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IND vs NZ CWC 2023 Semi-Final: Mumbai Police Busts Major Ticket Black Marketing Racket; 2 Held

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Mumbai: The arrest of Roshan Gurubakshani and Akash Kothari has opened the pandora’s box of the unholy nexus of ticket bookings aggregators hoarding the lion’s share of the World Cup semi-final match between India and New Zealand to be played at Wankhede stadium today depriving cricket fans of tickets and diverting them to black market.

While genuine cricket fans are deprived of tickets to watch men in blue play live against New Zealand at the iconic Wankhede, blackmarketers have a field day raking the moolah even as BCCI remains a mute spectator taking cricket crazy fans for granted.

Both accused Akash Kothari and Roshan Gurubakshani work for the event management company, Team Innovation, which organises music festivals, cultural shows and sports events in India.

The police arrest of Kothari and Gurubakshani led the cop to a leading online ticket booking aggregator that was the sole authorised ticketing partner for all BCCI cricket matches in India.

Siddhesh Kudtarkar co founder at Team Innovation and another leading offline ticketing agency Wink Entertainment is under the police radar for the massive black marketing of cricket match tickets.

Tickets Were Hoarded, Sold At Inflated Prices Upto ₹1,00,000

“Both had log in credentials of a leading ticket booking aggregator and blocked almost 70% of the India-New Zealand semi-final tickets which were later sold in the black market for upto Rs 100,000. Scrutiny of their mobile and other digital devices has led to several incriminating evidences of black marketing tickets for several top events in Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad and Goa,” confirmed a senior police official.

According to JJ Marg police official, Malad resident 30 year old Akash Kothari operated from his home selling tickets for Rs 50,000 to Rs 100,000 on social media apps. The tickets were arranged by Roshan Gurubakshani.

“Cricket tickets were sold in the black market at fourteen times higher on the actual value of Rs 2,500 printed on the ticket,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Pravin Mundhe.

The police suspects a major racket of hoarding of bulk tickets for all such events by online ticket booking aggregator and diverting the high demand sporting events to agents for sale in black market for higher profits avoiding GST and other taxes.

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Mumbai: Man Stabbed To Death After He Intervenes To Settle Dispute In Sion Koliwada; Antop Hill Police Arrest 5

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Mumbai: Man Stabbed To Death After He Intervenes To Settle Dispute In Sion Koliwada; Antop Hill Police Arrest 5

Mumbai: A 22-year-old was murdered in the early hours of Friday in Mumbai’s Sion Koliwada area after an argument broke out over noise pollution. The Antop Hill police have registered an FIR in the case and so far five people have been arrested and further investigation is underway.

The incident took place around 12:30 am in Kokri Agar In Jai Maharashtra Nagar, Antop Hill. Vivek Gupta (22) was attacked with a knife and he succumbed to his injuries. As initial information available, a group of people were making noise causing disturbance on the street which lead to an argument broke out. Gupta had gone to resolve the dispute between the accused, however, angered over his interference, Gupta was attacked.

What started as a small fight soon escalated and Gupta was attacked with a knife. He was immediately taken to Sion Hospital, however, he succumbed to his injuries. He was pronounced dead at 3:30 am. The senior police officers of Mumbai Police Zone 4 were present at the hospital. The cops have so far arrested five suspects connected to this incident, and further investigation is underway.

The arrested accused are: Karthik R Mohan Devendra, Karthik Kumar Devendra, Vicky Muttu Devendra, Miniappan Ravi Devendra and the wife of Karthik R Mogan, the police informed. The case is registered under the relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita.

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Mumbai: 6 Booked For Defrauding Stock Trader Of ₹1.5 Cr In Bitcoin Investment Scam

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Mumbai: The Bandra police have registered an FIR against six persons for allegedly defrauding a stock trader of nearly Rs 1.50 crore in a Bitcoin investment scam. The suspects fled even before the case was filed, prompting a manhunt. They have been identified as Abur Sode, Dhanjibhai Rawaria, Jishan Shaikh, Indrajit Latif, Abdul Latif, and Ramkumar Dharmak, all from Mumbai and Navi Mumbai.

The complainant in the case, Yogesh More, 50, is a resident of Parel and operates a stock trading business in the Marwari area in Bandra West. He met the accused three years ago, during which they introduced themselves as representatives of a company called Friptex Finsol, claiming to offer Bitcoin as a virtual currency.

Trusting them, More transferred around Rs42 lakh in cash and Rs1.08 crore via cheque to various bank accounts associated with the company for Bitcoin purchases between November 2021 and October 2024. Despite these payments, he did not receive the promised Bitcoins, and after multiple inquiries, the accused continued to evade him. Over the last three years, neither the Bitcoins nor a refund was provided.

Complaint Lodged At Bandra Police Station

Suspecting fraud, he began investigating and discovered that Friptex Finsol was a bogus company, and the accused had orchestrated a scam. He then lodged a complaint with the Bandra police. Following an initial inquiry, the police registered a case against six persons under sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating), and 34 (common intention) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

A police officer said that the accused are from Mumbai and Navi Mumbai. “The preliminary inquiry has not revealed any past criminal history. We are searching for the accused,” the officer added.

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West Bengal: Youth Arrested For Rape Of Deaf & Mute Woman In South 24 Parganas’ Kultali

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Kolkata: A youth was arrested on the charges of raping a deaf and mute woman at a deserted building in Kultali in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal.

Even as the main accused in the case has been arrested, the local people had been agitating claiming that a local Trinamool Congress panchayat chief Prahlad Nashkar allegedly pressurised family members of the victim to settle the matter against Rs 2,00,000.

However, Nashkar has denied the allegations, saying he was the first to reach the spot and inform the family members of the victim about the incident.

Complaint Filed

The victim’s family members filed a complaint on Wednesday evening. Thereafter, the police started an investigation and based on circumstantial evidence, the accused youth was arrested.

He will be presented at a district court in South 24 Parganas on Thursday only and the public prosecutor will seek his police custody, a district police official said.

Part Of Kultali & Jaynagar Turn Into Virtual Battlefields

In the first week of this month, part of Kultali and adjacent Jaynagar turned into virtual battlefields over violent protests by the local people over the rape and murder of a minor girl there.

At that point in time, the main allegation of the local people was against the police and the latter ignored the missing complaint by the parents of the victim. The local people also alleged that had the police been active in tracking the victim minor, the heinous crime could have been averted.

The protesters became violent and attacked the police station. A local police camp was ransacked and set on fire. The police had to resort to massive lathi-charge to dispel the mob then.

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