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Who is ‘encounter specialist’ Pradeep Sharma?

Here’s a quick read on the former Mumbai policeman, who was once a dreaded name in the underworld, and was put behind bars for his suspected role in a murder.

While serving as a law enforcement officer, Pradeep Sharma has also been on the wrong side of the law.

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Updated on Aug 26, 2023 09:14 PM IST

ByKanchan V. Chaudhari

Mumbai police book 'evil' aunt for allegedly making niece lick her foot for food

Chunabhatti police on Monday filed an FIR based on the complaint of a 10-year-old girl who alleged her maternal aunt starved her if she failed to carry out household chores.

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Updated on Dec 14, 2022 09:43 AM IST

ByVijay Kumar Yadav

Maharashtra panel backs longer jail terms, higher penalties in Shakti bill

The revised version of the Shakti bill is expected to be placed before the Maharashtra legislature soon for approval.

Maharashtra government's Shakti bill proposes to increase imprisonment for acid attack perpetrators from the current 10 years to life to a minimum of 15 years extendable to life

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Updated on Dec 23, 2021 03:57 PM IST

ByFaisal Malik, Mumbai, Hindustan Times

Mutilated body of a woman wrapped in bedsheet found in Mumbai

According to Ghatkopar police, the woman was aged between 40 to 45 years.

The mutilated body of an unidentified woman was found with her head and legs severed at Vidyavihar on Monday morning.

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Updated on Dec 31, 2019 03:09 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Mumbai | ByHT Correspondent, Mumbai

Bombay High Court starts hearing on bail pleas of Bhima Koregaon accused

Arguing on the bail application for Gonsalves, Desai submitted that though his client’s name was not mentioned in the Bhima Koregaon incident, the police had arrested him on the basis of two undated letters found in another accused’s laptop.

Susan Abraham with Vernon Gonsalves - Vernon was arrested for alleged links with Naxals.(HT File photo)

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Updated on Aug 28, 2019 11:29 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Mumbai | ByKAY Dodhiya

36 years on, man wanted in murder attempt case held from Gujarat

Maya Rama Baria, 64, was arrested from Amreli district in Gujarat on August 19, 36 years after he and his brother Kalyan jumped bail in an attempt to murder and robbery case.

Around a decade ago, the Andheri metropolitan court declared Maya Rama Baria as an absconder after they did not appear in court.(Getty Images)

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Updated on Aug 23, 2019 02:04 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Mumbai | ByManish K Pathak

42-year-old arrested for sodomising man in Mumbai’s Andheri

The complainant met the accused in a bar in Mumbai’s Andheri, police said.

A 42-year-old man has been arrested for sodomising another man in Mumbai.

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Updated on Jul 22, 2019 08:45 AM IST

Mumbai | ByHT Correspondent

Mumbai cops arrest 5 card cloners, but their trainer Mr X continues to elude them

Officers believe the card-cloning training programme in Coimbatore was run by a middle-aged foreign national with Asian roots, but they are yet to identify him.

Mr X reportedly only communicates through video calls after conducting a thorough background check of the applicants.

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Updated on Aug 02, 2018 02:32 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAritra Hazra, Mumbai

Bollywood producers take their fight to EOW

Vashu Bhagnani files FIR against KriArj for duping him of Rs31.6 crore

Vashu Bhagnani filed the FIR recently.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Jul 27, 2018 12:32 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByVijay Kumar Yadav, Mumbai

Playgroup franchise’s partner sexually assaults 2-year-old in Mumbai, arrested

The FIR was registered a few days later, after the toddler told her mother that the accused had touched her private parts.

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Updated on Jul 26, 2018 04:11 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByHT Correspondent, Mumbai

Vaping marijuana on the rise among Mumbai’s teenagers

Marijuana cartridges for vapes are easily available online, not covered under NDPS Act.

The problem is that refill cartridges of marijuana oil can be ordered online, which means discreet home delivery.(Shutterstock)

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Updated on Jul 24, 2018 02:56 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByFaisal Tandel, Mumbai

Mumbai fashion designer Babita Malkani files FIR against husband, in-laws

She has accused them of domestic violence and of forcing her to leave her matrimonial house in Juhu.

According to the FIR, the family would lock her up in the ground floor of the Juhu bungalow.(Photo used for representational purpose)

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Updated on Jul 16, 2018 12:27 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByHT Correspondent, Mumbai

5 aides of Mumbai gangster Guru Satam arrested for extortion

Police officials said Guru Satam’s gang has become active after a decade of lull, and that he has been threatening developers in Dadar and Parel.

