From investigations to arrests, these updates highlight the ongoing efforts of law enforcement and the community's response to crime. Here are the top Mumbai crime stories of the week.
Updated On: 2024-07-13 03:31 PM IST
Compiled by : Sanjana Deshpande
Worli hit-and-run case: CM Shinde asks Mumbai police to curb drunk driving
Following the Worli hit-and-run and similar cases elsewhere, the Mumbai police have been asked to go ruthless in checking people who drink and drive. Also, the bars that violate the closing time deadline and excise rules will be shut down and their licences revoked....Read More
Fake cops who stole Rs 13 lakh from jeweller’s staffer nabbed
The Navi Mumbai Crime Branch has arrested seven people who kidnapped and looted a jeweller’s employee of R13 lakh while impersonating police officers. The accused had told a friend of the jeweller on Facebook that he was selling gold biscuits at an extremely low rate and to come to Kharghar to buy them. According to the police, the incident took place on June 26 in front of the Bharatseth Thakur library in Sector 8, Kharghar when the jeweller Ravindra Chaudhary, 50; the friend Sunil Ingale; and employee Ratan Singh Rathod were waiting for one Raj Patel near a hotel.....Read More
Man stabs mother, 78, 22 times for ‘disturbing sleep’
A 64-year-old man stabbed his 78-year-old mother to death at their residence on the third floor of the Panditalaya building on Lamington Road, Grant Road East in the early hours of Tuesday. The accused, Subhash Wagh, was infuriated with the deceased, Ramabai Nathu Pisal, as she had disturbed his sleep....Read More
Mumbai cyber crime cell busts 'Task Fraud' gang, 6 held
The Cyber Crime Cell of the Mumbai Police has busted a gang of fraudsters and arrested six people for allegedly operating a 'Task Fraud', an official said. The police seized Rs 7 lakh, 11 mobile phones, 47 different bank cards, 104 ATM cards, passbooks and a bank manager's stamp from the gang, he said....Read More
Woman bites customs official’s hand, tosses object in airport toilet
A woman allegedly bit the hand of a customs official and threw an oval-shaped capsule wrapped in tape into a toilet at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport on Sunday evening. Following a complaint by an assistant sub-inspector in the customs department, the Sahar police registered a case and arrested the woman....Read More
Worli hit-and-run case: Neta’s brat drank more after Juhu bar, say cops
Investigators in the Worli hit-and-run case suspect the politician’s son was heavily intoxicated while driving the high-end car. Police said Mihir Shah confessed to consuming several drinks at a Juhu pub, then bought four more beer cans and drank them in the car while driving to Marine Lines. He then took another chauffeur-driven SUV, purchased four beer cans from Malad, and drove to Marine Drive, where he forcefully took the keys from his driver....Read More
Mumbai hit and run case: Absconding accused Mihir Shah arrested by Worli Police
Absconding accused in the Mumbai hit and run case, Mihir Shah, was on Tuesday arrested by Worli Police, an official said. A senior police official said, "Mihir Shah’s family was detained by Mumbai crime branch from Murbad."...Read More
Ghatkopar hoarding collapse case: Two commissioners figure in the SIT chargesheet
Suspended IPS officer, Quaiser Khalid, a former Government Railway Police (GRP) commissioner, and his successor Ravindra Shisve, the current commissioner, have had their statements recorded before the SIT of the Mumbai Crime Branch in connection with the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse, which claimed 17 lives and left several injured. Khalid stated that he allowed the hoarding only for the welfare of the police and he didn’t do anything illegal....Read More
Woman gangraped and murdered in Thane
The Shil-Daighar police in Thane have arrested three men for allegedly raping and murdering a 30-year-old woman. The woman had left her house after a quarrel with her husband and took refuge in the temple. The police believe that woman may have visited the temple in the past however, on that fateful day she was alone....Read More