Maharashtra
With rising cases, BMC deploys drones to curb malaria, dengue

The BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday deployed a drone to sanitise the city’s Dhobi Ghat locality to curb the spread of monsoon-related diseases like malaria and dengue, officials said.
The sanitation drive came after the city reported a huge spurt in dengue cases, up from just 10 in August last year to 130-plus in the same month this year, mostly from the BMC B, F/South and H/West wards.
Similarly, the country’s commercial capital has witnessed around 3,000 cases of malaria, over 275 of gastroenteritis, more than 35 cases each of leptospirosis and hepatitis and over a dozen cases of H1N1, but no fatalities.
Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar, who was present on the occasion along with Executive Health Officer Dr Mangala Gomare, said that massive awareness drives are being taken up all over the city on the monsoon-related diseases and how to prevent them.
Besides the daily surveillance measures, the BMC focuses on early detection, diagnosis and treatment, and all hospitals or health centres have of been directed to increase the number of blood smear examinations, and also add Covid tests to rule out the possibility of Covid-19 infection.
The 10 square km area congested areas of Worli, Mahalaxmi, Lower Parel, N.M. Joshi Marg and surroundings have notched a significantly high incidence of vector-borne diseases this year as compared to the previous year.
Last week, Tourism Minister Aditya Thackeray said that in 2020 and this year, drones have been used to carry out anti-larval spray to old, dilapidated or inaccessible structure, especially in G/South Ward where the numbers of dengue/malaria cases are higher.
On Sunday, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had called upon the medical community to also concentrate on the monsoon-related diseases alongside Covid-19.
BMC officials said the Mayor was given a detailed presentation on the drone operations, checking for accumulated water, fumigation and sanitisation of a targeted area to make it malaria-free, and that similar operations would be carried out elsewhere in the city where cases are found.
Maharashtra
Mumbai: Two arrested for drug trafficking worth over Rs 10 crore

Mumbai: Mumbai Police claims to have seized drugs worth Rs 10 crore. The ATC team of Mumbai Police’s Chuna Bhatti Police has arrested a suspect, identified as Rahim Majeed Sheikh, 30, of Dongri Link Road, Gujarat. He was arrested for selling one kilogram 907 grams of hashish, estimated to be worth Rs 19 million, in Mumbai. He was about to come to sell it in Mumbai city. He has been arrested and a case has been registered against him under the NDPS Act. In this case, the police conducted a raid in Gujarat’s Valsad and arrested Nitin Shantilal Tandel. 8 kilograms 164 grams of Afghan hashish, estimated to be worth Rs 8 crore, total value Rs 10 crore 56 thousand, was recovered from his possession. It is said that the two accused have been arrested and their investigation is underway. This operation was carried out by Mumbai Police Commissioner Vivek Pansalkar, Special Commissioner Devin Bharti, Joint Police Commissioner Satyanarayan Chaudhary, Additional Commissioner Dr. Mahesh Patil and Senior Inspector Nisha Jadhav under the leadership of DCP Nunath Dhole. Both the accused belong to Gujarat and both of them used to bring Afghan and high-quality hashish to sell in Mumbai.
Maharashtra
Zeeshan Siddiqui receives death threat, D Company targeted, threatening email probed

Mumbai: After the murder of NCP Ajit Pawar group senior leader Baba Siddiqui, his son Zeeshan Siddiqui has now received a death threat, after which the police have increased the security of the house and have registered a case of threat against an unknown person. In addition, a section of the IT Act has also been applied. Zeeshan Siddiqui has received a threat through an email, which has been asked to pay Rs 10 crore as ransom, otherwise he will face the same fate as his father. The police reached Zeeshan Siddiqui’s house and reviewed the security arrangements, as well as registered a case of threat and its investigation is underway.
The threatening email also mentions D Company. This threatening email was received two days ago, in which it was made clear that he should pay Rs 100 million and it would be mailed to him as a reminder every 6 hours. No clue has been found regarding the mail so far. The police have started an investigation. Baba Siddiqui was killed by the shooters of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang on October 12, 2024 and the attackers fled. In this case, shooter Shiv Kumar and 26 other conspirators have also been arrested and MCOCA has been applied against them. In this case, Zeeshan Akhtar, Shubham Lonkar are still absconding, while Lawrence Bishnoi has also been included in the list of accused. Lawrence Bishnoi had targeted Baba Siddiqui to terrorize Salman Khan, now Zeeshan is also on his target, but now D Company has sent a threatening email. Efforts are being made to find out whether the email was sent by D Company or someone used the name of D Company. The Mumbai Crime Branch is also conducting a parallel investigation into this matter.
Crime
Woman murdered by slitting her throat in Mumbai, police searching for accused

Mumbai, April 22: A woman has been murdered by slitting her throat in Vikhroli area of Mumbai. Vikhroli police have registered a case against an unknown person and started searching for the accused.
According to Mumbai Police, the deceased woman has been identified as Suman (36). She lived with her husband in Vikhroli East area. The murder was revealed when the woman’s husband returned home around 5:30 am on Tuesday after doing night duty. He found his wife lying in a pool of blood in the house.
After this, he immediately informed about the murder by calling the main control room of Mumbai Police. On receiving the information, Vikhroli police reached the spot and started investigating the case. Dog squad, fingerprint experts and forensic lab teams also reached the spot to search for the accused. In the preliminary investigation, the reason for the murder and the identity of the accused have not been clear yet.
Vikhroli police has started an in-depth investigation into the case and claimed to arrest the accused soon.
Let us tell you that recently a woman was strangled to death by unknown people in Thane district of Maharashtra. After the murder, the body of the woman was thrown by the accused on the roadside. According to the police, the age of the deceased woman was said to be between 35 to 40. The body of the woman was found in Thakurgaon area of Bhiwandi. However, the dead woman could not be identified immediately.
Initial investigation revealed that the woman died due to strangulation. An FIR of murder was registered at Kongaon police station. An officer had told that who is the woman? Police investigation is being done to find out who committed the murder. Further action will be taken after the investigation.
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