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Maharashtra Man Tricked Into Investing In Bitcoins, Loses Over Rs 33 Lakh
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Bitcoin, a virtual currency, is not regulated in India. (Representational)Thane: A 37-year-old businessman from Mira Road in Thane has been cheated of Rs 33.65 lakh after he was tricked into investing in bitcoins on the false promise of lucrative returns, police said on Monday.Police have registered a case against two persons under section 420 (Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) of the Indian Penal Code.An official said the complainant came into contact with the accused persons through a WhatsApp group. In February 2022, he received a message from two persons, including the group administrator, asking him to become a bitcoin investor if he wants lucrative returns."The businessman agreed and invested money. He got good returns initially, but later he suffered losses and stopped trading. But the accused contacted him and assured him that he will get guaranteed returns and demanded a 20 per cent commission. Later, he saw an amount of USD 2,47,210 in his bitcoin account but couldn't withdraw due to technical issues," the official said.After a couple of days, he received a message that the bitcoin application was frozen as the "contract has expired".The accused duo also became incommunicado, following which the businessman lodged a complaint with the police.No arrest is made so far and further investigation is underway.Bitcoin, a virtual currency, is not regulated in India and its circulation has been a cause for concern among central bankers the world over for quite a while now.PromotedListen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.comThe Reserve Bank of India has also cautioned users, holders, and traders of virtual currencies, including bitcoins.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

Maharashtra Man Tricked Into Investing In Bitcoins, Loses Over Rs 33 Lakh
Activists Of Rival Shiv Sena Factions Clash In Thane Over Control Of Party Office
Ndtv | 2 weeks ago | |
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2 weeks ago | |

The clash was recent in a series of such incidents over the control of 'shakhas'Thane: Activists of the rival Shiv Sena factions clashed over taking control of a 'shakha' or local office of the party in Maharashtra's Thane city on late Monday night, prompting the police to intervene to bring order. Members of the Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and rival Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) engaged in a scuffle over establishing control of the 'shakha' in the Shivai Nagar area of the city located adjoining Mumbai.The Vartak Nagar police, under whose jurisdiction the area falls, rushed to the spot on being alerted about the clash and dispersed the warring groups.The high-pitched political drama, which went on for about an hour, started when activists of the Shiv Sena allegedly put up banners and sought to take over the 'shaka' from the rival party faction headed by former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.A video purportedly showing the clash between the rival groups and the police dispersing them went viral on social media platforms.The police have not yet registered any offence in connection with the incident in Thane city, the political turf of Chief Minister Shinde.The clash was recent in a series of such incidents over the control of 'shakhas' (local offices) after a split in the Shiv Sena. Spread across Maharashtra, these 'shakhas' served as organizational backbone of the undivided saffron outfit.The Election Commission last month recognised the Shinde faction as the real Shiv Sena and allotted it the 'bow and arrow' poll symbol.PromotedListen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.comSince then, there has been speculation over the ownership of the undivided party's properties, including 'shakhas', where the cadre assemble for party meetings and addressing grievances of local residents.(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)Featured Video Of The DayNDTV Impact: Probe After Madhya Pradesh Folk Dancers Tested For HIV/AIDS

Activists Of Rival Shiv Sena Factions Clash In Thane Over Control Of Party Office
Man Dies In Mumbai Local Train After Being Manhandled, Pushed By Co-Passenger
Ndtv | 2 weeks ago | |
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He was a former employee of the Mumbai Port Trust. (Representational)Thane: A 65-year-old man died inside the luggage compartment of a Mumbai-bound local after he was allegedly manhandled and pushed by a co-passenger following a tiff during the train journey that started from Titwala station in Thane district, police said today.The incident occurred between Kalyan and Titwala stations on the Central Railway route on Thursday afternoon, and fellow commuters nabbed the suspect involved in the episode and handed him over to the police.The victim, identified as Baban Hande, was a former employee of the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT), they said."Hande had boarded the luggage compartment of the Titwala-Mumbai local train around 2 pm. At Kalyan station, his fellow passengers alerted the police that he was lying in a pool of blood in the bogie, following which a team rushed to the spot," a station house officer from the Kalyan unit of the Government Railway Police (GRP) said."The commuters nabbed a man and handed him over to the police, stating that he had pushed the elderly passenger following some argument between them in the running local. The old man collapsed after his head hit a hard object in the train, after which he never got up," he said.The police are carrying out a probe to know the exact reason behind his death, the official said, adding that they were interrogating the detained man.PromotedListen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.com"CCTV footage is being examined to identify the eyewitnesses in the case," he added.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)Featured Video Of The DayTelangana Leader Detained In Delhi Over Protests Against KCR

