Neral police on Wednesday arrested a man videographed of assaulting another man in a car, in the broad daylight. The incident that happened on September 7, came into light after the video went viral on social media, on Wednesday. 

On Wednesday, @shivsenaUBT _ handle posted the 24 second video on X app and  claimed that the assaulter was the bodyguard of Karjat MLA Mahendra Thorve. The video garnered over 83k views by evening. Even as UBT claimed the assaulter to be associated with MLA Thorve in Karjat, Thorve denied the claims.

“The incident happened on September 7 but the FIR was registered only on Wednesday after we traced the complainant. After we got the video, we traced the complainant with the help of the registration number of the vehicle. We registered the case and traced the accused from Kalyan and arrested him,” Raigad Superintendent of Police, Somnath Gharge, said. The accused identified as Shivaji Govind Sonawale (35) was nabbed from Kalyan. The complaint was registered  by victim Amar Bandal. 

“Prima facie, we haven’t found any political links of the accused. The accused has a criminal record as well,” said the police inspector Shivaji dhavale from Neral police station.

“Both the accused and the complainant were known to each other and the assault was in relation to damages caused to the accused’s vehicle earlier,” Gharge added.

Meanwhile, MLA Thorve denied the allegations made by UBT faction and informed media that the accused in the video was not his bodyguard. In a statement issued, Thorve accused UBT faction of intentionally trying to defame him. 

Mumbai: The Special Intelligence and Investigation Branch (SIIB) (I) at Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House (JNCH), Nhava Sheva, Navi Mumbai, has successfully intercepted and seized approximately 57,02,400 sticks of Foreign Origin Cigarettes worth Rs 11.40 crore imported from Dubai. The consignment, consisting of 40-footer container, was falsely declared as “Gipsam Plaster Board” and destined to ICD Sanathnagar, Hyderabad, officials said on Wednesday.

According to the Customs sources, upon a thorough check of the 18 pallets inside a 40-foot container, the customs officers discovered that around 400 cartons containing 57,02,2400 sticks foreign-origin cigarettes were concealed in the disguise of Gypsum Plaster Board.

“The modus operandi for smuggling cigarettes in gypsum plaster board involves concealing the contraband within specially crafted cavities inside the plaster board pallets. In this particular case, the foreign-origin cigarettes were hidden within the gypsum plaster board pallets in a 40-foot container. The smuggling technique involved creating concealed compartments or cavities inside the plaster boards, where the cigarette cartons were tightly packed. The shipment was falsely declared as a consignment of gypsum plaster boards, destined for a legitimate location. The concealment was so precise that only a detailed examination could uncover the hidden cigarettes,” said an official.

“By using everyday construction materials as a cover, the smugglers attempted to avoid detection, exploiting the high volume and weight of legitimate shipments of similar goods, which would typically attract less scrutiny,” the official said.

The crime detection unit attached to the Kashigaon police have arrested a notorious cat burglar who brazenly sneaked into homes during late night hours while occupants were fast asleep. The accused who has been identified as-Abdul Rehman Tahir alias Badu had recently broken into a tenement in the Mandvi Pada area of Kashimira and decamped with cash and mobile phones.

The occupants learnt about the theft only after they woke up in the morning and found their home ransacked and the latch of the door broken. An offence under the relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)-2023 was registered at the Kashigaon police station against the unidentified thief and the case was assigned to the crime detection unit.

The unit under the supervision of senior police inspector- Rahul Kumar Patil visited the crime spot and gathered footage captured by closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras installed in the vicinity and possible getaway routes. On the virtue of the CCTV grabs and electronic surveillance, the unit apprehended Badu, a resident of Nallasopara who turned out to be a serial thief said to be involved in a spate of house break-in cases under the jurisdictions of the Mandvi and Mira Road police stations.

The unit also recovered 13 mobile phones and cash amounting more than Rs.92,000 from the possession of the accused who has been remanded to custody. Not ruling out his involvement in similar crimes in other areas as well, officials from the Kashigaon police station are conducting further investigations. Residents in the home were asleep during this incident and no one was harmed.