Mumbai, July 11: The Mumbai Police’s Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC), Kandivali Unit on Saturday arrested two more accused in connection with a major commercial MD drug case, taking the total number of arrests in the case to six.

During the operation, police also seized 210 kg of liquid 2-Bromo-4-Methylpropiophenone, a regulated precursor chemical used in the manufacture of MD (Mephedrone), as the investigation into the drug syndicate continues.

According to police, the arrests were made in connection with C.R. No. 54/2026, registered under Sections 8(c), 22(c), and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, linked to Agripada Police Station C.R. No. 253/2026.

The two arrested accused, aged 32 and 27, are residents of Pydhuni in Mumbai. They were taken into custody at around 4:30 a.m. on July 11 following an Intelligence-based operation conducted by the ANC.

Officials said that acting on credible information received on July 10, the Kandivali Unit laid a trap in the Wadi Bunder area after learning that liquid MD was likely to be supplied there. During the operation, the police intercepted the two suspects and recovered 210 kg of liquid 2-Bromo-4-Methylpropiophenone, a controlled precursor chemical commonly used in the illegal production of MD drugs.

The latest seizure is linked to an earlier operation in which the ANC had recovered 14 kg of MD and liquid MD valued at over Rs 50.74 crore. With the arrest of the two accused, the total number of people arrested in the case has now increased to six.

Investigators suspect that an organised MD drug syndicate is operating in Mumbai, with possible links extending to other states. Police are now probing the supply chain, financial transactions, and the network behind the procurement and distribution of the precursor chemicals and narcotics.

Further investigation into the case is underway.

Earlier, on June 27, the Mumbai Police’s Anti-Narcotics Cell had conducted another major anti-drug operation in Goregaon, seizing 750 grams of heroin worth approximately ₹3.75 crore. One accused, identified as Subhan Imran Gada, was arrested during that operation.

Police said the Kandivali Unit had acted on specific Intelligence regarding a drug supplier operating in Goregaon. During the raid, officers recovered the heroin from the accused and arrested him. Investigators are now examining the source of the seized narcotics and whether the case has links to an interstate or international drug trafficking network. The accused was subsequently produced before a court, which remanded him to police custody for further investigation.

Mumbai: After the mutilated body of a minor girl aged 16 to 17 was found in the Kandivali Samta Nagar area, the police have claimed to have arrested her lover. The body was found in the forest on July 10. The police identified the body and after technical investigation and panchnama, the police traced the accused. An FSL was conducted on the body of the deceased. After the identification of the victim, when her heirs and relatives were questioned, it was found that she was having an affair with Suraj Maruti Waghmare, 21. After that, the police searched for the suspected accused and solved the mystery. This operation was carried out on the instructions of Mumbai Gajanan Raj Mane.

Mumbai, July 10: A high-level delegation of the Federation of Maharashtra Muslims (FMM) today met the Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra and submitted a detailed memorandum on the issues faced by the public during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state and to make the electoral process more transparent, fair and people-friendly.

The delegation said that since the inception of SIR, the Federation has set up awareness campaigns and facilitation centres across the state, where volunteers are guiding citizens in the enumeration process and promoting cooperation with Booth Level Officers (BLOs). The memorandum was prepared based on public complaints and suggestions received from these centres and various districts.

The memorandum firstly termed the duration of the current registration phase as inadequate and demanded an extension of at least two months in view of the displacement due to heavy rains, agricultural sowing, reconstruction and demolition operations and other practical difficulties, as no immediate elections are expected in the state at present.

The delegation demanded that in order to reduce the burden of additional responsibilities on the booth level officers, they be temporarily exempted from non-electoral official duties, assistant BLOs be appointed wherever necessary, refresher training be given to all BLOs, their contact numbers, offices and latest information on their scope of work be made available to the public, and clear instructions be given to them to provide practical cooperation in resolving the anamnesis and other issues of the citizens.

The memorandum also emphasized that a large number of citizens are still unaware of the SIR procedure, deadlines and required documents, especially senior citizens, women, migrant workers, economically weaker sections and rural population. Therefore, a widespread multilingual awareness campaign through print, electronic and social media, strengthening of facilitation centres and establishment of mobile verification units were requested.

The delegation, while pointing out the confusion in the documentation and mapping process, demanded that comprehensive public guidelines be issued on different types of analyses and the documents required for them, that documentary requirements be eased where old records are not available, that legal changes in EPIC number and name be given due weight in mapping, that the list of acceptable documents be expanded and that uniform written instructions regarding duplicate entries be issued to all field officers.

The Federation also expressed concern that some citizens who had voted in the 2024 elections were unable to find their names or EPIC records in the current process. The delegation demanded that such voters should not be unnecessarily forced to re-enrol and that if an eligible voter’s name has been deleted by mistake, his/her name should be restored through a simple and prompt rectification process after proper verification.

The memorandum also called for issuing notices to strengthen transparency and accountability, publishing detailed Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) on documentation requirements and principles for deletion of names, establishing an effective, transparent and time-bound grievance redressal system, implementing a robust audit and supervisory system to monitor the data entry and verification process, and independent monitoring of the entire SIR process.

The delegation stressed that the main objective of SIR should be to include every eligible voter in the electoral process and not to deprive any citizen of his/her constitutional right to vote due to administrative, technical or procedural shortcomings. Therefore, all election officers should be directed to adopt a citizen-friendly approach.

On this occasion, along with Bhiwandi MLA Raees Sheikh, the delegation included Maulana Hafiz Iqbal Chunawala (Member of Shura, Darul Uloom Deoband Waqf), Maulana Zaheer Abbas Rizvi (Vice President, Shia Personal Law Board), Farid Sheikh (President, Aman Committee Mumbai), Shakir Sheikh and Abdul Mujeeb Sheikh.

According to the delegation, the Chief Electoral Officer, Maharashtra listened to all the points presented in the memorandum very seriously, termed these suggestions as constructive and assured that necessary steps would be taken after due consideration of all these demands keeping in mind the public interest and transparency of the electoral process.