thane district

Thane, March 18 Police have arrested a 15-year-old tribal girl's "husband" along with three others for allegedly abducting, marrying, and sexually assaulting her in Thane district, Maharashtra, officials said on Wednesday.The minor was allegedly abducted from Bhiwandi in Thane and "sold" to a...

Thane, March 17 A teenage boy is accused of molesting a 15-year-old girl and stripping her in front of her in Thane district, Maharashtra, according to police on Tuesday.The police have registered a case against the 16-year-old boy under Section 74 (assault or use of criminal force against a...

Thane, March 17 A 42-year-old insurance consultant from Mumbra in the Thane district of Maharashtra was allegedly cheated of over Rs 71 lakh by cyber fraudsters who lured him into investing in cryptocurrency trading, police said on Tuesday.A case has been registered against six individuals at...

Thane, March 16 A 15-year-old tribal girl was allegedly abducted from Bhiwandi in the Thane district and "sold" to a man under the guise of marriage in the Beed district in the Marathwada region, leading to the registration of a case against her "husband" and five others, police said on Monday...

Thane, March 16 In a major effort to clear the backlog of cases in the judicial system, the National Lok Adalat held in Thane district has resolved 83,424 cases, including both pre-litigation and ongoing trial matters, resulting in a total settlement of Rs 187.50 crore, an official said on...

Thane, March 16 As many as 84 illegally stored LPG cylinders, valued at Rs 2.22 lakh, were seized from a private premises in the Bhiwandi town of Thane district, leading to the registration of a case against three individuals under the Essential Commodities Act, police said on Monday.The...

Thane, March 15 Police have busted a fake call centre in Navi Mumbai that allegedly cheated people of over Rs 1 crore by promising high returns through stock market trading, and have arrested two persons in connection with the matter, officials said on Sunday.Based on a tip-off, the police's...

Thane, March 14 The family of a 36-year-old software engineer who died in a road accident in 2024, was awarded ₹2.14 crore in compensation at a Lok Adalat in the Thane district of Maharashtra on Saturday.Principal District and Sessions Judge S B Agrawal handed over the compensation cheque to...

Thane, March 14 Three individuals have been arrested for allegedly breaking into a house and stealing gold and silver jewelry worth approximately Rs 36 lakh in Navi Mumbai, police said on Saturday.The crime branch made the arrests on March 10, within 24 hours of the burglary that occurred at a...

Thane, March 13 A 23-year-old man was arrested on Friday for allegedly throwing a stone at the Mumbai-Sainagar Shirdi Vande Bharat Express near the Thakurli station in Thane district, a police official said.The accused, Sunny Kamble, a resident of Pune, is a drug addict, the official added...

Thane, March 13 A case has been registered against five individuals, including a former government employee, for allegedly transferring state-owned land using forged documents in Thane district, Maharashtra, police said on Friday.According to the police, the accused misled the registrar's...

Palghar, March 13 A 25-year-old tribal man was allegedly abducted, hung upside down from a tree, and tortured by the owner of a brick kiln in Thane district, Maharashtra, police said on Friday.The police have registered a case against the accused, Nandu Deolikar, and his associate, both...

Thane, March 13 The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal in Thane, Maharashtra, has awarded a combined compensation of Rs 45.48 lakh to the families of two drivers who died in a road accident involving a tanker and a truck in 2010.In two separate judgments delivered on March 5, copies of which were...

Thane, March 13 Factories in the Ambernath area of Maharashtra's Thane district have been instructed to submit their fire and safety audit reports within eight days, officials said on Friday.The directive from Industries Minister Uday Samant follows a major fire at Shree Ganesh Chemical...

Mumbai, March 12 An accused in a POCSO Act case was arrested in Ambernath, Thane district, after he escaped from a hospital in Mumbai while receiving medical treatment, a police official said on Thursday.Shrikant Laxman Gofan, who was in judicial custody in connection with POCSO and robbery...

Thane, March 12 A fast-track court in Maharashtra's Thane district has sentenced a 34-year-old man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy nearly seven years ago.In his order of March 7, Judge V A Patravale also imposed a fine of ₹31,000 on Vicky, also...

Thane, March 12 A 34-year-old man was allegedly killed by his neighbor after a dispute over using a common water tap in Thane district, Maharashtra, police said on Thursday.The murder took place around 11 pm on March 10 in a slum area in Dombivli, according to an official.The victim, Umesh...

Thane, March 12 Police have arrested two individuals and seized mephedrone worth approximately Rs 22 lakh from them in Thane district, Maharashtra, an official said on Thursday.The seizure took place in the Bhiwandi area on Wednesday.According to police, a team from the crime unit searched...

Thane, March 11 A 39-year-old construction worker has been arrested in the Thane district of Maharashtra for allegedly killing a waiter, based on the suspicion that the victim was having an affair with his wife, an official said on Wednesday.The body of Prakash Bisa (40) was found in a rice...

Thane, March 11 Two individuals were arrested with a large quantity of charas, valued at approximately Rs 4.31 crore in the illicit market, in the Thane district of Maharashtra, police said on Wednesday.Police seized the contraband, packed in 13 packets, from Harshal Patel (19) and Sirajuddin...