Mumbai: The BJP-led Mahayuti government will commemorate Partition Horrors Remembrance Day across the state today (August 14). Divisional Commissioners and District Collectors have been asked to host various events to “create awareness about the poignant memories and sufferings of people during Partition”.

In another development, the department of skills, employment and innovation, led by the BJP minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha, will celebrate 150 years of Vande Mataram. Lodha will head a 7member committee for this.

Remembrance to Be Marked Across Public Spaces

As per a circular, the commemoration of the remembrance should be organised in banks, post offices, railway stations, airports, shopping malls, educational institutes, petrol pumps, skill development centres and vocational training institutes, to name a few. The administration should make efforts for the participation of maximum people besides hosting programmes where freedom fighters, eminent senior citizens and public representatives are to be invited. People who have suffered the partition ordeal should also be invited, the state circular states.

Significantly, the circular directs the government machinery to take precautions so that the feelings of sections/groups in society are not hurt. The cautionary advice appears twice in the two-page circular. The event is about the tragedy of partition and the woes of people, hence it should not hurt the feelings of any community, it states.

Jalgaon: Suleman Rahim Khan Pathan, a 21-year-old man, was killed through beating in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra. The incident occurred on Monday when Suleman traveled to Jamner to complete online applications for police recruitment. In the afternoon, as he sat in a cafe with a girl, 8 to 10 men grabbed his mobile phone and unexpectedly assaulted him.

They pulled Suleman to his village and violently assaulted him, making him lose consciousness. When his relatives attempted to rescue him, the assailants reacted with violence towards them as well. Suleman’s 80-year-old grandfather was also affected. The assailants showcased him on the street and struck him with wooden clubs.

Suleman was taken to the hospital by his villagers, where he was pronounced dead by doctors. His father stated that his son was not dating any girl, and during the confrontation, the villagers were unable to assist because of their fear.

According to Suleman’s father, Rahim Khan, on the day of the incident Suleman was working with his father, when around 11 am Suleman told his father he is going to fill up a Police recruitment form after which the people kidnapped and beat him. The people was brought to his home at around 4pm. When the father tried to intervene the mob started attacking him and other members of the family.

Police Arrests 8 Suspects

The authorities have apprehended 8 suspects related to this case up to now. The initial four suspects were apprehended on Tuesday: Abhishek Rajkumar Rajput (22), Ghanshyam also known as Suraj Biharilal Sharma (25), Deepak Bajirao (20), and Ranjan also referred to as Ranjit Ramakrishna Matade (48).

While the other four were taken into custody on Wednesday. All the defendants have been placed in police detention until August 18. The arrests were confirmed by the inspector of the Jamner police station.

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty and her businessman husband Raj Kundra have been booked by the Mumbai Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) for allegedly cheating a city-based businessman of over Rs.60 crore under the pretext of a business investment.

About The Case

The FIR, registered at Juhu Police Station, is based on a complaint by Deepak Kothari (60), director of Lotus Capital Financial Services. Kothari alleged that between 2015 and 2023, he transferred Rs.60.48 crore to the couple’s company, Best Deal TV Pvt. Ltd., for business expansion. However, the funds were allegedly diverted for personal expenses.

According to police, Kothari was introduced to Raj Kundra through a mutual friend. At the time, Kundra and Shetty jointly held 87.6% shares in Best Deal TV, an online shopping and retail platform. The accused allegedly promised him a monthly return along with repayment of the principal investment.

Kothari claimed that Shetty resigned from the company in 2016, and he later learned that insolvency proceedings had been initiated against the firm for allegedly cheating another investor.

After conducting a preliminary inquiry, EOW registered the case under IPC sections 403 (dishonest misappropriation of property), 406 (criminal breach of trust), and 34 (common intention) against Shetty, Kundra, and another person.