Mumbai: Senior Maharashtra Congress leader and Islam Gymkhana Chairman Advocate Yusuf Abrahani has returned home after leaving the Congress fold and has joined the Samajwadi Party in the presence of national president Akhilesh Yadav.

Samajwadi Party leader and MLA Abu Asim Azmi has announced Abrahani’s joining the SP and said that Yusuf Abrahani has joined the party to strengthen the Samajwadi Party in Maharashtra. Samajwadi Party is at the forefront to fight BJP and this is the party that fights communalism, so Yusuf Abrahani has been included in the party. I hope that Abrahani will continue to work to strengthen the organizational affairs of the party. Yusuf Abrahani has not been assigned any position in the party yet. This decision will be taken by Abu Asim Azmi. Yusuf’s son Shahzad Abrahani, Zeba Malik have also joined the party.

Mumbai: Anti-Narcotics Cell ANC claims to have seized drugs worth Rs 1.45 crore in various operations in Mumbai city. In four operations in Worli, Wadi Bunder, Wadala areas, ANC has seized 541 grams of MD, while 203 grams of MD has been seized from the possession of two accused and a case has been registered against them in Bandra unit under the NDPS Act.

During a patrol in Worli, Mumbai, 86 grams of MD was found from a suspect who was arrested. Ghatkopar unit has recovered 75 grams of MD while conducting an operation in Wadi Bunder and has arrested the accused. Similarly, Kandivali unit has seized 78 grams of drugs while conducting an operation in Wadala and has arrested him. Ghatkopar Mankhord has seized 840 bottles of codeine syrup during an operation on codeine syrup.

Mumbai: Mumbai Police’s Tilak Nagar police have claimed to have arrested three thieves and chain snatchers. The complainant said that on April 12, during a morning walk, three unknown thieves snatched a chain and fled. Tilak Nagar police had formed four teams in this case and conducted a search operation at various places in this case and arrested three accused Mohammad Jalil Khan, Sameer Mohammad Ansar Ahmed Sheikh and Mohammad Naseeb. A gold chain worth Rs 40,000 and a car worth Rs 3.40 lakh have also been seized from their possession. Cases of theft including chain snatching have been registered against these accused in the limits of Wadala TT police station. Further investigation is underway in this case after the arrest.