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Friday and Holi peaceful in Mumbai, Mumbai Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar wins

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Mumbai: Friday namaz and Holi celebrations in Mumbai city were held in a peaceful and decent manner. Mumbai Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar had made special security arrangements for Holi and Friday namaz. Police have made strict arrangements to celebrate Holi. Strict action will be taken against those violating traffic rules.

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Holi festival was celebrated with great enthusiasm in Mumbai and on this occasion Mumbai Police has made strict arrangements across the city to maintain law and order. Especially the traffic police and local police took special vigilance and the campaign against drunk driving was also intensified.

A large number of police forces have been deployed at important intersections and sensitive places in the city. Police have taken strict action against those driving under the influence of alcohol, driving motorcycles without helmets, driving vehicles with three people on board and violating traffic rules.

A massive checking campaign is being carried out by the local police and traffic police in Mumbai’s Sion Koliwada and Matunga areas. The police team was carefully searching each vehicle and immediate action was being taken against those violating the rules.

On the occasion of Holi, people are being appealed to celebrate the festival in a safe and peaceful manner. The police administration says that action will be taken against those who show any kind of negligence or disregard for the rules and the police have also taken action against those who broke the law.

Many videos and pictures are coming out from different areas of Mumbai drenched in the colors of Holi, in which people are seen enjoying the festival with full enthusiasm. But the police was also deployed with full vigilance, which is why no untoward incident happened and the people of Mumbai celebrated Holi peacefully.

The festival of colors, Holi, was celebrated with full enthusiasm in Mumbai. In this festival, especially the youth was seen completely drunk. People enjoyed Holi with colors, gulal and water in different areas of the city. In Mumbai’s Sign, Punjabi Camp and Matunga Parsi Colony Gymkhana, the youth celebrated with great enthusiasm with DJ music, the sound of Nashik dhol and rain dance.

There was excitement of Holi in these areas since morning. People formed groups and celebrated Holi by applying colors on each other. The youth danced to the tunes of DJ and also danced to the tunes of Nashik dhol and celebrated Holi. The youth also enjoyed the rain dance organized in Matunga Parsi Colony Gymkhana.

There were colorful faces, smiling people and scenes of friendship everywhere. The echo of ‘Holi Hai’ was heard all around. People were seen dancing happily amidst the splashes of water. Sweets were also arranged at many places, which increased the fun of Holi.

Mumbai Police has also made strict security arrangements.

Overall, this year too, a colorful festival of Holi was seen in Mumbai. Young, old and children all celebrated this festival with enthusiasm and joy and filled it with the colors of happiness.

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59-Year-Old Laundryman Dies After Drinking Stain Remover Mistaken For Cough Syrup In Lower Parel

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Mumbai: A 59-year-old laundryman from Lower Parel died after accidentally consuming a chemical used for removing stains from clothes, mistaking it for cough syrup. The incident occurred near Deepak Cinema in Jia Masoom Chawl, where the deceased, Sambhajit Rajai Dhobi, ran a small ironing shop. The NM Joshi Marg Police have registered an Accidental Death Report (ADR) in the case.

Speaking to the media report, Senior Inspector Arvind Chandanshive of NM Joshi Marg Police Station said the incident occurred on the night of June 25 around 11:00 pm, when Sambhaji mistakenly consumed the stain remover chemical that had been stored in a cough syrup bottle. The next morning, between 7 and 8 am, he began vomiting blood and was rushed to KEM Hospital for treatment. However, despite efforts, he was declared dead by doctors at 3:20 pm on June 26.

Police said Sambhaji, who also worked as a clothes washer, had kept the chemical used for stain removal in a bottle typically used for cough syrup, which led to the fatal confusion.

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17-Year-Old Molested By Coaching Class Professors

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Maharashtra: In a shocking incident, a 17-year-old girl was abused in a well-known coaching class in Beed, Maharashtra. The allegations have been leveraged against the two professors of the coaching classes.

The cops at the Shivajinagar police station registered a case under the POCSO Act late Thursday night. Professor Vijay Pawar, an office bearer of the coaching class association and a very well-known name in Beed’s coaching industry, along with Professor Prashant Khatavkar, allegedly molested a class 12 student.

As per the victim, in July 2024, Khatavkar asked the victim to visit her in his cabin, after which he behaved inappropriately. Later, she went to the institute’s director to report the incident. However, the victim alleged that the director also indulged in similar behaviour. According to her, the molestation continued till May 2025.

After the case was filed by the victim, Assistant Inspector Atul Kumar Landge took charge of the situation. “Both are absconding after committing the crime. Three teams of the local crime branch are trying to nab them,” Landge informed.

This incident has raised concerns over women’s safety in coaching centres in Beed.

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6 Bangladeshi women and a man arrested from Pune and Mumbai

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Mumbai: Mumbai Police has intensified its action against Bangladeshis living illegally in Mumbai. Based on information received from Mumbai Police ATC, Bayazid Ayub Sheikh was detained in the limits of Andheri MIDC Police Station in Mumbai. His documents and Aadhar card were checked. It was found that he is Bangladeshi and is living here illegally. He told that there are many Bangladeshi women in Andheri area. After this, two suspicious women were detained. During interrogation, it was found that the accused Bayazid has also settled women with him in Pune.

Two Bangladeshi women were detained from Pune. One of them, Ati Sheikh, has a case registered in Nagpada for living illegally in Mumbai. All four women have been taken into custody. In this case, Pune Mumbai Police has arrested seven people including Bayazid Ayub Sheikh, Nasreen Begum, Rozni Akhtar, Kokila Bakhthar, Roma Begum, Pakhi Mustafa Begum, Kohinoor Akhtar Begum. Police has arrested six women and a Bangladeshi man. This operation was carried out by Additional Commissioner Paramjit Singh Dahiya and DCP Datta Nalawade on the instructions of Mumbai Police Commissioner Deven Bharti.

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