Mumbai: Internal transfers have been made in Mumbai Police, under which Krishna Kant Upadhyay has been transferred to Zone 3, he was earlier in Police Headquarters 1. DCP Detection Datta Nalawade has been transferred to Zone 10 and Sachin Ganjal has been transferred to Preventive. Mahesh Chamte has been transferred from Protection to Zone 12, Zone 6 Nunath Dhule to Anti-Narcotics Cell, Zone 7 Vijay Kant Sagar to Sea Protection Port Zone, Prasant Pardesi Mantralaya to Traffic South, Nimit Goel from LA to STF EOW, Zone 3 Dattatre Kamble SB 1, Parshottam Karad Cyber ​​Crime, Aslam Sheikh has been transferred to Zone 6. Rakesh Ola has been transferred to Zone 7, Raj Tilak Roshan to Detection Crime Branch, DCPs.

Date: 30th May 2025 Location: Malvani, Mumbai

In a major breakthrough, Malvani Police from Zone XI have arrested two individuals involved in the printing and circulation of counterfeit Indian currency notes. The accused were apprehended from the Malvani area of Malad (West), Mumbai, following a tip-off received by Senior Police Inspector Dr. Deepak Hinge.

Acting swiftly on the intelligence, the police raided a rented room near Sai Baba Mandir in Malvani’s Gate No. 8 on 29th May 2025 around 10:30 PM. The operation was led by a special team comprising Crime Detection Unit officers and beat marshals from Malvani Police Station.

During the raid, the police seized a total of 1,000 fake notes in ₹500 denomination, amounting to a face value of ₹5,00,000. In addition, they confiscated tools used in the counterfeiting operation, including a laptop, printer, cutter, ink, and blank note paper. Police estimate the material could have been used to print up to ₹23,30,000 in fake currency.

The arrested individuals have been identified as:

1. Sampat Saamarya Ujjanpalli (Age 46), originally from Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra.
2. Hasimoddin Gafur Sheikh (Age 30), resident of Ghansawangi, Jalna district, Maharashtra.

Both individuals have been booked under IPC Sections 489A, 489C, 489D, 34, and other relevant provisions for counterfeiting currency and are currently in police custody.

Senior officials from the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), including senior police inspectors and crime detection teams, played a crucial role in guiding the investigation.

Malvani Police are continuing further investigations to trace other individuals possibly involved in this fake currency network and to understand if there are any links to organized crime syndicates.

Mumbai: 27-year-old engineer Ravinder Verma, arrested by Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad, had provided many important information to Pakistan. He was in contact with Pakistani agent Pakistan Intelligence Operative PIO on Facebook and WhatsApp. The accused had provided many important information including naval submarine to Pakistan. He was living in a rented house in Thane. Before social media, a Pakistani girl befriended him and then he got caught in the trap of honey trap. The court has ordered to keep the accused on 15-day police remand.

Many sensitive information has also been found from his social media account, which he has given to Pakistan. He was in contact with two Facebook accounts. The Thane court has ordered to keep him in police custody till June 2. The accused was arrested in a case under the Official Secrets Act. A Pakistani agent and an Indian citizen are also involved in this case, whose search is on. ATS and central agencies are jointly investigating. Sources say that the accused arrested in Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh have also been victims of honey trap. The details of Ravinder Verma’s mobile phone, laptop and social media account are also being investigated and it is being ascertained how many people he was in contact with and how much information he has shared so far.
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