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Watch closed factories to contain drug menace: Navi Mumbai Commissioner

Navi Mumbai Police Commissioner Bipin Kumar Singh has asked officials to keep a watch on closed factories in the town to check narcotics are not manufactured there, in the wake of a number of cases of drugs seizure in neighbouring Mumbai in the recent past. During a meeting of the district-level narcotics committee on Wednesday, Singh said several containers arrive at Uran and the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in Navi Mumbai, and asked the Coast Guard to keep an eye on them to prevent any movement of narcotics. Singh also directed the officials to check if narcotics were being manufactured at chemical factories in industrial zones in the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation limits. He said a large stock of banned drug MD was recently seized in Mumbai and officials should check if drugs were being manufactured in the chemical and pharmacy units in Navi Mumbai. During the meeting, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Suresh Mengde said 20 out of the total 83 units in Navi Mumbai region

Mumbai Crime Branch arrests Dawood Ibrahim's aide Riyaz Bhati for extortion

Mumbai Police's Anti Extortion Cell on Monday arrested businessman Riyaz Bhati in connection with an extortion case, officials said. Bhati, who is said to be have links with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, was wanted in the extortion case registered at the Versova Police Station, they said. According to the officials, a businessman from Versova was threatened and a car valued at Rs 30 lakh and cash worth Rs 7.5 lakh were demanded from him. Ibrahim's close aide Chhota Shakeel and Shakeel's relative Salim Fruit have also been named in the FIR, they said. The Anti Extortion Cell (AEC) of Mumbai crime branch held the accused from Andheri west. Bhati will be produced before the court on Tuesday. In the past, Bhati had been arrested in multiple cases, including extortion, land grabbing and firing. He had also tried to flee the country by using fake passports in 2015 and 2020, officials added.

Mumbai Police bans transport of cattle to curb spread of lumpy skin disease

The Mumbai Police have prohibited the transportation of cattle in the city in order to prevent the spread of lumpy skin disease. The police issued an order to this effect on September 14 and it will remain in force till October 13, an official said on Sunday. Anybody found violating the order will be penalised, he said. The area under the Mumbai Police commissionerate is declared as "controlled area" for lumpy skin disease, the order said. It is forbidden to bring cattle out of the places where they are being raised. There is a prohibition on transporting bovine animals to market places or exhibition centres, the order said. Besides cattle, the transportation of any kind of fodder, grass or equipment which came in contact with the lumpy skin disease-affected bovine animals is prohibited, it said. The lumpy skin disease is a contagious viral disease that affects cattle and causes fever, nodules on the skin and can also lead to death. Thousands of cattle have died due to the disea

Amit Shah's security breached in Mumbai; accused arrested, sent to custody

The security breach for Home Minister in Maharashtra was witnessed during his first visit as the police verified later that the accused name was not mentioned in Shah's list of security

Mumbai Police arrest actor, film critic KRK over 'defamatory' tweet

The Mumbai Police have arrested actor and film critic Kamal Rashid Khan, popularly known as KRK, in connection with an alleged defamatory tweet posted by him, an official said on Tuesday. Khan was nabbed from the Mumbai airport late Monday night after he arrived from Dubai, the official from Malad police station said. The police did not reveal details of the tweet. The official said a look out circular had earlier been issued against him. An FIR was also registered against him in 2020 under various Indian Penal Code sections including 153 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot) and 500 (punishment for defamation), and provisions of the Information Technology Act, he said. The city police came to know about his arrival on Monday and immediately arrested him, the official said. In 2016, Khan had claimed that he was paid to tweet in favour of a movie of filmmaker Karan Johar.

Mumbai police receive message about avoiding 'Somalia-type' attack

The traffic helpline of Mumbai Police has received a WhatsApp message from an international number advising the force to take care to avoid a "Somalia-type attack" in India, an official said on Friday. Last week the traffic helpline number had received several messages threatening of another "26/11-like" attack in the city. The latest message did not issue any threat but police are investigating its source, the official said. Terror group Al-Shabaab recently attacked the Hayat Hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital. The message, though, did not make it clear which incident in the African country it was referring to.

Fraudster seeks gifts from officials in Mumbai police commissioner's name

Several persons in the city including junior police officials recently received a fraudulent message seeking digital gift cards "urgently" in the name of Mumbai police commissioner, an official said on Friday. The unidentified person or persons sending WhatsApp messages used police commissioner Vivek Phansalkar's photo as the display picture (DP), he said. The message asked the recipients to send 20 digital gift cards of e-commerce firm Amazon worth Rs 10,000 in total, the official said. City police has warned its officials not to fall for the fraud, he added. "There is something I need you to please do for me urgently as I am currently attending a very crucial meeting with limited phone calls....There are some listed prospect I am presenting them to today. I can't get it done myself due to meetings and i don't have any of my cards with me. How quickly can you arrange these gift cards because I need to send them out in less than an hour. I would provide you with the type of gift ..

