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Mumbai policeman, driver arrested for abducting, extorting money from lottery centre owner; cops posed as crime branch sleuths
• 6 years agoA junior officer attached to Special Branch and a Mumbai Police driver were arrested Tuesday for allegedly abducting a lottery centre owner and extorting money from him, police said Wednesday.
Major fire breaks out at Navrang Studio in Mumbai's Lower Parel, no casualties reported
• 7 years agoA major fire broke out on the fourth floor of an industrial complex at Lower Parel in Central Mumbai shortly after midnight
Chhota Rajan aide DK Rao held in extortion case; remanded to police custody till 18 October
• 8 years agoGangster Chhota Rajan's trusted aide DK Rao was arrested for allegedly demanding Rs 50 lakh in extortion from a Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) project consultant in Dharavi area of Central Mumbai, the police said on Thursday.
Mumbai court sends extortion case accused Iqbal Kaskar, two others to judicial custody till 13 October
• 8 years agoA court on Monday sent underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's younger brother Iqbal Kaskar and two other accused to judicial custody till 13 October in an extortion case.
Infrastructure lagged behind even as areas around Elphinstone Road turned into a business hub
• 8 years agoTill the time the deadly Elphinstone Road railway station stampede snuffed out her life, 24-year- old Hiloni Dedhia embodied the soaring aspirations of a millennial working in a setting with imposing glass facade towers that spawn a thousand dreams.
Mumbai clashes: State minority commission says attacks were planned, seeks quick action by cops
Vishwas Waghmode • 10 years agoFollowing the clashes in central Mumbai, the minority commission has alleged it was a planned attack on Muslim youths to instill fear among them.
Two petrol pump workers murdered in central Mumbai
Fp Archives • 11 years agoThe duo, Sajid Ansari (40) and Ayub Ansari (39), was found in a pool of blood at the outlet near Maratha Mandir in Mumbai central area this morning, police said.
Mahim building collapse: Death toll rises to 10
Fp Archives • 12 years agoThe death toll in the building collapse at Central Mumbai has mounted to ten as three more bodies were recovered from the debris in the evening, a civic official said.
Part of monorail bridge collapses in central Mumbai
Fp Archives • 13 years agoThe portion of the bridge along Barkat Ali Road collapsed, fire brigade sources said.