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While the enforcement agencies have yet to effectively harness the web to tackle crime, loan recovery agents are not only tracking down defaulters by looking up their profiles on social networking sites, but are going a step further by luring...

Police investigation into firing cases is set to get a shot in the arm with the introduction of a new technology.The directorate of forensic science laboratory in Kalina has recently introduced a 3D technique for its ballistic investigation, which will help do away with the earlier practice of investigation through 'special microscopes' and other m...

The Amboli police arrested four people for duping diamond traders across the country worth crores of rupees.The police said, the modus operandi was simple. Acting as businessmen, they would first zero in on a diamond seller; proposing to buy diamonds for export. Initially, they would purchase a small quantity and pay in cash immediately.After gaini...

While the enforcement agencies have yet to effectively harness the web to tackle crime, loan recovery agents are not only tracking down defaulters by looking up their profiles on social networking sites, but are going a step further by luring them with sex chats. A Borivli resident, who works an HR executive at a multinational company, recently fou...

An autorickshaw driver and two of his accomplices were arrested on Monday for allegedly abducting a 25-year-old lady commuter and taking her to an isolated place before snatching cash and valuables from her at knifepoint. The police have identified the accused as Khalid Sheikh, 27. Mohammed Latif, 22, and Rizwan Quereshi, 20, are the other accused....

Size does matter. This is what the two obese Bandra-based Chopra brothers used to their advantage to evade arrest in cheating cases registered against them.The Bandra police have been wanting to arrest Ajay and Sanjay Singh, both in their late 40s, for more than a month. The duo has been charged with selling the same flat at Bandra to different buy...

The Santa Cruz police on Saturday arrested a 31-year-old man for allegedly killing his minor girlfriend and dumping her body at a ghat in Kasara. The accused suspected her of having an affair with someone.The police have arrested Mohammed Arshad, a storekeeper with a private firm.Police records claim that Arshad and the 16-year-old victim are resid...

Gangster Ravi Pujari was recently abused heavily by his second-in-command Ashok Chowdharie, 27, when the account given to him to withdraw money after a criminal operation showed meagre balance.This was revealed during the surveillance of Chowdharie's phone by a special police team formed few months ago to put brakes on the activities of the Pujari ...

The Juhu police are planning to install closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras across all the areas which fall under its jurisdiction. The measure has been initiated in order to bring down the crime rate in that vicinity. This will be the first time that the entire jurisdiction of a police station will be under scanner and monitored centrally by ...

The Versova police on Sunday arrested a young Borivli-based couple who had taken to financing their lavish life style by running a credit card scam syndicate with the help of their Nigerian accomplices.The duo was arrested from near Kamdhenu shopping centre when they had gone there in an Accent car to shop with fake credit cards. The police team of...

A student of a college in Malad paid with his life for arguing over the rates of cucumbers with two vegetable vendors on Saturday.The police said the incident happened when Surendra Son-kamble, 20, had gone to a nearby market with his friend Salim Sayed, 20, to buy vegetables. Initial investigation done by the police revealed that the incident happ...

Two important pieces of medical revelations changed the case of model and actor Rinky Chowdhury from suicide to murder, leading to the arrest of her boyfriend Sahil Malik on Saturday. The post-mortem reports revealed ligature marks on her neck and an internal injury in the skull. Chowdhury was found hanging in the kitchen of her flat in Oshiwara on...

A 43-year-old struggling actress, recently arrested by the Oshiwara police for allegedly stealing valuables worth over Rs7 lakh from the house of her 'husband', was remanded to police custody till Wednesday.The police have identified the accused as Roshanara Khan, a native of Jaipur.Police records claim that Khan came to the city around one-and-a-h...

What does an over-the-hill gangster do after losing the agility for active crime? Some call it a day and seek refuge in normal society; some cool their heels in jails; and most survive scraping the bottom of the barrel. But 62-year-old Vasant Suvarna, the oldest member of the Ravi Pujari gang, has worked out his finances rather differently.Done wit...

Guess what some police stations in the city would resort to in order to fix a unique problem with their printers? They seek small bribes from the shops and office establishments within their areas, and fix the printer problem.Sources in the police department say that papers supplied to the police station is of such a poor quality and even the quali...

