Mumbai: Every rose has its thorn. Police constable Pramod Tawde learnt this the hard way on Wednesday. The cop - who climbed the podium and gifted Raj Thackeray a yellow rose on Tuesday in front of an applauding crowd, after the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief spoke about how policemen, especially the constabulary, had faced the brunt of the mob on August 11 at Azad Maidan - was on Wednesday...
01:15 PM, Aug 23, 2012
Mumbai: Uncertainty has gripped Mumbai Police after Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil's recommendation to shunt out Mumbai police commissioner Arup Patnaik in the wake of the Azad Maidan riot which claimed two lives. Ironically, just days ago, the city police was backed by the Ministry for its restrained response, leading to the question, is the Police being made the fall guy to wriggle out of the mounting political pressure. The...
08:51 PM, Aug 22, 2012
Mumbai: As many as 19 more alleged rioters have been arrested in connection with the Azad Maidan violence in Mumbai, taking the total number of arrests in the case so far to 43, police said on Wednesday. The 19 people have been arrested since Tuesday evening from various parts of the city, police said adding that two of them, identified as Niyazuddin Shaikh (28) and Mohammed Hussain Ansari (21), were...
06:02 PM, Aug 22, 2012
Mumbai: A Mumbai police constable has come under fire for defying protocal and greeting MNS chief Raj Thackerary during Tuesday's rally. Constable Pramod Tawde shocked everyone by not only greeting the MNS chief with flowers but also addressing the media and openly criticising senior police officials including Commissioner Arup Patnaik over an old case. Tawde is believed to be suffering from a mental condition. He could face departmental action once...
09:17 AM, Aug 22, 2012
Mumbai: In an aftermath of the Azad Maidan violence, the Maharashtra Home Ministry had sent a proposal to Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan recommending the transfer of Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik. Patnaik drew a lot of flak for allegedly mishandling the situation on August 11 in which two people were killed and 55 others, including 45 policemen were injured. Sources said that the proposal was sent to Chavan four days...
08:21 AM, Aug 22, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra Home Department has proposed the transfer of Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik who is facing flak over handling of the August 11 violence at Azad Maidan. "The Home Department has submitted a proposal to transfer Patnaik," a senior official said. According to the official, the proposal, which was submitted three days ago, is awaiting Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan's consent. Shiv Sena and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) have demanded...
11:23 PM, Aug 21, 2012
Mumbai: 4.30 pm: Mumbai Police constable Pramod Tawde goes on to the state and gives Raj Thackeray a flower. 4.20 pm: Raj Thackeray blames Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil and Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik for Azad Maidan violence on August 11. 4.05 pm: Raj Thackeray demands that state Home Minister RR Patil and Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik resign. He says that the Mumbai Police was aware of the Azad Maidan...
11:56 AM, Aug 21, 2012
Mumbai: The Mumbai police on Monday granted permission to the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) to hold a public rally at Azad Maidan on Tuesday but were silent on the nod for a protest march ahead of the meet by the Raj Thackeray-led party which has vowed to go ahead with its plan. "Permission has been granted for the rally at Azad Maidan and police machinery is in place at the...
11:52 PM, Aug 20, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray on Monday said he would go ahead with his protest march on Tuesday against the August 11 violence even though the police have denied permission for it. Talking to reporters, Raj said the Azad Maidan police have denied permission on grounds that the morcha would lead to traffic congestion and create law and order problem. "Why these rules were not applied to...
07:40 PM, Aug 20, 2012
Mumbai: The city cops are being bombarded with questions in the aftermath of the horrific violence on August 11 in South Mumbai. That the department was caught off-guard is evident in the number of casualties " many of them cops " including two deaths, large-scale destruction of public property, and the few arrests that have been made so far. On behalf of all peace-loving Mumbaikars (is there any other kind),...
05:01 PM, Aug 16, 2012
Mumbai: The violence that rocked the city on the weekend as demonstrators protesting against Assam riots went on a rampage, left the city police red-faced. Reports now suggest that the Mumbai Police erred in anticipating the threat of violence even in the presence of available Intelligence. Additional CP Special Branch had reportedly sent an Intelligence report warning of a difficult law and order situation, also warning that crowds upward of...
