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Navi Mumbai Cyber Police Nab Accused Mastermind Of Over 60 Cyber Frauds At Surat Airport

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Navi Mumbai Cyber Police Nab Accused Mastermind Of Over 60 Cyber Frauds At Surat Airport

Navi Mumbai: Wanted by many states in the country, an accused who masterminded over 60 cyber frauds from Dubai, was nabbed by Navi Mumbai Cyber police from Surat Airport after the immigration department detained him.

Accused Detained

In August 2023, while investigating a case of Rs 1.23 crore fraud, Navi Mumbai Cyber police had found that the main accused identified as Kaushik Kumar Kalyan Bhai Italia (34) was based out of Dubai and accordingly the police had issued a look out notice in the month of April this year. Acting on the same, the immigration department detained him when he arrived at Surat Airport last week.

A class XII passout, Italia was a worker in a diamond manufacturing unit in Surat before. After Covid, he started with cyber frauds and shifted his base to Dubai. For his family consisting of his second wife and a two year old daughter, he was working in Dubai in a private firm. After he was detained in Surat Airport, Navi Mumbai Cyber police took his transit remand and got him to Navi Mumbai for further interrogation.

Details Revealed By The Investigation

In the investigations, it was found that he has two more accomplices in Dubai who along with him cheated several people in India. He also revealed that some of the Chines Nationals there too were involved in the same business along with his gang.

“He used to keep visiting India in every three to four months. Last he visited India in December 2023. In the month of February, our team visited his residence in Surat after we got his lead in a case that we were investigating. After he learnt that the police was looking for him, he delayed his visit to India for months till his Visa was to expire and he had to come back for formalities,” police inspector Gajanan Kadam from Navi Mumbai Cyber Police Station said.

In the investigations, police also found that in last 15 days, his bank account had a transaction of around Rs 15 crore. According to police, this amount has been transferred to various accounts and some has been withdrawn from Dubai. The police found Rs 43.31 lakh balance which has been seized. The accused and his gang made people from India, invest in the name of trading in share market and cheated them. The accused is a listed criminal in National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal as well.

He wanted in two cases in Navi Mumbai, two in Mumbai and Pune each and one case in Thane. Meanwhile, police from West Bengal and Kerala too have approached Navi Mumbai police, informing that the arrested accused in wanted in their area as well.

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Mumbai Cleanup Marshal and Swachh Mumbai campaign ended, fine collection from citizens also stopped, BMC helpline number released

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Mumbai: Mumbai BMC has abolished the clean-up marshal policy, after which now the clean-up marshal has disappeared from the streets of the city. The Municipal Corporation has completely banned the clean-up marshal and the Swachh Mumbai Mission has been stopped. This means that now no clean-up marshal will be able to force citizens to pay fines or take any other punitive action. After complaints against clean-up marshals, Mumbai BMC has decided to stop and suspend the service of clean-up marshals from today.

The Solid Waste Management Department of Mumbai Municipal Corporation, under the Department of Garbage and Sanitation, oversees public cleanliness in Mumbai and the ‘Swachh Mumbai Mission’ has been closed from April 4, 2025. However, the Municipal Corporation administration has appealed to the citizens that if any fine has been imposed on them despite this, then they can complain about it. Complaints regarding cleanup marshals can be made to the divisional control room of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation at 022-23855128 and 022-23877691 (extension number 549/500).

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New India Cooperative Bank embezzlement accused’s properties attached

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Mumbai: Mumbai Economic Branch (EOW) has also started property seizure proceedings in the case of embezzlement of crores of rupees from New India Cooperative Bank. EOW said that after identifying the properties obtained from the embezzled amount, it has been attached and seized. 5 accused have been arrested in this case and 21 immovable properties of these accused have been found, which have been allowed to be confiscated.

This is the first action under 107 BNSS in Mumbai city in which the property of the accused has been seized. Mumbai AOW said that the amount recovered from the seized properties will also be estimated. After the bank scam in Mumbai, EOW has taken major action and details of other properties of the accused are also being investigated.

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Mumbai Five members of Lawrence Bishnoi gang arrested, Mumbai Crime Branch gives a shock to Bishnoi gang

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Mumbai: Mumbai Crime Branch has claimed to have arrested five shooters of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi gang in a major operation. 5 revolvers and 21 live cartridges have been recovered from the possession of these shooters. Mumbai Police is also interrogating these shooters. Police arrested the attackers before they could execute the incident and averted the incident. Mumbai Crime Branch has arrested these five from Andheri area. They had come here with the intention of carrying out a major vandalism incident, but the police foiled the incident before that.

The arrested accused include Vikas Thakur, Samit Dilawar, Devendra Rupesh Saxena, Shreya Suresh Yadav, Vivek Gupta. Vikas Thakur is a resident of Versova Andheri, Samit Mukesh Kumar Dilawar is a resident of Sonipat, Haryana, Devendra Rupesh Saxena is a resident of Madhya Pradesh, Shreya Suresh Yadav is a resident of Jagdishpur, Bihar and Vivek Kumar Gupta is a resident of Rampur, Rajasthan.

Weapons have been recovered from their possession and the Crime Branch has registered a case against them under Section 3 and 25 of the BNS, Section 55 and 61 (2) and Maharashtra Police Act. The Crime Branch is investigating where the accused brought the weapons from.

After the shooting of Salman Khan, Lawrence Bishnoi gang is trying to become active in Mumbai, but due to the strict action of Mumbai Crime Branch, the back of the gang has been broken and now the Crime Branch has given a big blow to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang and arrested five of its members. The Crime Branch is further investigating the matter.

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