola Talao during the ongoing Ganesh festival, Thane police spokesperson Sukhada Narkar said.

A team of police personnel rushed to the site where they spotted the accused beating atempo driver and manhandling some women, she said.

When the police team tried to intervene, the accused allegedly beat up a police inspector, a sub-inspector and some constables, Narkar said.

Additional police force was then called at the spot but by the time the personnel arrived, the two men fled, she said.

A search was on for the accused, she said, adding that offences were registered against them under IPC section 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharging his duty) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention). (PTI)
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Thane (Maha), Sep 11 :  A 32-year-old man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly killing his mother-in-law after a quarrel with her here in Maharashtra, police said.

The 68-year-old victim, Kamaljit Kaur, went to her son -in-law Ankush Batti's home Monday to enquire about her hearing and speech-impaired daughter, whom Batti was allegedly harassing, Thane police spokesperson Sukhada Narkar said.

Batti had a quarrel with his mother-in-law over some issue following which he allegedly hit her and then pushed her from the balcony of his flat, located on the first floor of a residential building on Ghodbunder Road, late Monday night, she said.

The woman fell on the ground and died, Narkar said.

Some neighbours of the accused alerted the police about the incident.

The Kasarwadavli police subsequently arrested the accused and registered a case against him under IPC section 302 (murder), Narkar said.

The body was sent for postmortem, she added.PTI

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Thane (Maha), Sep 6: A 23-year-old auto-rickshaw driver was arrested Thursday here in Maharashtra for allegedly killing a man who was in love with the former's sister, police said.

The accused, Rahul Namdeo, had Sunday informed the Shivaji Nagar police in Ambernath that he saw a man lying injured near a temple in the town, Thane police spokesperson Sukhada Narkar said.

On finding the man dead, the police had initially registered a case of accidental death.

However, the police got suspicious about circumstances of the death of the man, identified as Babbu Bagdi (25), and launched a probe during which it came to light that Namdeo knew the deceased, Narkar said.

Bagdi was apparently in love with the 21-year-old sister of Namdeo and the latter was against the relationship.

The accused had even reprimanded Bagdi over it, she said.

On Sunday, Namdeo took the victim to an isolated spot where he allegedly beat him to death and then posed as if he had accidentally seen the deceased lying there, Narkar said.

Based on the investigation, the police arrested the accused and registered offences against him under IPC sections 302 (murder), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence) and 177 (furnishing false information), she added. (PTI)
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Thane (Maha), Sep 4: A 33-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly posing as a police personnel and extorting money from another woman here in Maharashtra, a police official said Tuesday.

The accused, Aparna Manohar Mohare, posed as a policewoman and contacted the 20-year-old victim in Mumbra here last Wednesday, claiming that an offence of kidnapping and theft was registered against the latter at the Kalyan police station.

Mohare allegedly demanded Rs 7 lakh from the victim to save her from arrest in the case, Thane police spokesperson Sukhada Narkar said.

The accused finally settled the deal at Rs 1 lakh and took Rs 10,000 initially from a relative of the victim, Narkar said.

The victim filed a complaint following which police Monday arrested Mohare from Shiravane village in Navi Mumbai, she said.

A search was on for the woman's associate who used to accompany her, Narkar said.

The accused was booked under various IPC sections, including 389 (putting person in fear of injury in order to commit extortion), 419 (cheating by personation), 420 (cheating), 171 (wearing garb or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent) and 506 (criminal intimidation), she added. (PTI)
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Thane (Maha), Sep 4: A 21-year-old man has been awarded 10 years' rigorous imprisonment by a court here in Maharashtra for attempting to kill a girl.

District and Sessions Judge P P Jadhav also imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 on the accused, Kamalkant Maheshchand Saini, while pronouncing the order last Wednesday.

The victim, then aged 14 and a resident of Kalwa town here, got acquainted with Saini during a visit to her native village in Rajasthan's Dausa district in February 2016.

The duo fell in love, following which Saini came to Kalwa on the pretext of appearing for an exam and stayed at the girl's house.

On March 18, 2016, he insisted that the girl accompany him to his native village. When she refused, he fired a country-made revolver at her, seriously injuring her.

The girl's sister raised an alarm and their neighbours rushed the victim to a hospital.

The accused was subsequently arrested and booked under various IPC sections, including 307 (attempt to murder), and relevant provisions of the Arms Act.

The judge in his order said the prosecution established that the accused attempted to commit murder by opening fire at the girl, and caused her life threatening injuries.

She survived due to prompt hospitalisation, he noted.

Also, the accused possessed the gun without a licence, which shows his criminal tendency, the judge observed while pronouncing the sentence. (PTI)

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Thane (Maha), Sep 4 :  A 21-year-old man has been awarded 10 years' rigorous imprisonment by a court here in Maharashtra for attempting to kill a girl.
District and Sessions Judge P P Jadhav also imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 on the accused, Kamalkant Maheshchand Saini, while pronouncing the order last Wednesday.

The victim, then aged 14 and a resident of Kalwa town here, got acquainted with Saini during a visit to her native village in Rajasthan's Dausa district in February 2016.

The duo fell in love, following which Saini came to Kalwa on the pretext of appearing for an exam and stayed at the girl's house.

On March 18, 2016, he insisted that the girl accompany him to his native village. When she refused, he fired a country-made revolver at her, seriously injuring her.

The girl's sister raised an alarm and their neighbours rushed the victim to a hospital.

