Divyesh Singh Dna

• Stalker harassed Irish journalist for two days in Mumbai

  The Irish journalist who was harassed by an alleged stalker in a South Mumbai hotel on Sunday and Tuesday evening, shared her experience exclusively with DNA on Wednesday. Yvonne Moran, a 55-year-old freelance journalist visiting India for the sixth time, said "The first incident occurred on Sunday night when this person on first floor of the build...

• 12-yr-old crushed under reversing tempo in Mumbai

  A 12-year-old boy was killed when he accidentally came close to a tempo while playing with his friends. The tempo was reversing and the boy got crushed its rear tyres, at Powai on Tuesday. Sub inspector SV Kharat from Powai police station said, "The driver did not flee from the spot and tried to save the boy's life by taking him to hospital but due...

• Man tortures wife before killing her over affair

  Anger over wife's affair drove a 30-year-old man to kill her in the most gruesome manner. The 26-year-old victim was put through extreme torture before being clubbed to death at their home in Kamraj Nagar in Ghatkopar.According to the police, Mohammad Shiraz Khan, 30, who runs a metal fabrication business, killed his wife Kumsum on Friday night whe...

• Mumbai: Cops release sketches in BEST money robbery case

  The Shivaji Park police have launched a manhunt to nab four unidentified people who robbed employees of a money-carrier company while they were carrying cash collected from BEST depots at Worli and Dadar on Thursday."Someone from the company could be involved as the accused were aware that the cash would be carried by the victims on bike and knew t...

• Mumbai: Cops seize pirated DVDs worth Rs 2 crore

  Over the past month and a half, nearly 100 people have been arrested in connection with video piracy. The seizures worth Rs 2 crore included 1,66,114 CDs and DVDs, 3,700 inlay cards and 35 DVD writers.The Alliance Against Copyright Theft (AACT) had launched a toll-free number (1800-103-1919) for people to complain about piracy incidents. The number...

• CCTVs help control crime against women and minors in Kurla

  Kurla's Nehru Nagar, which had shot to ill-fame following three cases of minors being raped and murdered, has set an example of new-age policing and crime-control. Two of the three cases remained unsolved, with DNA tests proving that the same person was behind both crimes. After the third case, the police in June decided to install close-circuit te...

• Drunk mob thrashes cops attending distress call

  A routine response to a distress call turned out to be a nightmare for a few cops of the Powai police station on Wednesday night. They were bashed blue by an allegedly drunk mob over a petty quarrel and had to be rescued by a reinforcement van, but not before many had received serious injuries.At around midnight, the Powai police received a complai...

• ATS nabs J&K drug supplier with 47kg of hashish

  Officials from the Kalachowki unit of the Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) have seized 47 kg of Kashmiri hashish brought to the city and arrested two people. The prime accused, who worked as a taxi driver till two years ago, got into the drug supply business and is suspected to have brought about 1,000 kg of the contraband during 24 visits in this period...

• Minor detained for 30-yr-old's murder in Mumbai

  A mob of around 50 to 60 residents of Shivaji Nagar surrounded the police station and protested after the fifth case of murder took place at jurisdiction this month.The body of 30-year-old man was found in a drain near the dumping ground at Shivaji Nagar on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Mohammad Ismayeel Ansari, who stayed in Govandi ...

• Mumbai cop accused of raping minor yet to be named in FIR

  Despite being dismissed from service after his name cropped up in the investigations into the rape of a 15-year-old girl from Powai, former senior police inspector Arun Borude is yet to be named in the FIR filed in the case. Legal experts feel that Borude may take advantage of his name not being there in the FIR. On Thursday, Borude's lawyer had fi...

• Braveheart woman doctor fights armed robbers in Mumbai

  A 54-year-old woman doctor repelled an attack from four armed robbers in Ghatkopar on Saturday, leading to their arrest.Dr Bhavna Khetiya was on her way home around 2 pm on Sixty Feet Road when an autorickshaw pulled up in front of her. Four persons armed with choppers and knives stepped out and told her to hand over the gold ornaments she was wear...

• Mumbai: Driver loses control of milk van, biker killed

  Police officers from the Chembur police station have arrested a milk delivery van driver, who allegedly lost control over his vehicle, and then hit a water tanker and a bike, thereby causing the death of the biker.The incident occurred on Wednesday morning, when the accused Dharamsen Yadav, 43, lost control of the milk delivery van he was driving n...

• Mumbai: Gateway jetty to be shut during Obama's visit

  No ferry boats will be sailing off the Gateway of India for three days: November 5, 6 and 7. Given the vulnerability of the coastline, security agencies are taking all possible measures during the Obama visit. Operations of private ferry boats and cruise boats going to Alibaug, Mandwa, Elephanta Island and Rewas have been asked to stay closed for t...

• Mumbai: Infotech firm sends spam to get stocks sold during Diwali

  The latest modus operandi used by a company listed with the National Stock Exchange (NSE), to get its stocks purchased by a large number of people and also get an increase in its prices, was through the cyber space. Several thousand users of internet across the country have been receiving emails where the senders have mentioned that the stock price...

• Ex-kabaddi player killed in road accident

  Former state-level kabaddi player Sanjeevani Gavankar, 54, and two others died in an accident in the wee hours of Thursday. Gavankar was travelling with her husband Harish, 60, and sister-in-law Shubhangi, 61, when their Ford Fiesta hit a road-cleaning vehicle on the Thane-Mumbai highway.It was around 1.15 am and the BMC vehicle was on the right la...