The anti-extortion cell arrested five members of the Guru Satam gang on Friday.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jul 14, 2018 12:22 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByHT Correspondent, Mumbai

Mumbai man strangles younger brother for not buying bread

The accused was allegedly drunk when he killed his brother.

The incident took place at their home near Mahim Fort.(Photo used for representational purpose)

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Updated on Jul 06, 2018 03:37 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByHT Correspondent, Mumbai

Thane woman cheated, raped by man she met on matrimonial site

The Thane resident also lent him ₹2.6 lakh across multiple instalments.

The woman also alleged that she was raped by Kakde

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Updated on Jul 04, 2018 03:15 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByArvind Walmiki, Thane

2 Mumbai I-T officers jailed for accepting ₹1.5-crore bribe

Two senior income tax officers have been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for accepting a bribe from a builder in 2010.

The convicts have also been ordered to pay a collective fine of Rs1.5 crore.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Jun 28, 2018 11:10 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByHT Correspondent, Mumbai

Con job: Senior govt official cheats Mumbai builder of ₹4 crore

Police has booked a senior central government official for posing as an IAS officer, duping a builder.

The Mumbai police have booked the senior central government official and are looking for him.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Jun 28, 2018 11:59 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByVijay Kumar Yadav, Mumbai

24-year-old Mumbai man strangled to death by big brother in front of their parents

The parents told the hospital staff that Shafiq fell down while standing on a chair.

The older brother, Javed Ansari, 26, was arrested on Sunday.

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Updated on Jun 26, 2018 01:18 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByHT Correspondent, Mumbai

Chemical engineer involved in drug racket arrested from Nepal

He used to provide the raw materials used to make the date-rape drug ketamine; his is the 12th arrest in the case

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence made the arrest on Sunday.

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Updated on Jun 26, 2018 12:24 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByHT Correspondent, Mumbai

Navi Mumbai cop murder: Main accused inspector withdraws bail plea

Senior inspector Abhay Kurundkar, the main accused in assistant inspector Ashwini Bidre-Gore murder case, had applied for bail but withdrew it from Alibaug sessions court.

Assistant inspector Ashwini Bidre-Gore with senior inspector and accused Abhay Kurundkar.

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Updated on Jun 26, 2018 12:01 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByPranab Jyoti Bhuyan, Navi Mumbai

Bajrang Dal activist held in Mumbai for threatening meat seller, trying to extort ₹1 lakh

Sandeep Vaidya, the accused, was caught red-handed while accepting the first instalment.

A case has been registered under section 384 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Jun 25, 2018 11:19 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByHT Correspondent, Mumbai

Woman allegedly poisons guests at feast, says she was tortured over her complexion and cooking

Five guests died and nearly 90 were hospitalised after being served poisoned food at a feast. Police said 23-year-old Pradnya Survase of Khalapur confessed to mixing poison in the dal to kill her husband and in-laws.

Pradnya Survase was arrested for allegedly serving poisoned food to guests at a feast, in Khalapur.

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Updated on Jun 24, 2018 12:12 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Navi Mumbai | ByG Mohiuddin Jeddy

Man arrested in drug racket is murder convict from Canada

Ken Cuong Manh Nguyen fled from Canada to Vietnam in 2015, then came to India.

One of the arrested accused, Ken Cuong Manh Nguyen.

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Updated on Jun 23, 2018 11:51 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByVijay Kumar Yadav, Mumbai

5 held in Mumbai for cloning foreigners’ cards, withdrawing ₹30 crore since 2013

Conmen used cards at tourist destinations to avoid suspicion, gave shop owners a cut

The police have seized 51 swiping machines, 65 duplicate credit and debit cards, card readers and several cheque books from the accused.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Jun 22, 2018 12:53 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByManish Pathak, Mumbai

Mumbai man drives around for 8 hours with wife’s body in car

The 28-year-old shop owner drove from Andheri to Borivli for around eight hours before ending up at a government hospital.

The body of the dead woman in the back seat of the car.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 21, 2018 05:21 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAritra Hazra, Mumbai

Man arrested for uploading intimate photos of Mumbai ex-girlfriend on FB

After an argument, the accused, who had the woman’d mobile phone with him, uploaded her pictures on Facebook; he has been remanded in custody till June 22.

