Mumbai: Mumbai Police investigating the suicide of legendary singer Asha Bhosle's daughter Varsha Bhosle have not found anything that might ascertain the cause of the suicide. No suicide note has been found yet. However, initial investigation points to depression as the main cause of her suicide. Her body was sent for post-mortem on Monday. Varsha Bhosle, daughter of well-known playback singer Asha Bhosle, committed suicide at their Peddar Road residence...
10:21 AM, Oct 09, 2012
Mumbai: The Mumbai Police have filed a murder case in the baby Ahuti case. The three-month old's parents have not been named in the FIR. Police say the parents are suspects and want to question them first before deciding to name in the FIR. The autopsy report showed that baby Ahuti did not die an accidental death and that she died after being beaten and suffering head injuries. The shocker...
10:38 AM, Oct 04, 2012
Mumbai: The Mumbai Police have exhumed the body of 22-year-old Rameez Chougule, the younger of the two siblings who were found dead at their flat in Versova in July this year. Rameez and his elder sister Rehab allegedly died due to pesticide poisoning after pest control operations at their apartment. The police had then called it "accidental deaths", drawing much criticism from the media and the people. On Monday, the...
07:39 AM, Sep 18, 2012
Mumbai: Controversial Mumbai cop Vasant Dhoble, who hit the headlines for his late night crackdown on pubs and restaurants, has been shunted out of the social service branch and moved to the city's western suburbs. Dhoble will now be ACP at Vakola division. An order to this effect was issued last night by the Maharashtra government's Home department. Armed with a hockey stick and camera, Dhoble, known as the 'night...
07:40 PM, Sep 16, 2012
Former Supreme Court judge and Chairman of the Press Council, Justice Markandey Katju has slammed the politicians and the police for taking action against cartoonist Aseem Trivedi over some of his work that depicted Parliament as a commode and the national emblem with wolves instead of lions. Slamming the Mumbai Police, Justice Katju said that this was wrongful arrest, a crime punishable by law. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's...
07:29 AM, Sep 16, 2012
Mumbai: The Mumbai police have formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by an Assistant Commissioner of Police to probe the case of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi and also review the sedition charges slapped on him. "The case has now been handed over to the SIT headed by ACP GT Padwal. Earlier, it was probed by policemen of Bandra Kurla police station where the case was registered. Going by the importance...
05:48 PM, Sep 13, 2012
Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Wednesday came out in support of jailed cartoonist Aseem Trivedi but also gave him a sharp rap on the knuckles. While contending that the sedition charge slapped by Mumbai police on the cartoonist was a bit too much, Thackeray also pulled up Trivedi for his cartoons mocking the Indian national emblem, constitution and Parliament. In an editorial in the party mouthpiece Saamna, Thackeray...
02:07 PM, Sep 12, 2012
Mumbai: Hours after refusing to take the bail granted by the Bombay High Court, cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, arrested on the charges of mocking Parliament and the National Emblem, on Tuesday evening said that he would accept it and execute the bond on Wednesday. The cartoonist said, "I respect judiciary, will execute the bail bond tomorrow." This came hours after the cartoonist was granted bail by the Bombay High Court on...
10:00 PM, Sep 11, 2012
Mumbai: Even as the debate over cartoonist Aseem Trivedi's arrest continues, the Mumbai Police maintains that cartoonists must know their limits. Mumbai Police Commissioner Dr Satyapal Singh has said, "I can't say if the charges will be dropped or not. We don't need him anymore for the investigation. This is not a big case. I would like to give a message to artists and cartoonists that they should not cross...
07:39 AM, Sep 11, 2012
Mumbai: Even as Mumbai Police did a U-turn on arrested cartoonist Aseem Trivedi and decided to give up his custody, India Against Corruption (IAC) activists demanded that the charge under Indian Penal Code Section 124(A) (sedition) against him should be dropped first. Sources have told CNN-IBN that Aseem Trivedi, arrested on Saturday, has taken a moral stand that he will not seek bail unless the Maharashtra government dropped the charge...