Bomb hoax at five-star hotel rattles Mumbai cops for third time in 5 days

A threat to blow up a five-star hotel near Mumbai airport turned out to be a hoax, though the Mumbai Police again went into a high alert mode for the third time in barely five days

Terror threat received by Mumbai cops should be taken seriously: Ajit Pawar

Senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar on Saturday said the messages received by the Mumbai police threatening a "26/11-like attack" should be taken seriously, and added that central agencies need to look into the matter. Speaking to reporters at the airport here, the Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly said in the state police department is a very able force in such situations. The Mumbai police's traffic wing received several text messages on its helpline number, which threatened that a "26/11-like" attack will be carried out in the city by six persons and "preparations are on to blow up" the metropolis. "The state government should take this threat seriously and our police are very able in such situations. But central agencies should also look into the matter," Pawar said. Whenever such threats are received by any state, the central and all other agencies should look into them, he said. Meanwhile, criticising Chief Minister Eknath Sh

Messages warning 26/11-like attack came from Pakistan number: Mumbai police

The messages received by the police threatening a 26/11-like attack in Mumbai came from a phone number which has Pakistan code, city Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar said on Saturday. He was addressing a press conference here in the wake of city police's traffic wing receiving several text messages on its helpline number, which threatened that an attack would be carried out and the city would be blown up. "Prima facie, the threat messages to blow up Mumbai like 26/11 came from a number that has Pakistan code," Phansalkar said. "We have taken the messages seriously. Necessary measures are being taken to investigate the threat messages. We are alert on coastal security and are coordinating with Coast Guard," he added.

Fresh threats to RIL's Mukesh Ambani and his family, Mumbai cops detain man

The accused, Bishnu Vidu Bhoumik, was arrested from suburban Dahisar at around 1:30 PM, almost three hours after he made the threat call

Mumbai Police to initiate mission to reunite missing children with families

The Mumbai Police will soon launch an initiative to reunite missing or abducted children with their families.

NSE snooping case: Delhi court denies bail to former Mumbai top cop

A Delhi court on Thursday dismissed the bail application of former Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Pandey, arrested in a money laundering case

Mumbai Police file an FIR against actor Ranveer Singh for nude photoshoot

Ranveer, who posted the pictures on his Instagram account and was getting a lot of attention from celebrities, including the TMC Lok Sabha MP Mimi Chakraborty and filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma

The strange case of Sanjay Pandey, IPS officer who ran his own firm

ED's questioning may reveal some truths about one of the biggest scams in corporate governance India, but it will also shine a light on relations between the police and Maharashtra government

NSE colo case: ED arrests former Mumbai top cop Sanjay Pandey

He was taken into custody following several hours of questioning by the federal agency on Monday and Tuesday in the matter

E-cigarettes, flavored tobacco worth Rs 14.6 lakh seized in Mumbai; 11 held

The Mumbai Police on Friday seized electronic cigarettes and flavored tobacco worth over Rs 14.60 lakh after raiding 12 places in the city and its suburbs, and arrested 11 persons, an official said. The action was carried out by the Crime Branch control of the Economic Offences Wing (EOW), he said. As many as 11 persons were arrested in connection with the case, he said, adding a probe was underway. "Considering that the youth in Mumbai are consuming electronic cigarettes which are harmful to their health, the CB control of the EOW Branch raided 12 places & seized e-cigarettes worth Rs 14,60,420 and registered a case against them," the Mumbai Police tweeted.

Phone-tapping at NSE: Mumbai ex-top cop's firm saw biz dip in recent years

The phone tapping is said to have been illegal, and took place between 2009 and 2017

ED summons ex-Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay in NSE-co location scam

Enforcement Directorate summoned former Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey today in NSE-co location case.He has been asked to appear before them in Delhi for questioning in the illegal phone tapping of an NSE personnel matter.On July 9, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) questioned Sanjay Pandey in connection with the illegal phone tapping of National Stock Exchange (NSE) employees.On Friday, following the orders of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), CBI registered a fresh case in the alleged NSE co-location scam that involves the phone tapping of NSE employees.A senior CBI official informed that searches are underway across the country.The fresh First Information Report (FIR) mentioned the names of former NSE Chief Chitra Ramakrishna, Ravi Narain and former Mumbai Commissioner Sanjay Pandey for allegedly tapping the phones of NSE officials and other irregularities.According to a CBI official, it was said that Pandey was not reachable but he himself appeared for CBI's ...

Phone tapping of NSE employees: CBI books ex-Mumbai top cop, Ramkrishna

The agency has alleged that under the guise of this study, top NSE officials had issued a work order to iSec for intercepting the phone calls of its employees by installing machines at NSE's office