Mumbai: The mystery woman who had arranged for cricketers Rahul Sharma and Wayne Parnell to be present during the rave party at Juhus Oakwood Premier hotel that was raided on Sunday, has been identified by cops. Ninety one people were detained during the police operation and the establishments director arrested. The woman, Namrata Kumar, who is a public relations representative, had got in touch with Parnell through one of his...
12:16 PM, May 25, 2012
Mumbai: Delhi-based businessman and aspiring producer Karan Kakkar pleaded for a peaceful death before his killer Vijay Palande, and that is why the latter forced him to consume sleeping pills. The Crime Branch investigating the case of Vijay Bhimajirao Palande who allegedly killed Kakkar and smalltime actor Anuj Tikkus father Arun, has learnt that Kakkar had begged Palande to spare him a painful end. According to Crime Branch sources, Palande...
12:09 PM, May 25, 2012
Mumbai: In yet another blow to IPL's image, cricketers Rahul Sharma and Wayne Parnell were found attending a party busted by the Mumbai police. Police claimed illegal drugs were recovered from the party venue at a Juhu hotel. The players though deny any involvement. Both Parnell of South Africa and Rahul, who play for Pune Warriors, claimed innocence with the Indian leg spinner saying he will quit cricket if his...
08:38 PM, May 21, 2012
Mumbai: The Social Service Branch (SSB) of Mumbai police has busted a high-profile prostitution racket in Andheri and rescued an aspiring actress and two models from the spot. The officials have also arrested a woman and her son who were allegedly operating the racket. After a tip-off, the SSB and a special team from Oshiwara police station sent a bogus customer to Pataliputra housing society, Andheri (West), early on Thursday...
01:50 PM, May 21, 2012
Mumbai: The Mumbai Police busted an alleged rave party at a hotel in Juhu on Sunday night. At least 100 people including 38 women, mostly foreign nationals, were detained. The police have also arrested the party organiser, Vishesh Vijay Handa, under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. Two international cricketers, Rahul Sharma of India and Wayne Parnell of South Africa, who play in the IPL for Pune Warriors...
07:32 AM, May 21, 2012
Mumbai: Mumbai Police on Sunday evening bust an alleged rave party at Oakwood Hotel in Juhu. The police claim to have recovered cocaine from the party. Over 80 people, including foreign nationals, have been detained and medical reports are awaited. The police sources said few IPL players may have been involved in the rave party as well. The police said only after the test reports they will be able to...
10:44 PM, May 20, 2012
Mumbai: Key accused in the murder case of Arun Tikku and Karan Kakad, Vijay Palande, was on Friday arrested in connection with illegal possession of ammunition in his apartment. Palande, who was arrested by the Oshiwara police, will be produced before a magistrate on Saturday. The case under the Arms Act was registered against Palande after 12 nine mm bullets were found by a police team on Thursday during the...
06:24 PM, May 18, 2012
Mumbai: In a major breakthrough, police on Monday claimed to have collected evidence to show that Vijay Palande, gangster and key accused in sensational murder cases, had coaxed Bollywood actor Anuj Tikku to pen down a suicide note after drugging him in a bid to eliminate him and then stage it as a suicide. The suicide note, allegedly written by Anuj, was recovered from the bank locker of Palande, police...
08:04 PM, May 14, 2012
Mumbai: The stamp of 'special' seems to have failed to screen several Mumbai police units from the curse of corruption. Citing allegations of corruption, Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik has ordered the dismantling of at least six such squads in the force. These squads were formed by various deputy and additional commissioners in their respective regions to crack down on street crime and provide protection to builders. Last week, Patnaik issued...
12:40 PM, May 14, 2012
Mumbai: MiD DAYs expose about how innocent college girls and housewives, branded as sex traders, were confined to a rehab centre after a police raid led by ACP Vasant Dhoble on a Khar pub, has only emboldened cops to continue harassing them, their kin allege. On Thursday, half of the detained girls whose families had spoken to this paper about the unwarranted police action had to spend another day in...
02:18 PM, May 11, 2012
Mumbai: The Crime Branch is likely to take DNA samples from Karan Kakkars murder accused Vijay Palande and Simran Sood, and match it against the DNA received from supermodel Viveka Babajees nails. In a parallel incident, cops also salvaged half of Kakkars corpse from the Kumbharali Ghat in Ratnagiri. This will now be matched against DNA obtained from bloodstains found in Karan Kakkars bathroom. Palande in his statement had admitted...
02:27 PM, May 01, 2012
Mumbai: Mumbai Crime Branch officers fear that they dont yet have a sufficient number of eyewitnesses to build a rock-solid case against the four accused " Vijay Palande, Simran Sood, Manoj Gajkosh and Dhanjay Shinde " in the double murder cases of Karan Kakkar and Arun Tikku. Officers of the department revealed that they have secured 15 witnesses for both the cases, which they believe is an insufficient number. They...
12:05 PM, Apr 28, 2012
Mumbai: Model Simran Sood who was held in connection with the murder case of aspiring producer Karan Kakkad was on Thursday arrested for her suspected role in the murder case of Delhi-based businessman Arunkumar Tikku as well, police said. Sood was produced in the court as her custody in the Kakkad case ended on Thursday and the magistrate remanded her to judicial custody. However, she was soon arrested in the...
11:20 PM, Apr 26, 2012
Mumbai: There were about 1,700 calls exchanged between stock broker Gautam Vora who was arrested on Monday for allegedly giving shelter to gangster Vijay Palande and Palande's wife Simran Sood, police said. Palande, a key accused in the murder of Delhi-based businessman Arunkumar Tikoo(67) and aspiring producer Karan Kumar Kakkar, had escaped on April 10 from the police jeep and Vora was picked up by police for helping Palande after...
12:34 PM, Apr 25, 2012
Mumbai: Why did stockbroker Gautam Vora go out of his way to allegedly provide material and logistical support to a murder accused on the run? After Voras arrest on Monday, Crime Branch officers are now sleuthing to determine if he is in any way connected to Karan Kakkars murder. Cops have not ruled out the theory that Vora may have instigated the prime accused Vijay Palande to bump off Kakkar....
12:35 PM, Apr 24, 2012
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