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234 unauthorized structures obstructing Goregaon-Mulund Link Road project demolished, Mumbai Municipal Corporation takes action in Amarnagar-Khindipada

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The encroachment removal team of the T Division office of the Municipal Corporation on Friday (June 5, 2026) took action to remove 234 unauthorized structures obstructing the construction of the Goregaon-Mulund Link Road, which connects the eastern and western suburbs of Mumbai. As part of the encroachment removal operation, 234 unauthorized structures, both residential and commercial, were removed in Amar Nagar, Khandipara. The length of the Goregaon-Mulund Link Road is 12.20 km. The work on this link road will be completed in four phases. It includes road, underground tunnel, flyover, etc. Around 384 structures were obstructing the construction of the link road in Amar Nagar, Khandipara under the T Division limits. Out of these structures, around 150 commercial and residential structures were removed last week. While 234 structures have been demolished today.

This encroachment removal operation was carried out under the guidance of Deputy Commissioner (Zone 6) and headed by Assistant Commissioner Yogita Kolhe. Yogita Kolhe Municipal Corporation 10 engineers, 100 employees of the Municipal Corporation, 150 private workers – employees along with 2 Poclean plants, 4 JCB plants, 10 dumpers etc. were used to remove all these structures. 50 police personnel were deployed for security under the leadership of Senior Police Inspector Ajay Joshi of Milind Police Station.

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Pune: Clean chit to youth who sang the poem, no provocation or harassment or threat to family was seen in the video, police revealed in the video investigation

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After the video of harassment of a Muslim family during a tour in Mumbai’s Pune Janir Ghati went viral, the police have given a clean chit to the youth who recited the poem after investigation. The video is still circulating on social media, on which comments are also being made, and in the comments, there is an attempt to spoil the atmosphere by giving this video a Hindu-Muslim color, but when the police examined it carefully, they found that the youth who are reciting the poem in the video did not have the purpose or intention to harass or disturb the Muslim family, nor did they provoke them in any way. The video tells that a poem has been sung on some young ghats. “From these tops of the horses of the Haldi Ghati, this army of heroes is being brought by the Rana to fight the Mughals.” This poem is based on the famous Al-Watabi song by the famous poet Shyam Narayan Pandey, which is based on the bravery of Maharana Pratap and his Chetak horse. Similarly, the story of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj is also narrated in the poem. Along with this, the defeat of Afzal Khan, Shaista Khan and Aurangzeb is also narrated. It has been popular among the public for many years as a traditional folk song. A video is circulating on social media in which a group of tourists who are in the Janir taluka area for tourism during the monsoon are said to be engaged in singing the above song. This video was recorded in the Nana Ghati area. Some comments under the video have alleged that this is an attempt by the youth to harass a Muslim family. After a careful examination of the video, the police said that there is no act of harassment or intimidation towards the Muslim family. The group is only engaged in singing songs. There is no objectionable act in this and no provocation has been found. The police have made strict security arrangements at the tourist spot after this incident and the video went viral. Along with this, police security has also been increased so that law and order is maintained.

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Mumbai: Gang of snatching mobile phones of passengers in BEST buses within MIDC limits exposed, 7 arrested: DCP Dutta Nalawade

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Mumbai: Police has busted a gang of BEST bus passengers stealing mobile phones. Jagat Jyoti Mahant, 49, a resident of MIDC police station limits in Andhra, boarded bus route number 415 from SPZ bus stop MIDC to Andhra on June 6 afternoon. During this, his mobile phone went missing. The complainant said that he had kept his mobile phone in his pants pocket and an unknown person stole it. In this matter, the police have registered a case of theft and started investigation. During the investigation, the MID police examined 40 to 45 CCTV footage and arrested 7 accused while busting the gang of BEST bus passengers traveling in Shivaji Nagar. They seized more than Rs 12 lakh worth of goods and 135 mobile phones from their possession. This operation was carried out by DCP Datta Nalawade on the instructions of Mumbai Police Commissioner Devin Bharti. Done.

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Allegations of fraud of crores of rupees, preparation of fake letters including official documents in the name of getting a flat under the SRA scheme

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Mumbai: The Mumbai Police has claimed to have registered a case against senior Congress MP Varsha Gaikwad and UBT Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Putnis’ personal assistant PA and four others under various sections, including cheating, for allegedly defrauding them of crores of rupees in the name of getting houses in the name of SRA at Mumbai’s Nirmal Nagar police station. The accused include Varsha Gaikwad’s PA Vishwanath Jadhav, Rupesh Balikar, Abhishek Gujjar, Shailesh Kokne. A case has been registered against them under sections 318(4), 336(2), 336(3), 338, 340(2), 3(5) of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Act. The complainant, Akash Radhe Shyam Shoni, a 42-year-old resident of Vakola, has filed this complaint. Since 2017, more than 50 people have been cheated in the name of getting houses in the SRA rehabilitation project. The matter came to light when in 2023, the complainant went to the SRA office and gave details about the rehabilitation project and showed the allotment letter, subordination letter and even the house key there, after which he came to know that he had been cheated on trust. A case has been registered in this matter later in Andheri, Santa Cruz, Vakola, Bandra. In the name of getting a house in the rehabilitation project in Matunga, the accused had cheated and told that they had good relations with the officers in the SRA. The price of the house in several areas was fixed at 20 lakhs to 28 lakhs and Shailesh Kokne also used to collect a token advance of Rs 5 lakh. So far, these accused have collected about Rs 5 crore 57 lakh. An FIR has been registered in this matter, but no arrest has been made so far. The police are investigating further.

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