Mumbai: Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil has directed the police to lodge a case of kidnapping in instances of missing children below 14 years.
"The Home Minister has directed that instead of filing the case of missing children below 14 years in police register, an offence of kidnap be lodged," a spokesperson for the minister said in a statement here.
Patil has directed that a circular in this regard be issued to police stations, the statement said.
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09:58 AM, May 11, 2013
Mumbai: In a landmark decision, all children below 14 years of age who are reported missing shall be treated as "kidnapped" and the matter investigated accordingly, Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil said in Mumbai on Friday. "Henceforth, any child below the age of 14 shall be directly treated as kidnapped, the case will be lodged accordingly and investigations shall be taken up with seriousness," Patil said. The decision follows a...
04:56 AM, May 11, 2013
Mumbai: At a time when the independence of the CBI is being questioned, the police forces in most states continue to function under political influence. Former top police officers have taken on the Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil for direct interference in police transfers and postings in the state. More than three years after the then Home Minister P Chidambaram lamented the interference of the political executive in police transfers...
07:47 AM, May 04, 2013
Mumbai: NCP chief and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Saturday reviewed political situation in Maharashtra at a meeting in Mumbai to discuss preparations for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The party is looking to fight elections in 22 seats and is aiming to win at least 15 in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and Home Minister RR Patil were among those who attended the...
09:15 PM, Apr 27, 2013
Mumbai: NCP chief and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Friday reviewed political situation in Maharashtra at a meeting in Mumbai to discuss preparations for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and Home Minister RR Patil were among those who attended the meeting, held at Ajit Pawar's official residence at Malabar Hill in Mumbai this evening. NCP had contested 22 Lok Sabha seats out of the...
01:31 AM, Apr 27, 2013
Mumbai: Terming the registration of FIR against Home Minister RR Patil by Karnataka police as "wrong action", Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Monday said he would speak to his counterpart from the neighbouring state requesting him to drop the charges. Chavan was intervening in an impromptu debate in the Legislative Assembly here initiated by Labour Minister Hassan Mushrif condemning the Karnataka government on booking Patil for his alleged "provocative"...
05:25 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Mumbai/Bangalore: Maharashtra legislators on Monday moved a privilege motion against Karnataka Home Minister R Ashok and the state DGP. This comes a few days after an FIR was filed against Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil by the Karnataka Police for allegedly promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race or language for his alleged provocative speech on Belgaum issue, a bone of contention between the two states. Patil...
02:25 PM, Apr 15, 2013
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Friday swung into action and issued notices to Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister KS Eshwarappa and Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil for alleged hate speeches in Karnataka. On Thursday, Judicial Magistrate First Class Arjun Nallur admitted a private complaint by the President of minority cell of the district Congress, Sayad W Addu, over Eshwarappa's speech allegedly "instigating" a particular community against others and violating the...
06:42 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Bangalore: An FIR has been filed against Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil by Karnataka police for promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race or language for his alleged provocative speech on Belgaum issue, a bone of contention between the two states. Patil has also been booked under Representation of People Act for violation of the election code for the May 5 assembly poll in the state, police...
04:40 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Facing flak for 'failure' of police to make headway in the probe of the alleged mysterious rape and murder of three minor sisters at Murmadi in Bhandara district, Maharashtra government on Monday announced that the case would be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). ...
08:25 PM, Apr 01, 2013
Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil on Tuesday ruled out the possibility of the rape of three minor sisters, whose bodies were found in a well in their village in Bhandara district. ...
02:05 AM, Mar 20, 2013
The Bombay High Court's retired judge Shrikant Malte will conduct an inquiry into the communal riots in Dhule in north Maharashtra that left six people dead in January 2013. ...
01:55 AM, Mar 19, 2013
Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil on Wednesday said that the accused in the alleged rape and murder of three minor sisters in Bhandara district will be brought to book soon. "The culprits in the case will be arrested soon," Patil said when asked by reporters about the efforts being made by the government in the case. ...
05:33 PM, Mar 06, 2013
A woman constable attempted suicide inside Mantralaya in Mumbai on Wednesday. She had alleged sexual harassment by one of her seniors. ...
07:17 PM, Feb 27, 2013
A day after MNS president Raj Thackeray asked party workers to "teach migrants from other states indulging in crime a lesson", Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil on Wednesday said such provocation merits no attention. ...
05:49 PM, Feb 13, 2013
The Maharashtra government has acted against the policemen caught on video vandalising private property during the recent riots in Dhule. Home minister RR Patil has said that the policemen identified in the video have been suspended. ...
06:17 PM, Jan 28, 2013
The Maharashtra government will earmark 25 out of 100 fast track courts across the state exclusively to deal with women-related cases, Home Minister RR Patil announced in Mumbai on Friday. ...
12:24 AM, Jan 05, 2013
Male vendors won't be allowed to sell their wares in the ladies compartments of local trains, Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil said on Tuesday. He was speaking to reporters at the Churchgate station here after a surprise visit to the bustling terminus to review women commuters' security during the evening peak hours. ...
07:45 PM, Jan 01, 2013
Nagpur: Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil said that he supports the demand to award capital punishment to rapists. Replying to a debate on atrocities against women, Patil termed the Delhi incident as deplorable, and backed highest possible punishment to the accused. The view was earlier expressed by women legislators in the Legislative Council on Thurday. He said the state government has written to the Centre about making the offence of...
11:00 PM, Dec 20, 2012
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena has called for bandh in Palghar on Wednesday to protest against the action on the policemen in the Facebook arrest case. The Thane Superintendent of Police and Palghar police station Sub-Inspector were suspended on Tuesday for disobeying the orders of superiors while arresting two girls for a Facebook post on Sena chief Bal Thackeray. The girls were arrested on the November 19 and released only after...
08:53 AM, Nov 28, 2012