The accused was subsequently arrested and booked under various IPC sections, including 307 (attempt to murder), and relevant provisions of the Arms Act.

The judge in his order said the prosecution established that the accused attempted to commit murder by opening fire at the girl, and caused her life threatening injuries.

She survived due to prompt hospitalisation, he noted.

Also, the accused possessed the gun without a licence, which shows his criminal tendency, the judge observed while pronouncing the sentence.PTI

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Thane, Sep 3: Sixty-four persons were arrested for allegedly gambling at a resort in Maharashtra's Palghar district and cash, mobiles phones and vehicles with a cumulative worth of Rs 1.63 crore were seized from them, police said Monday.

Palghar police, acting on a tip-off, raided a resort situated along the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway in the Maljipada area of the district in the early hours Sunday and made the arrests and seizure, Superintendent of Police Gaurav Singh said.

He said that the 64 persons arrested in the raid were playing a card game called 'teen patti' and hailed from Gujarat, Mumbai, Thane and Palghar.

Two persons who were operating the gambling network, identified as Rirish Shetty and Sanmit Shetty, and resort owner Harish Thakur were among those arrested, the SP said.

"Rs 8,63,250 in cash, 48 mobile phones valued at Rs 4,89,300 and 10 vehicles worth Rs 1.5 crore, totalling Rs 1.63 crore, were seized during the raid," an official said.

A case under relevant sections of the Maharashtra Prevention of Gambling Act has been registered at Valiv police station, Palghar police spokesperson Hemant Kumar Katkar said. (PTI)
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Thane (Maha), Aug 30: The Thane police raided a dance bar here in Maharashtra and arrested 12 people for allegedly indulging in obscenity, an official said today.

Around six women, in the age group of 20 to 35 years, were rescued last night after the raid at the bar, located in Vitthalwadi area, Thane police spokesperson Sukhada Narkar said.

The rescued women were huddled in a small room concealed behind a toilet and the bar's management had not taken care of their safety, she said.

The women told the police that whenever a raid was conducted at the bar, they were asked to rush into the room to hide themselves, Narkar said.

The bar's manager, waiters and some customers were among those arrested, she said, adding that the police also recovered Rs 23,820 from the bar.

The arrested persons were booked under IPC sections 294 (obscene acts or words in public) and 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide), Narkar added. (PTI)
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Thane (Maha), Aug 30: A 29-year-old woman was found dead at an apartment in a housing complex here in Maharashtra, police said today.

Harshada Somawanshi, an unmarried woman who was into catering business, had been missing since Tuesday and her family filed a complaint in this connection, an official at the Manpada police station in Dombivali said.

During a search, the body was found late last night at the home of Somawanshi's male friend in the same complex where she resided, the official said.

The deceased's friend has been missing since last night and a search is on for him, he said.

No injury marks were found on the body which was sent for postmortem to a government hospital, the official said, adding that a case was registered under relevant sections. (PTI)
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Thane (Maha), Aug 28: The owner and the manager of an automobile service centre here in Maharashtra have been booked for alleged negligence leading to the death of a worker at their workshop last year, police said today.

The victim, Sujit Yadav (23), was cleaning a car on June 12, 2017 when he got an electric shock from the water pipe at the service centre located in the city's Manpada area, Thane police spokesperson Sukhada Narkar said.

He was rushed to a hospital where he died during treatment on July 2 last year, she said.

Another 22-year-old worker was also injured in the mishap and admitted to another hospital, Narkar said.

Doctors who attended Yadav declared that he died due to electrocution, she said.

The police later approached the Maharashtra State Electricity Board and its officials informed them that there was power leakage from the motor of the pressure water pipe in the workshop.

The service centre's management, meanwhile, got the faulty motor repaired, the police said.

Based on the investigation, the police registered offences yesterday against the workshop's owner and the manager under IPC sections 304-A (causing death by negligence), 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others), 287 (negligent conduct with respect to machinery) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy), Narkar added.PTI

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Thane (Maha), Aug27: Six fishermen swam to safety while one was missing after their boat capsized in the Arabian Sea off the Uttan coast here in Maharashtra, police said today.

The mishap took place around 9.30 pm yesterday when the seven fishermen on board the transit boat were on way to a bigger boat anchored in the deep sea, an official at the Uttan police station said.

Amid the high tide, their transit boat overturned off the Uttan coast, located in Bhayandar area of Thane, he said.

While four fishermen swam to safety late last night, two reached the Uttan shore this morning, the official said.

Divers and locals were searching for the missing fisherman, he said. (PTI)

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Thane, Aug24: A 14-year-old girl was found raped and killed by unidentified persons in her house at Bhiwandi near here in Maharashtra, police said today.

The girl was alone at her home in the powerloom town of Bhiwandi at the time of the incident yesterday afternoon, Thane Police PRO Sukhada Narkar said.

An offence under IPC sections 376 (rape) and 302 (murder) has been registered, she said, adding a manhunt has been launched for the culprits.

However, it was not clear how many people were involved in the crime, which came to light when the victim's elder sister returned home in the evening, Narkar said.

The accused entered the house when she was alone and allegedly raped her. They then severely beat her and drowned her in a water tub, Narkar said.

When the victim's elder sister returned home, she was shocked to see her sibling lying dead. After her parents arrived, they lodged a police complaint, she said.

The body was sent for post-mortem and based on its findings, the police registered the rape and murder offence against unidentified persons late in the night at the Narpoli police station, Narkar said. (PTI)
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