Crime
Brown sugar valued at Rs 1.20cr seized in Odisha; 2 held

The special task force (STF) of Odisha crime branch has seized over 1 kg brown sugar valued at Rs 1.20 crore during a raid in Bhubaneswar, and arrested two persons involved in the illegal trade, the police said on Saturday.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of the STF conducted a raid at Baramunda area of Bhubaneswar on Friday evening, and seized the narcotic drugs along with Rs 17,000 cash from the two drug peddlers.
The accused — identified as Kapildev Majumdar, a resident of West Bengal, and Rasmiranjan Bhol of Khurda district, have been arrested and forwarded to court, the STF said.
During the raid, the police have seized one fake identity card as doctor Gynecology, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, xerox copy of photographs in police uniform, fake ID card as GM Swastika Event Ltd, one motorcycle and two laptops from the possession of accused Rasmiranjan Bhol.
The STF officials said the duo were using fake identity as doctor and police official for the illegal trade.
In this connection, the police registered a case under relevant sections of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985.
Since 2020, the STF in the special drive against narcotic drugs has seized more than 52 kg of brown sugar, 202 grams of cocaine, 750 grams of opium and 93 quintals of ganja and arrested 146 drug peddlers so far.
Crime
Malad School Case: Mumbai Crime Branch Report Finds No Evidence Of Sexual Assault On 3-Year-Old Girl, Denies Mother’s Allegations

Mumbai: The Mumbai Crime Branch Unit-11 submitted an investigation report regarding the alleged sexual molestation of a 3.6-year-old girl at a high-end school in Malad West on February 12, 2025, to the Maharashtra State Commission for Protection of Child Rights on September 11. Based on the evidence, the report strongly denied that the incident occurred.
According to the report, the victim was safe the entire day at school. After reviewing CCTV footage, recording statements from school staff, doctors from Cloudnine Hospital in Malad West, a neighbour of the complainant, and examining the medical report from Cooper Hospital, it was revealed that the girl and the suspect music teacher were not seen together on that day, and no evidence of a sexual assault was found at any point.
The report claimed that the teacher and other school staff had never heard the word ‘monster’ and claimed the word originated from the complainant and her daughter.
The victim’s 36-year-old mother, an advertising professional, filed a complaint at the Bangur Nagar police station. She had been claiming the ayah (nanny) who took her daughter to the washroom and the male music teacher allegedly molested her child, referring to the teacher as the “monster” who assaulted her.
An FIR was registered on February 13 under Section 64(2) (punishment for rape) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, along with Sections 4 (punishment for penetrative sexual assault), 8 (punishment for sexual assault), and 12 (sexual harassment of a child) of the POCSO Act (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act).
During the investigation, the girl’s mother filed a petition in the Bombay High Court requesting that the investigation be transferred to another agency. Following the Bombay High Court’s direction, the investigation was handed over to the Crime Branch Unit-11 on July 9, 2025.
According to the Crime Branch report, statements were recorded of Dr. Dehuti Wacchani, 31, and Manasi Verma, 36, of Cloudnine Hospital, who treated the victim. The Crime Branch recorded statements from a total of 22 school staff members, including those from the nursing department, IT department, administration department, assistant staff department (nannies), and teachers.
Additionally, a statement from a 60-year-old female neighbour of the complainant was also recorded. The victim’s statement was recorded in front of her mother, and both the mother’s and the daughter’s statements were recorded before the Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Mazgaon.
After a medical examination was performed at Cooper Hospital in Juhu, the report and the victim’s clothes were sent to the Kalina laboratory. The laboratory’s report stated that ‘neither blood nor semen was detected.’
The investigation report also claimed that the complainant provided a different statement each time she was interviewed. When police asked her to present the girl before the Child Welfare Committee, she did not do so.
According to the victim’s mother, the incident occurred in the washroom of the sick bay. However, the Crime Branch reviewed CCTV footage and found no evidence of the girl arriving at the sick bay on that day. Police reviewed the entire day’s footage and found no objectionable incidents involving the girl until her mother picked her up.
The report claimed that the complainant held a grudge against a male music teacher. The CCTV footage revealed that the victim was not seen with the music teacher at any time on February 12. That day, at 6 pm, the complainant safely took her daughter home via an auto rickshaw. The investigation was conducted by Manohar Avhad, Senior Police Inspector of the Crime Branch Unit-11.
Crime
ED conducts raids in Rs 200-crore bank fraud, benami assets case linked to Sasikala

Chennai, Sep 18: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday launched extensive searches in Chennai and Hyderabad in connection with a money laundering probe into an alleged Rs 200 crore bank fraud and benami property dealings linked to V. K. Sasikala, the confidante of late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa.
Officials confirmed that the searches covered at least ten locations across the two cities.
The premises, according to the source, are connected to a businessman who has been identified as an alleged benami of Sasikala. The raids were conducted under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The investigation stems from a case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which had earlier filed an FIR over what it described as fraudulent banking transactions running into hundreds of crores.
Acting on this, the ED initiated its own money laundering probe to trace the flow of funds and identify properties suspected to have been acquired through illegal means or in the names of benami holders.
Sources said officials are seizing documents, financial records, property deeds and electronic evidence from the searched locations. These materials will be examined to establish links between the bank fraud and assets allegedly concealed through benami arrangements.
While the extent of seizures is not yet clear, officials indicated that the raids were aimed at unearthing the full scale of transactions connected to the case.
The action once again puts Sasikala back in the spotlight. A key player in Tamil Nadu politics for decades, she has previously faced allegations and legal battles over disproportionate assets.
The ED’s current move revives scrutiny into her financial networks, particularly through associates and business entities suspected to have acted as fronts.
Investigators are likely to expand the probe depending on the findings from the ongoing searches. If evidence of laundering or concealment is confirmed, assets may be provisionally attached under PMLA, and further charges could follow.
The raids have drawn political attention as well, with observers noting that the timing and the scale of the operation underscore the central agency’s renewed focus on high-profile economic offences in Tamil Nadu.
Crime
Thane Crime: Shahapur Police Arrest 2 Individuals For Beating 47-Year-Old Man To Death Over Petty Dispute

Thane: The Shahapur Police have arrested two individuals for allegedly assaulting a man to death over a petty dispute. The deceased has been identified as Ramdash Gorkhane (47), a resident of Pradhan Pada in Shahapur, Thane district.
The accused have been identified as Sunil Nimase and Dhananjay Sugir. The body was found at Ratandale village near the Nagpur–Samruddhi Expressway on Tuesday.
According to the police, the victim and four accused were drinking a liquor together when they later went to the victim’s residence to take a villager’s hen. An altercation broke out, which escalated into physical violence.
The accused allegedly dragged the victim into their Scorpio car and assaulted him with fists and blows about 1.5 km from the spot. Later they have dumped him in unconscious condition at the location and fled the scene.
The body was discovered on Tuesday morning by villagers. Local villagers alerted the police, who rushed to the scene and sent him to a nearby hospital in Shahapur, where he was declared dead on arrival.
Mukesh Dhage, Senior Police Inspector of Shahapur Police Station, said, “So far, we have arrested two accused and launched a manhunt for the remaining suspects. Based on information from the victim’s nephew, a murder case has been registered. Further investigation is underway.”
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