09:20 AM, Aug 14, 2012
Mumbai: The violence in Mumbai on Saturday over Assam riots may have an underworld connection with investigators finding some leads suggesting the same. According to sources, the investigators have got the leads from the analysis of CCTV footage of the violence at Azad Maidan. Sources further said that the CCTV footage showed that certain groups in the crowd were intent on triggering violence amidst the protests. Meanwhile, though no arrests...
04:36 PM, Aug 13, 2012
Mumbai: The bloodstains on the 16th floor of the Himalayan Heights building tell the story of how 25-year-old lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha made desperate attempts to get help, while she was being savagely attacked. Sajjad Ahmed, the guard at the building in Mumbai's suburb of Wadala was arrested and he has allegedly confessed to killing Pallavi. Joing Commissioner of Police, Crime, Mumbai Himanshu Roy said, "The motive is perversion, henios perversion....
07:39 AM, Aug 11, 2012
Mumbai: Joint commissioner of Mumbai police (crime) Himanshu Roy on Friday said that 25-year-old woman lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha who was found dead in her Mumbai flat on Thursday, was killed by her building guard Sajjad Pathan, calling it was an act of perversion. "It was an act of perversion. Robbery does not seem to be the motive. This was a cold blooded murder. Accused seemed to be planning the murder...
05:00 PM, Aug 10, 2012
Mumbai: The Mumbai Police claims to have cracked the murder of 25-year-old lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha. The police have said that the security guard, Sajjad Pathan, first attempted to rape the victim. When she resisted, he hit her with a blunt object before slitting her throat with a knife when she tried to ring her neighbour's doorbell for help. The police also suspect that Pathan tinkered with electric supply to get...
12:23 PM, Aug 10, 2012
Mumbai: That only a fine line divides our nations lawmakers from its lawbreakers comes as no news. On Monday, however, even that line was blurred and dissolved, as representatives from the two sides cast aside the sham of pretense and came together to hobnob, in full public glare and under the arc lights. Congress tainted MLA Kripashankar Singh was one of the special guests at an iftar party organised by...
04:48 PM, Aug 08, 2012
Mumbai: There seems to be an embarrassment for the Mumbai Police. Congress MLA Kripashankar Singh, who is being investigated by the anti-corruption bureau for amassing assets disproportionate to his income, was seen rubbing shoulders with the who's who of the Mumbai police force at the Police iftar party. CNN-IBN has accessed pictures from the event at which Kripashankar and top politicians and police officers were present. Maharashtra's newly appointed DGP...
12:22 PM, Aug 07, 2012
Mumbai: Nothing is more real than real estate, as the ground underneath our feet continues to shrink with every new construction. This fact was borne out on Sunday when a dispute over a piece of land between IPS officer Marie-Lou Fernandes and Pimpleshwar temple trust, Dombivli took an ugly turn. The trustees allegedly locked Fernandes inside the plot. Top cops from Thane visited the spot, but failed to release her....
05:26 PM, Aug 06, 2012
Mumbai: All the three cycles, upon which the bombs were placed in Wednesday's Pune serial blasts, were bought on the same day, according to sources. The police have identified the trader who sold the cycles, and have also questioned nine major cycle-sellers and distributors. The investigators are looking closely at a possible Indian Mujahideen role. On Thursday, the investigators also found that two CCTV cameras at the blast sites were...
08:38 AM, Aug 03, 2012
Mumbai: Almost everyone in the after-dark party circuit is familiar with Assistant Commissioner of Police Vasant Dhobles reputation and rigidness, but another name has been long ignored, though the individuals track record deserves accolades. Dhobles colleague, Feroz Patel, has been raiding brothels, rescuing children forced into work and reuniting street kids with their families, but has chosen to stay out of the limelight and not gloat about his achievements. Patel,...
05:00 PM, Aug 01, 2012
