Mumbai-based social activist Teesta Setalvad on Monday appeared before a sessions court in Ahmedabad in a case where she is accused of fabricating evidence to frame "innocent" people and defame Gujarat in connection with the 2002 post-Godhra riots.
The Ahmedabad crime branch on Tuesday secured the custody of seven alleged members of the terror group Indian Mujahideen, arrested by the Mumbai police, from a local court, police officials said.All the seven are accused in blasts cases across the country since 2005 including those at New Delhi, Ahmedabad and Bangalore, crime branch sources said.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested Mumbai Police officer Sachin Waze Saturday night after questioning him for 12 hours over the recovery of an explosive-laden vehicle near the residence of industrialist Mukesh Ambani, an agency spokesperson said.
According to the chargesheet, Shetty told the police that she did not know anything about the HotShots and Bollywood Fame apps, allegedly used by the accused for uploading and streaming obscene content.
After questioning him for four days, intelligence agencies came to the conclusion that Akhtar Hussain Qutbuddin Ahmed did not possess any nuclear secrets.
A court in Mumbai on Tuesday remanded two police officers in the custody of the Maharashtra criminal investigation department in a case of alleged extortion in which former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh is one of the accused.
The official said that intelligence reports indicated that Dawood had reportedly invested crores of rupees to construct a mall in Clifton area of Karachi, one of the elite areas of the port town.
The Mumbai police seized more than 700 kg of mephedrone worth Rs 1,400 crore following a raid at a drug manufacturing unit at Nalasopara in Palghar district, and arrested five persons, officials said on Thursday.
The application of Mumbai crime branch, seeking transfer Salem's custody has been filed with the special TADA court, which is hearing the 1993 bomb blast case.
Singh also filed an affidavit before the single-member commission, saying he has nothing to depose and doesn't want to be crossed-examined by the probe panel.
In a crucial evidence in Mumbai26/11 terror attack case, the voice samples of arrested Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal have matched with ones on the terror tapes intercepted during the strike.
The federal agency has filed a complaint under the criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after studying at least two police first information reports (FIRs) and subsequent charge sheets before a court.
Rejecting Das's plea, the court observed that it appeared that Shah's photo was shared with the intention of defaming him and tarnishing his image, and it clearly suggested "mens rea" (intention/knowledge of wrongdoing).
Facing heat over Assistant Police Inspector Vaze's alleged link to Hiran's mysterious death, the government earlier in the day announced his transfer from the Mumbai crime branch.
The remand application of police did not mention the conspiracy behind the blast, but that since the accused were involved, their custodial interrogation was essential.
The official further said Mihir Shah's father and Palghar Shiv Sena leader Rajesh Shah took active part in ensuring his son's escape and also had plans to tow away the offending vehicle.
Thane police arrested Kaskar two days ago in Mumbai in a case of extortion.
Alleged bookie Kishore Badlani was arrested by the Mumbai police in the IPL betting scandal and remanded in police custody till June 6 by a local court.
A local Mumbai court on Thursday remanded Imran Shehzad, an alleged Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative suspected to be involved in the November 26 Mumbai terror strikes, to judicial custody till February 5.
"The investigations into the Mumbai terror attack are being conducted by Mumbai Crime Branch and they have unearthed almost everything. There is nothing much left to probe by the NIA," a top Home Ministry official said. "Like CBI, NIA will have no problem in taking over even the old cases for investigation if probe into that particular case has not made much progress," the official said.
The victims were promised IT sector jobs in Thailand by an agent.
Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh told reporters that a national TV news channel, facing flak over its attack on Mumbai police and Maharashtra government in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case, was also involved in the TRP racket.
Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad chief Rakesh Maria on Tuesday deposed as a defence witness before a sessions court in Mumbai in the infamous television executive Neeraj Grover murder case.
The actor had filed a complaint in 2016 alleging that someone impersonating him was e-mailing actress Kangana Ranaut from a bogus e-mail id.
A SIM card given to Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf by a wanted bookie was destroyed at the insistence of Vindoo Randhawa before the actor's arrest in the IPL betting scam, the Mumbai crime branch told a court, which extended his police remand till May 31.
The two were produced before metropolitan magistrate SP Patel after their police custody ended.
The Enforcement Directorate may also file a fresh chargesheet in this multi-crore money laundering case soon, they said.
Chennai Super Kings team owner Gurunath Meiyappan confronted actor Vindoo Dara Singh during questioning about IPL spot-fixing and betting.
A senior police official who was allegedly shot at by his deputy inside a police station in suburban Mumbai, has died.
A woman has been arrested for allegedly trying to extort crores of rupees from Maharashtra Social Justice Minister Dhananjay Munde by threatening to accuse him of rape, the Mumbai police said on Thursday.
The sessions court trying the Mumbai photojournalist's gang rape case on Monday set a deadline for itself saying it would try to conclude the hearing in 60 days.
Mumbai Police on Tuesday recorded the statement of Bollywood actress Preity Zinta in connection with the molestation case she has registered against her former boyfriend and industrialist Ness Wadia.
The agency filed an affidavit opposing the bail plea of dismissed police officer Sachin Waze, a prime accused in the cases related to the Antilia bomb scare and subsequent killing of businessman Mansukh Hiran.
Four days after the murder of Mid Day journalist J Dey, police have detained three men, believed to be members of Chhota Shakeel gang, in connection with the killing. "Three people have been detained. We are probing their role (in the case). We want to be sure (of their involvement in the crime) before jumping to a conclusion," a senior crime branch official said.The three men were believed to be working for fugitive gangster Shakeel, the right hand man of Dawood Ibrahim.
The Bombay high court has granted bail to Mohammed Ateeq, one of the 23 accused arrested by Mumbai Crime Branch on charges of sending threat e-mails to a TV news channel claiming responsibility for the 2008 Ahmedabad blasts.
A day before the event, I learnt from an old Mumbai crime branch informant that a group of gangsters were planning to serve breakfast to the prisoners at Balgandharva Rangmandir prior to the show.
Four of the five accused in the August 22 gang-rape case were identified by the photojournalist and her male colleague during an identification parade held in a south Mumbai jail on Friday, police said.
Before being appointed as the Mumbai police chief, Singh was posted as the Director General of the Maharashtra Anti Corruption Bureau.
The court held that though the gelatin sticks planted near Antilia, the Ambani residence, were not connected to a detonator, it was sufficient to create terror in the minds of people.
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