Maharashtra
Mumbai: Court Orders FIR Against Ali Abbas Zafar And Others In ‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’ Cheating And Forgery Case

The Metropolitan Magistrate Bandra Court on December 2, directed the Bandra Police to file an FIR against director Ali Abbas Zafar, co-producer Himanshu Mehra, and others for charges including cheating, forgery, and defrauding producer Vashu Bhagnani. The case pertains to allegations made by Bhagnani, the producer of the 2024 multi-starrer film Bade Miyan Chote Miyan.
The court instructed the police to register the FIR under Sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating), 465 (forgery), 468 (forgery for the purpose of cheating), 471 (using a forged document as genuine), 500 (defamation), and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.
On September 3, 2024, Vashu Bhagnani filed a complaint with the Bandra Police Station against Ali Abbas Zafar, Himanshu Mehra, and others, accusing them of fraud, forgery, criminal breach of trust, cheating, and misappropriation of crores of rupees by falsifying and forging his signatures during the production of Bade Miyan Chote Miyan. However, no action was taken by the police. Subsequently, Bhagnani approached the Bandra Metropolitan Magistrate Court seeking its direction to register the FIR.
According to the court’s order, Bhagnani signed four films with Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar in February 2021, including the action-comedy Bade Miyan Chote Miyan (B.M.C.M.). In November 2021, Bhagnani approached Ali Abbas Zafar to hire him as the director and writer for the film. Bhagnani alleges that Zafar, with a premeditated plan to defraud him, accepted the offer but conditioned on the appointment of Himanshu Mehra as co-producer and Ekesh, along with other associates, to manage accounts, audits, and related work. Zafar allegedly made these appointments based on false representations.
The film’s minimum production cost was set at Rs.125 crores, excluding the remuneration of lead actors, to be borne by Bhagnani. Despite these initial agreements, Bhagnani alleges that Zafar and his associates cheated and defrauded him during the film’s production and distribution phases.
Bhagnani alleges that Zafar demanded high fees immediately after entering the agreement in February 2022 but furnished the film script only in July 2022, breaching the contract. Another thing was part of the film was shot in the UAE, where Zafar and his associates allegedly stayed in costly hotels, ignoring prior arrangements made by Bhagnani, and incurred heavy expenses, violating the agreement. Despite an initial budget of Rs. 125 crores, the production costs escalated to Rs.154 crores due to Zafar and his team’s refusal to control expenses.
Bhagnani accused Zafar and his associates of violating several other agreements, leading to significant financial losses. Bhagnani claimed that despite approaching the Bandra Police Station with a complaint, no action was taken against Zafar and his team. He subsequently applied with the Metropolitan Magistrate Court, seeking a direction to register the offence and investigate the matter under the law.
The Metropolitan Magistrate Court, after reviewing the allegations and evidence, directed the Bandra Police to register the FIR against Ali Abbas Zafar and his associates.
Maharashtra
New India Cooperative Bank embezzlement accused’s properties attached

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

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.
Maharashtra
It is unconstitutional to deprive SP MLA Raees Sheikh of his right to handle religious affairs under Article 26 of the Constitution

Mumbai: Maharashtra MLA Raees Sheikh has opposed the introduction of the Wakf Bill in the Lok Sabha. Raees Sheikh has strongly criticized the BJP for creating a false narrative and called the bill a misconception and unconstitutional bill which is harmful for the poor of the society.
Shaikh further said that Article 26 of the Constitution guarantees freedom to run religious institutions. It is unconstitutional to take away the right of a person to run his institution under Article 26 of the Constitution. MLA Shaikh said that this move is against the constitutional guarantee of dealing with religious matters.
Shaikh said that the BJP government is showing the UPA government that it is doing politics of appeasement of a particular community, while the BJP-led government is not doing so. This is an attempt to spread a lie that allows the community to seize any land under Waqf or claim it to be Waqf. The Waqf Board is not a private organisation of the Muslim community but a statutory body established under the Waqf Act. In the process of declaring a property as Waqf, a government surveyor conducts a survey and officially declares the property as Waqf. Sheikh remarked that it is completely wrong to present the idea that Muslims can arbitrarily declare any property as Waqf.
Shaikh further said that he strongly opposes the false image being created by the government and the government has not considered the suggestions given by Muslims or the opposition. All Waqf governing boards and trusts have been given the option to exit the Waqf framework. This has weakened the system. “This is an unimaginable and unimaginable bill that only harms the poor of the society,” Sheikh said.
He further said that some provisions, such as the condition that the person making the donation should have been a Muslim for five years, are strange. Earlier encroachment on wakf property was a non-bailable offence, but now it has been made a criminal offence
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