02:25 PM, Sep 10, 2012
Mumbai: After country-wide outrage and severe criticism for the arrest of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, Mumbai Police decided to give up his custody on Monday. Trivedi was sent to police custody till September 16 on Sunday. Trivedi's friend and India Against Corruption (IAC) member Mayank Gandhi met Trivedi on Monday and was told by the police officers that they would give up his custody soon. Earlier, Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil...
01:15 PM, Sep 10, 2012
New Delhi: Justice Markandey Katju, Press Council of India chairman, on Sunday defended Aseem Trivedi, who was arrested for allegedly posting seditious content on his web portal, saying the cartoonist has done nothing illegal. "My opinion is that the cartoonist did nothing illegal. In a democracy many things are said, some truthful and others false," Katju said in a statement. Trivedi was arrested yesterday and produced in a Mumbai court...
07:30 AM, Sep 10, 2012
Mumbai: Yet another cartoonist has become the victim of the ongoing policing by political parties. Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi was on Sunday arrested for allegedly posting "ugly and obscene" content on his web portal. Trivedi was arrested in Mumbai and produced in a Bandra court later in the day following which he was sent to police custody till September 16. He was charged with sedition under Section 124 A of the...
01:36 PM, Sep 09, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday granted eight weeks to the Special Investigating Team to complete its probe into the alleged amassing of disproportionate assets by former Mumbai Congress chief Kripashankar Singh and his family members. A bench of justices HL Dattu and CK Prasad also said the SIT would be headed by the present Mumbai police commissioner Satyapal Singh. The team was earlier headed by former police commissioner...
05:34 PM, Sep 03, 2012
New Delhi: A Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court on Monday extended the custody of key 26/11 handler Abu Jundal till September 10. The court also allowed Jundal to meet his parents for about ten minutes to arrange for a lawyer. Jundal was brought to Mumbai in July after a Delhi court gave the Maharahstra ATS his custody. The ATS, in turn, handed Jundal over to the Mumbai...
12:23 PM, Sep 03, 2012
Mumbai: A day after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray once again spewed venom against Biharis, calling them "infiltrators" and threatening to drive them out of the state, the newly-appointed Mumbai Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh on Saturday said that Biharis living in Mumbai are safe. His statement came after Bihar Chief Secretary Navin Kumar wrote a letter to him asking how a Bihar resident was arrested for his alleged involvement...
09:07 PM, Sep 01, 2012
Mumbai: MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Friday threatened to brand Biharis as "infiltrators" and force them out of Maharashtra if authorities in Bihar take legal action against Mumbai policemen who picked up a teenager from there without informing their counterparts in that state. Thackeray, whose party has often launched violent campaigns against Hindi-speaking people in Maharashtra, was reacting to a media report that Bihar chief secretary Navin Kumar has written...
06:29 PM, Aug 31, 2012
Mumbai: With no leads in the cases of rape and murder of minor girls at Cuffe Parade, local cops have turned the slum pockets in the area into their home base. Undercover police officers attached to the local arms unit have been asked to stay inside hutments in order to mingle with the crowd to dig up information about the killer. The murders had taken place at Cuffe Parade and...
03:35 PM, Aug 30, 2012
Mumbai: Even as Ajmal Kasab got a death sentence in the 26/11 attacks case, the Mumbai police are well underway in their investigations against one of his alleged handlers Abu Jundal. He was confronted with Kasab recently for a joint interrogation. "This is not a token judgement. This is a milestone and we are in the process of prosecuting one of the masterminds Abu Jundal. We have collected strong evidence...
09:01 AM, Aug 30, 2012
Mumbai: Former Mumbai police commissioner Arup Patnaik was on Wednesday admitted to the Jaslok Hospital in Mumbai where he underwent an angioplasty. He had gone to the hospital for a check-up and had complained of discomfort and irritation. Following his complaint, an angiography was done on the former Mumbai police chief which revealed a blockage. After this, Patnaik underwent an angioplasty. Patnaik is currently admitted on the 19th floor of...
10:06 PM, Aug 29, 2012