While the enforcement agencies have yet to effectively harness the web to tackle crime, loan recovery agents are not only tracking down defaulters by looking up their profiles on social networking sites, but are going a step further by luring...

Police investigation into firing cases is set to get a shot in the arm with the introduction of a new technology.The directorate of forensic science laboratory in Kalina has recently introduced a 3D technique for its ballistic investigation, which will help do away with the earlier practice of investigation through 'special microscopes' and other m...

The Amboli police arrested four people for duping diamond traders across the country worth crores of rupees.The police said, the modus operandi was simple. Acting as businessmen, they would first zero in on a diamond seller; proposing to buy diamonds for export. Initially, they would purchase a small quantity and pay in cash immediately.After gaini...

While the enforcement agencies have yet to effectively harness the web to tackle crime, loan recovery agents are not only tracking down defaulters by looking up their profiles on social networking sites, but are going a step further by luring them with sex chats. A Borivli resident, who works an HR executive at a multinational company, recently fou...

An autorickshaw driver and two of his accomplices were arrested on Monday for allegedly abducting a 25-year-old lady commuter and taking her to an isolated place before snatching cash and valuables from her at knifepoint. The police have identified the accused as Khalid Sheikh, 27. Mohammed Latif, 22, and Rizwan Quereshi, 20, are the other accused....

Size does matter. This is what the two obese Bandra-based Chopra brothers used to their advantage to evade arrest in cheating cases registered against them.The Bandra police have been wanting to arrest Ajay and Sanjay Singh, both in their late 40s, for more than a month. The duo has been charged with selling the same flat at Bandra to different buy...

The Santa Cruz police on Saturday arrested a 31-year-old man for allegedly killing his minor girlfriend and dumping her body at a ghat in Kasara. The accused suspected her of having an affair with someone.The police have arrested Mohammed Arshad, a storekeeper with a private firm.Police records claim that Arshad and the 16-year-old victim are resid...

Gangster Ravi Pujari was recently abused heavily by his second-in-command Ashok Chowdharie, 27, when the account given to him to withdraw money after a criminal operation showed meagre balance.This was revealed during the surveillance of Chowdharie's phone by a special police team formed few months ago to put brakes on the activities of the Pujari ...

The Juhu police are planning to install closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras across all the areas which fall under its jurisdiction. The measure has been initiated in order to bring down the crime rate in that vicinity. This will be the first time that the entire jurisdiction of a police station will be under scanner and monitored centrally by ...

The Versova police on Sunday arrested a young Borivli-based couple who had taken to financing their lavish life style by running a credit card scam syndicate with the help of their Nigerian accomplices.The duo was arrested from near Kamdhenu shopping centre when they had gone there in an Accent car to shop with fake credit cards. The police team of...

A student of a college in Malad paid with his life for arguing over the rates of cucumbers with two vegetable vendors on Saturday.The police said the incident happened when Surendra Son-kamble, 20, had gone to a nearby market with his friend Salim Sayed, 20, to buy vegetables. Initial investigation done by the police revealed that the incident happ...

Two important pieces of medical revelations changed the case of model and actor Rinky Chowdhury from suicide to murder, leading to the arrest of her boyfriend Sahil Malik on Saturday. The post-mortem reports revealed ligature marks on her neck and an internal injury in the skull. Chowdhury was found hanging in the kitchen of her flat in Oshiwara on...

A 43-year-old struggling actress, recently arrested by the Oshiwara police for allegedly stealing valuables worth over Rs7 lakh from the house of her 'husband', was remanded to police custody till Wednesday.The police have identified the accused as Roshanara Khan, a native of Jaipur.Police records claim that Khan came to the city around one-and-a-h...

What does an over-the-hill gangster do after losing the agility for active crime? Some call it a day and seek refuge in normal society; some cool their heels in jails; and most survive scraping the bottom of the barrel. But 62-year-old Vasant Suvarna, the oldest member of the Ravi Pujari gang, has worked out his finances rather differently.Done wit...

Guess what some police stations in the city would resort to in order to fix a unique problem with their printers? They seek small bribes from the shops and office establishments within their areas, and fix the printer problem.Sources in the police department say that papers supplied to the police station is of such a poor quality and even the quali...