Thane:

The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) in Thane has awarded compensation of Rs 31.39 lakh to a businessman who was injured in a road accident in 2019.

Gopichand Shankar Patil (38) was riding a scooter on Ghodbunder Road on March 13, 2019, that year when a speeding car knocked down his two-wheeler, leaving him grievously injured. The driver fled from the spot and was booked for rash driving and other offences under Indian Penal Code and Motor Vehicles Act provisions.

Patil, who had an annual income of Rs 5 lakh at the time, applied for compensation claiming the accident had left him with 40 per cent disability.

In its order of November 12, the MACT under SN Shah gave Patil Rs 31.39 lakh, including Rs 25.65 lakh for loss of future income and Rs 3.74 lakh for medical expenses.

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More than a year after a woman’s body was recovered from a creek in the Thane district of Maharashtra, police have found that she was pushed to death from a bridge by her lover for resisting his sexual advances, officials said on Tuesday.

The 23-year-old victim was identified as Mansi Bhoir, whose sudden disappearance in November last year remained unsolved for months. But the case was finally cracked and the police have now arrested two accomplices of the main accused, who is already in jail in a separate case, they said.

“The case started after the family members of a woman filed her missing person’s report. Later, a woman’s body was found in the Kalwa creek in Thane, following which an accidental death report (ADR) was filed and an investigation was launched. However, the probe failed to move forward as the identity of the dead woman could not be established. There was no progress in the case as there were no leads,” senior inspector Gorkhnath Garge said.

While investigating another woman’s murder case, the Thane police’s property cell officials came to know about the missing woman, whose identity was then established based on a tattoo and other features. The body was identified to be that of Mansi Bhoir, whose sister played a key role in confirming her identity, he said.

“Following this, the investigators began examining the woman’s call detail records (CDR), which led them to a key suspect, identified as Adil Sheikh. The probe revealed that the man was frequently in touch with Mansi before her disappearance,” he added.

It later came to light that Sheikh was in the vicinity of the Kalwa creek on the night of November 4, when Bhoir’s body was found there. As per the last communication between them, the victim had agreed to meet Sheikh near the Majiwada-Kalwa bridge that night, Garge said.

Describing the sequence of events, the police said that when Mansi opposed Sheikh’s sexual advances during their meeting, he got angry and pushed her off the bridge. However, she got stuck on a pillar and fell unconscious, he said.

Sheikh then called his two associates – Mehboob Makdum Ali Sheikh (28) and Roopesh Shivkumar Yadav alias Sonu (23), a rickshaw driver by profession – and asked them to come to the spot to help him. The trio then pushed Mansi to death from the pillar. She drowned and was swept away by the currents. Her body was discovered some kilometres away, the police said.

The police have now taken Mehboob Sheikh and Yadav into their custody, while the main accused, Adil Sheikh, is already behind bars in a different case of attempted murder registered at the Rabodi police station, they said, adding that he has a past criminal record with several criminal cases against him.

A case was registered on Sunday against the three accused under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 302 (murder), 201 (destruction of evidence) and 34 (common intention), he said.

Thane:

Police have arrested three persons and are on the lookout for another in connection with the alleged rape of a 17-year-old girl in Thane city, an official said on Wednesday.

Four persons targeted the teenager and her cousin when they were walking on a road along a water pipeline between Majiwada and Saket around 11 pm on October 6, he said.

The accused threatened the two with a knife and snatched away their mobile phones, while one of them allegedly raped her.

The accused also warned the duo of dire consequences if they spoke about the alleged crime, the official said.

After the teenager approached the Kapurbawdi police station on Tuesday, cops arrested three of the accused, identified as Yogesh Mallinge (21), Parhsuram Lakde (28) and Omkar Patkar (22).

The fourth accused Avinash Dhotre, who allegedly raped the minor, is on the run, said the station house officer of Kapurbawdi police station.

However, police did not disclose why the teenager filed the complaint late.

A case has been registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for rape, robbery and criminal intimidation, and under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he added.

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Thane, Maharashtra:

A 41-year-old man from Maharashtra’s Thane district has been arrested for allegedly killing his wife over the custody of their children, an official said on Saturday.

The couple – Nadeem Khan and his wife Amrin (36) – from Mira Road has two children, aged 2 and 10, and was caught in a dispute over their kids’ custody, the official said.

The woman had gone to the police station to seek some help. Since the cops were busy, she told them she would return after some time and went to the nearby school to meet her child.

