Mumbai: As per the instructions of the Commission of India, the Special In-depth Review (SIR) programme is being implemented for the electoral rolls in Mumbai city and suburban districts of Mumbai. District Election Officer and Municipal Commissioner Ashwini Bhide has appealed to the public representatives and political parties to cooperate in implementing this programme in Mumbai in a very effective manner.
In connection with the Special In-depth Review (SIR) programme, a meeting was held with representatives of various political parties at the Mumbai Municipal Corporation headquarters today (April 24, 2026). Leader of Opposition Kishori Pednekar, group leaders of various parties, representatives of various political parties were present at the Mumbai Municipal Corporation House. Additional Municipal Commissioner (Western Suburbs) Dr. Vipin Sharma, Additional Municipal Commissioner (City) Dr. Ashwini Joshi, Additional Municipal Commissioner (Projects) Abhijeet Bangar, Additional Municipal Commissioner (Eastern Suburbs) Dr. Avinash Dhakne, District Collector (Mumbai City) Aanchal Goel, Joint Commissioner of Municipal Commissioner (Mumbai City) and Local Government Commissioner etc. were present.
At the beginning of the meeting, detailed information about the Special In-Depth Review Programme was provided to the representatives of political parties through a computer presentation. Apart from this, various issues were discussed in detail.
District Election Officer and Municipal Commissioner Ashwini Bhide said that earlier a Special In-Depth Review was conducted in Maharashtra in the year 2002, i.e. about 24 years ago. The change in the voter list is necessary due to migration, double registration, illegal registration of dead voters or foreign nationals. In this regard, a Special In-depth Review (SIR) programme is being implemented in the Brihanmumbai region along with other parts of Maharashtra. This Special In-depth Review (SIR) programme will be implemented in a total of six phases, namely, pre-review period, counting period, preparation of AASD (Already Enrolled, Absent, Transferred, Dead) list, publication of draft voter list, claims and objections period and publication of final voter list. The work of voter mapping in the Brihanmumbai region (Mumbai city and Mumbai suburbs) is underway under the pre-review period. Accordingly, voters in the Special In-depth Review 2002 electoral roll are being mapped in the BLO app by searching the details in the 2024 electoral roll. Meanwhile, the cooperation of political parties is important for more effective implementation of the Special In-depth Review (SIR) programme in the Mumbai region. The Municipal Corporation has appointed Polling Station Level Officers (BLOs) for this work. On this basis, Mrs. Ashwini Bhide also appealed to the political parties to appoint Polling Station Level Assistants (BLAs) in the respective local bodies so that the revision process can be completed more efficiently, transparently and expeditiously.

Mumbai: After Nashik TCS, now an attempt has been made to give a corporate and religious color to the sexual assault case in Mumbai. Here, the Agripara police station in Mumbai has claimed to have arrested a 25-year-old youth named Ashraf Siddiqui in the case of harassing a 19-year-old telemarketer. The police are now investigating this case, but the families of the victims are also trying to call it corporate jihad and love jihad, but the police have also denied it. A case has been registered against one Ashraf under sections BNS 75, 78(2) and 70 and IT Act 2000 in the Agripara police station for sending obscene messages to a female colleague working as a third-party telemarketer in a large corporate company.

According to the victim’s statement and the police, the accused not only sent her several messages for sexual intercourse but also sent obscene pictures using derogatory language about his female colleagues.
In her statement to the police, the victim said that when she told Ashraf that she was Hindu, he replied, “Nowadays, Hindu girls prefer Muslims.” After this, the victim’s family has filed a complaint against him. The police have started an investigation into the matter. At the same time, her relatives have demanded that this is a case of love jihad, so an SIT investigation should be conducted into it and at the same time, bulldozer action should be taken at the accused’s house.

Mumbai: Additional Municipal Commissioner (Western Suburbs) Dr. Vipin Sharma has directed the hospital administration to depute specialist doctors to treat leprosy in elderly patients undergoing treatment for long at the Acorn Municipal Leprosy Hospital. Additional Municipal Commissioner Dr. Vipin Sharma today (April 24, 2026) paid a surprise visit to the Acorn Municipal Leprosy Hospital. He also inspected the internal works of the old building of the hospital and the renovation work of the inpatient department. During today’s visit, he also reviewed the work of the King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital Student Hostel building in the hospital premises.

The Acorn Municipal Corporation Leprosy Hospital building is built on a 13-acre site. There is an administrative building, outpatient department, inpatient department, crematorium, offices of Mumbai District AIDS Control Organization, Maharashtra State AIDS Control Organization etc. During today’s visit, Dr. Vipin Sharma also visited the staff quarters, museum. Apart from this, he also inspected the work of building a hostel with a capacity of 800 students of Seth Gow. Medical College and King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital in the premises of Suraj Hospital. He also directed the hospital administration to expedite the work related to electricity connection as per the facilities of the students. Currently, 55 patients are undergoing treatment at the Acorn Municipal Corporation Leprosy Hospital. Out of these patients, 30 are male and 25 are female. Dr. Vipin Sharma visited the patient wards and interacted with the patients and understood their problems. He also directed the hospital administration to depute expert doctors to treat leprosy faced by the patients due to their age.

Dr. Vipin Sharma inspected the ancient architectural works in the hospital premises through the Health Infrastructure Facility Room. He also inspected the facilities provided in the outpatient department. At present, 60 patients are admitted in the outpatient department daily. In the last three years, more than 1800 patients have availed the facilities in the outpatient department. Out of these patients, leprosy patients are undergoing treatment. Dr. Vipin Sharma took information about the services provided to the patients by the hospital administration on this occasion. During the visit, Chief Medical Superintendent of the Municipal Corporation Dr. Chandrakant Pawar, Director of the Akorth Municipal Corporation Leprosy Hospital Dr. Amita Pednekar, Deputy Director of the hospital Dr. Avinash Khade etc. were present.