Javed Mozawalla the alleged ISI spy was arrested by the Crime Branch a fortnight back, Mozawalla in his interrogation had told the cops that he was told to get the photographs of Koyna dam by his handlers in the Pakistan consulate.
He was produced amidst tight security before Magistrate S S Shirke.
A bench of Justices SS Shinde and Manish Pitale also accepted the statement made by the Maharashtra government that the probe against Republic TV, other employees of ARG Outlier Media which runs all Republic TV channels, and other television channels, will be completed within 12 weeks.
'The 20 minutes that they drove around was the worst in my life. I spent each of those minutes thinking that I could be killed any moment.'
Two Chhota Rajan gangsters, held for their alleged involvement in the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust arms smuggling case, were on Tuesday remanded to police custody till July 26 by a local court.
A senior Crime Branch official has ruled out the involvement of the underworld in the threats, saying the calls were believed to be the outcome of some property dispute.
The Mumbai police plan to dispose of 24 kg of RDX recovered from the target spots of the 26/11 terror attack after the verdict in the case is delivered on May 3.
A sessions court on Friday convicted six accused in the murder case of matka-king Suresh Bhagat, including his wife and son.
His daughter took to Twitter to allege that he was tortured in prison, and appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others to 'save his life'.
'26/11 taught us we have to be ready for a direct attack. Today if anyone launches a similar attack we are more than prepared.'
Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil has directed the police to probe the case of the 'missing' bulletproof vest of Anti-Terror Squad chief Hemant Karkare, who died fighting terrorists during the 26/11 attacks.
During the interrogation of arrested directors, police got the name of Sagar alias Shaggy. However, by that time, Shaggy had left the country on October 5 before police could catch him.
He, however, did not name these 'influential and wealthy people'.
Sayed Abdul Hanif, his wife Fahmida and associate Arshat Shafi Ahmed Ansari can now be arrested in connection with the Zaveri Bazaar case.
Elated by the Supreme Court order, restraining N Srinivasan from taking charge as BCCI President even if he is elected in the AGM, Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) Secretary Aditya Verma has alleged that he braved death threats to fight the legal battle against the Tamil Nadu strongman.
The Mumbai police told a court that they had not found any evidence of match-fixing against top BCCI officials with regard to IPL in 2013.
Narsaiyya Mama alias Langdya was attacked by 'four or five' unidentified men.
Mansukh, around 45 years old, had gone missing on Thursday night. The body was found on the banks of the creek along the Mumbra Reti Bunder road, a senior official of Thane Police said.
The scam, which operated since 2013 through at least half a dozen call centres in Thane, targeted at least 15,000 US-based tax payers, who were allegedly conned by Indian tele-callers.
They have been accused of giving special treatment to four accused arrested in connection with the racket.
A raid is being conducted on the Rajkot home of Gujarat cricket bookie Arjun\nNihalchandani, who was arrested for alleged links with Shoban Mehta, a top police official said in Ahmedabad on Saturday.
The crime branch, probing the case, had recently filed a supplementary charge-sheet against Kundra and three others in the case pertaining to alleged creation of pornographic films and publishing them through some apps.
'Lalit Modi repeatedly kept requesting for Mumbai police's intervention against the underworld. I reiterated to Modi and his lawyer that it was imperative for Lalit Modi to return to Mumbai for the Mumbai police to initiate any inquiry. Thereafter, the meeting lasted barely for 15/20 minutes,' the police commissioner said.
Police is interrogating the duo to find out about the terrorist outfit's activities in Mumbai.
Vora and Paulson Joseph were acquitted due to lack of evidence.
He was also the first to be booked under the stringent Anti-Hijacking Act which had replaced the vintage law of 1982.
'We are in a position to see what you are unable to see. People who think the terrorism perceived by us is illusory are loose talkers.' Ahmedabad crime branch chief D G Vanzara hits out at the critics of the police.
The crime branch officials raided the four call centres on Saturday and arrested one person, but his identity was not revealed as it may affect probe in the case.
Sources said the plan was conceived after Crime Branch chief Joint Commissioner of Police Dr Satya Pal Singh allegedly started receiving complaints of high-handedness against his men.
Samir Mulla is suspected to have planted the bomb in the local train, which exploded at the Mulund railway station, killing 11 and injuring 60.
Delhi Police have launched an investigation to identify the properties and bank accounts of former Tata Finance Ltd managing director D S Pendse who has been arrested for alleged "misappropriation
A big-time bookie Shobhan Mehta, arrested in connection with the Indian Premier League betting scandal, was on Saturday remanded to Mumbai Police custody as investigators said they want to probe his alleged role in spot-fixing and links in Pakistan.
Meera Borwankar appointment will not mean the Dawood Ibrahims and Chhota Rajans can take a breather because Borwankar is known as one of the toughest officers Maharashtra has had.
The victims are accused of being Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorists and plotting to kill Chief Minister Narendra Modi who is facing a political crisis following the setback to his Bharatiya Janata Party in the Lok Sabha elections.
Sri Lanka Cricket denied reports that all-rounder Thisara Perera indulged in match-fixing during this year's Indian Premier League, saying that it has full faith in its players.
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