On her way to the school, Khan picked up a quarrel with Amrin and stabbed her to death, said the official from Mira Road police station.

Khan has been booked for murder and a probe is underway, he added. 

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Mumbai:

A gas leakage from the factory of a chemical company has spread panic in in Maharashtra’s Ambarnath. The chemical fumes have spread across the entire city, lowering visibility and causing irritation to eyes and throat, bringing back memories of the Bhopal gas disaster of 1984. 

Videos from the city showed roads covered in a smoky haze. Those exposed to it have their nose and mouth covered. The haze appears to cover the city as far as eyes go. 

Reports from the spot said the gas has even reached the railway tracks, ruling out the possibility of residents skipping town in case of an emergency. 

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No severe effect or fatality has been reported. 

Efforts are on to pin down the gas and find the cause of the leak. Teams have also been dispatched to control the situation, sources have said.  

The authorities have asked people to stay indoors. 

More details are awaited. 

Thane:

A three-year-old boy died after getting stuck in a machine belt at a biscuit factory in Maharashtra’s Thane district, police said on Wednesday.

The incident took place at Ambarnath on Monday, an official said.

“The boy, Ayush Chauhan, accompanied his mother to the biscuit factory where she supplies tiffin. The child tried to pick up a biscuit from the machine belt, but got stuck in it. The factory staff pulled him out and rushed him to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared him dead,” the official of Ambarnath police station said.

The body of the victim was later sent to a government hospital for postmortem and a case of accidental death was registered, he said. 

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Thane:

Police have registered a case against a female tuition teacher in the Thane district of Maharashtra for allegedly hitting a six-year-old female student with a ruler scale for not being able to write properly, an official said.

The incident occurred around 11.30 am on Thursday in Sagaon village, he said.

“The teacher, Sarika Ghag, hit the girl with a ruler scale and also hit her on her ears for not studying well and for being unable to write properly. After returning home, the child complained to her mother about the teacher. Her parents then approached the police and lodged a complaint,” the official of Manpada police station said.

A case under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections 118(1) (voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means) and the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, was registered against the tuition teacher. 

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Thane:

A 26-year-old woman allegedly attacked her boyfriend with a knife and injured his private parts over his refusal to marry her in Maharashtra’s Thane district, police said on Tuesday.

The incident occurred in Bhiwandi on August 16, an official said.

The woman allegedly attacked her 31-year-old boyfriend with a kitchen knife at her house in the Padma Nagar area. She stabbed the man’s private parts and injured him after he refused to marry her, he said.

The victim ran out of the house and made his way to a hospital. He later lodged a police complaint, based on which a case was registered under section 118(1) (voluntarily causing hurt, or grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the official said.

No arrest has been made, and the case is under investigation, he added. 

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Thane:

Police have arrested the owner of the pet dog that fell on a four-year-old girl from the fifth floor of a building in Maharashtra’s Thane, which resulted in her death, officials have said.

The police arrested the accused on Thursday night and also registered an offence against him and three other persons in connection with the incident that occurred around 4.30 pm on Tuesday in Mumbra area of Thane city.

“The police have arrested the owner of the pet dog that fell from the fifth floor on the girl, who was walking on the road below with a woman on August 6. The child suffered grievous injuries and was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared her dead on the same day,” an official of the Mumbra police station said.

A case was registered against the owner of the dog and three others under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, death by negligence, negligent conduct with respect to animals and acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention, he said.

The police had initially registered a case of accidental death, the official said.

A video of the dog falling on the girl has gone viral on social media. 

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A woman from Thane, Maharashtra, who recently returned from Pakistan, is under police investigation. Authorities allege that she may have used false documents, including a forged name and Aadhaar card, to obtain a Pakistani visa to meet a man she married “online” this year.

The case of Nagma’s return from Pakistan came to the police’s attention after came home on July 17 but on her documents, Nagma Noor Maksood Ali was Sanam Khan Rukh, the cops claimed. 

In 2021, Nagma/Sanam connected with Babar Bashir Ahmed from Pakistan’s Abbottabad through Facebook. Soon, they fell in love and exchanged numbers. She applied for a Pakistani visa which was rejected.

In February 2024, she married Babar “online” and applied again for a visa but in her documents, the woman’s name was mentioned as Sanam, the cops claimed. She came back last week on July 17.

The woman’s mother, who lives in Thane, has refuted the police’s claim and said in 2015, the woman changed her name after she separated from her husband and changed the name of her children as well. 

The police have neither detained the woman nor arrested her but have launched an investigation.