The woman submitted a written complaint to Chembur police last month.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Jun 20, 2018 12:13 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByFaisal Tandel, Mumbai

After 14 months, Thane call centre scam mastermind ‘Shaggy’ granted bail

During his earlier court hearings, the prosecution had argued that he should not get bail because he was the mastermind of the racket.

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Updated on Jun 19, 2018 11:56 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByArvind Walmiki, Thane

Mumbai man attacks wife, tries to kill her after she refuses divorce payout of ₹5 lakh

The police said that while the accused tried to kill her, they have not booked him under the section of attempted murder

The husband attempted to hit his wife with a grinder stone after suffocating her(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 18, 2018 12:44 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByVijay Kumar Yadav

Cyber thief swaps SIM card, dupes 32-yr-old Mumbai resident of ₹61,000

Cyber advocate Vicky Shah said he has seen a rise in such cases over the past three years.

Sim card fraudsters scan your social media for personal details(HT Photo)

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Updated on Jun 18, 2018 12:03 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByJayprakash S Naidu, Mumbai

Mumbai woman files false molestation case, cops may take action against her

CCTV, CDR prove woman’s allegations of being stalked, molested false

The Amboli police have now filed a report with the Andheri court, stating the complaint is false.(HT FILE)

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Updated on Jun 16, 2018 01:24 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByAritra Hazra, Mumbai

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Here’s a quick read on the former Mumbai policeman, who was once a dreaded name in the underworld, and was put behind bars for his suspected role in a murder.

Chunabhatti police on Monday filed an FIR based on the complaint of a 10-year-old girl who alleged her maternal aunt starved her if she failed to carry out household chores.

The revised version of the Shakti bill is expected to be placed before the Maharashtra legislature soon for approval.

According to Ghatkopar police, the woman was aged between 40 to 45 years.

Arguing on the bail application for Gonsalves, Desai submitted that though his client’s name was not mentioned in the Bhima Koregaon incident, the police had arrested him on the basis of two undated letters found in another accused’s laptop.

Maya Rama Baria, 64, was arrested from Amreli district in Gujarat on August 19, 36 years after he and his brother Kalyan jumped bail in an attempt to murder and robbery case.

The complainant met the accused in a bar in Mumbai’s Andheri, police said.

Officers believe the card-cloning training programme in Coimbatore was run by a middle-aged foreign national with Asian roots, but they are yet to identify him.

Vashu Bhagnani files FIR against KriArj for duping him of Rs31.6 crore

The FIR was registered a few days later, after the toddler told her mother that the accused had touched her private parts.

Marijuana cartridges for vapes are easily available online, not covered under NDPS Act.

She has accused them of domestic violence and of forcing her to leave her matrimonial house in Juhu.

Police officials said Guru Satam’s gang has become active after a decade of lull, and that he has been threatening developers in Dadar and Parel.

The accused was allegedly drunk when he killed his brother.

The Thane resident also lent him ₹2.6 lakh across multiple instalments.

Two senior income tax officers have been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for accepting a bribe from a builder in 2010.

Police has booked a senior central government official for posing as an IAS officer, duping a builder.

The parents told the hospital staff that Shafiq fell down while standing on a chair.

He used to provide the raw materials used to make the date-rape drug ketamine; his is the 12th arrest in the case

Senior inspector Abhay Kurundkar, the main accused in assistant inspector Ashwini Bidre-Gore murder case, had applied for bail but withdrew it from Alibaug sessions court.

Sandeep Vaidya, the accused, was caught red-handed while accepting the first instalment.

Five guests died and nearly 90 were hospitalised after being served poisoned food at a feast. Police said 23-year-old Pradnya Survase of Khalapur confessed to mixing poison in the dal to kill her husband and in-laws.

Ken Cuong Manh Nguyen fled from Canada to Vietnam in 2015, then came to India.

Conmen used cards at tourist destinations to avoid suspicion, gave shop owners a cut

The 28-year-old shop owner drove from Andheri to Borivli for around eight hours before ending up at a government hospital.

After an argument, the accused, who had the woman’d mobile phone with him, uploaded her pictures on Facebook; he has been remanded in custody till June 22.

During his earlier court hearings, the prosecution had argued that he should not get bail because he was the mastermind of the racket.

The police said that while the accused tried to kill her, they have not booked him under the section of attempted murder

Cyber advocate Vicky Shah said he has seen a rise in such cases over the past three years.

CCTV, CDR prove woman’s allegations of being stalked, molested false

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