Man Dies In Mumbai Local Train After Being Manhandled, Pushed By Co-Passenger
Man Throws Neighbour's Children From Thane Building, 1 Dies: Cops
Ndtv | 2 weeks ago | |
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he accused, identified as Asif, was arrested on Monday.Thane: A man allegedly threw his neighbour's five-year-old son and four-year-old daughter from the second floor of a building in Maharashtra's Thane district following which the boy died and the girl was severely injured, police said on Wednesday.The incident took place in Devripada area of Mumbra township on Saturday and a probe was on to ascertain the exact motive behind the crime, they said.The accused, identified as Asif, was arrested on Monday, an official from Mumbra police station said.Asif and his wife, who do not have a child, were next door neighbours of the victims in the building.The accused and his wife used to have frequent quarrels over petty issues. The accused's wife was a friend of the victims' mother and they used to talk frequently which he did not like, the official said.On Saturday, the accused allegedly threw the two children from the second floor of the building where they were playing, he said.The boy died on the spot and his sister suffered serious injuries. The girl, however, managed to go home and informed her father that their neighbour threw them from the building, the official said.PromotedListen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.comThe body was sent to a government hospital for post-mortem.Based on a complaint by the children's mother, the police arrested the accused and booked him under Indian Penal Code Sections 302 (murder) and 307 (attempt to murder), the official said.Featured Video Of The DayManish Sisodia Challenges Arrest, CBI's Probe In Supreme Court

Man Throws Neighbour's Children From Thane Building, 1 Dies: Cops
Murder Charge Against Landlord, Wife For 75-Year-Old Tenant's Death: Maharashtra Cops
Ndtv | 3 weeks ago | |
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Thane: Nine months after a 75-year-old woman was found dead in her house in Maharashtra's Thane district, the police have registered a case of murder and destruction of evidence against her landlord, the latter's wife and son, an official said on Sunday.The woman, Waheedabi Noormohammad Shaikh, was a widow and lived alone in the house in Kalyan town since 1990.Her landlord had been forcing her to vacate the house as he wanted to develop the property. The woman, however, had refused to vacate the house, the official from Bazarpeth police station said quoting a complaint filed by a relative of the woman.The complainant also claimed the victim, who was his aunt, had on several occasions complained to him about the landlord troubling her, the official said.The complainant visited the aunt's house on May 13, 2022 and she was fine. However, after a few days he received a message that she died in the house on May 16.When he went there, the complainant found the body had turned black and there were blood stains around. Following his request, the police sent the body for postmortem, the official said.After the woman's death, the landlord took away the house keys from the complainant.As the complainant suspected foul play in his aunt's death, he approached a court which in January this year directed the police to register an offence against the landlord and his two family members and initiate a probe into the case.The Bazarpeth police on Saturday registered a case against the three persons under Indian Penal Code Sections 302 (murder), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence), 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 34 (common intention), the official said, adding no arrest has been made so far.PromotedListen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.comThe FIR also said that the police, after registering a case of accidental death in May last year, have been carrying out an independent probe into the woman's death.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)Featured Video Of The DayAAP Workers Detained As CBI Preps To Produce Manish Sisodia In Court

Murder Charge Against Landlord, Wife For 75-Year-Old Tenant's Death: Maharashtra Cops
63-Year-Old Man Dies At Thane Police Station, Court Orders Probe
Ndtv | 3 weeks ago | |
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A 63-year-old man died after collapsing at a police stationThane: A 63-year-old man died after collapsing at a police station in Kalyan, a town in Maharashtra's Thane district, where his son was brought by the police for questioning following a combing operation, an official said.The incident occurred late Friday night at the Kolsewadi police station, he said.The police said that the man collapsed following a seizure attack and the incident was captured on the CCTV cameras installed at the police station.However, the local court has ordered that an inquest panchnama of the incident and post-mortem of the deceased be carried out.An inquest panchnama is conducted after a person dies as a result of crime or under suspicious circumstances."During an 'all-out operation' conducted last night, the police picked up a 24-year-old man, who is a local resident, and took him to Kolsewadi police station for inquiry. His father Deepak Bhingardive, 63, followed him to the police station to know why his son was brought there," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone III- Kalyan) Sachin Gunjal said in a release.While the police were interrogating the man, his father video-graphed it on his mobile phone. As he was arguing with the police, he was made to sit behind the station house officer's block at the police station, he said."However, there he suffered a seizure attack and collapsed. He was rushed to the hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead," he added.The entire sequence of events was recorded on CCTV cameras installed at the police station, he said."The police station personnel themselves informed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Their officials arrived at the police station," Gunjal said, adding that the CCTV footage will be handed over to the probe agency.Later, the Chief Judicial Magistrate ordered the Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) to arrange the inquest panchnama and post-mortem reports of the deceased, he said.The process of inquest panchnama and post-mortem will be video-graphed, the official said.A case of accidental death has been registered at Kolsewadi police station, he said.Another son of the deceased accused the police of beating his father to death."I had gone to the police station with my father. But the personnel there were not cooperating. My father was taking a video of my brother in the lock-up. Police snatched the mobile phone from my father and slapped him. They beat him in the lock-up as well," he alleged.Meanwhile, Nationalist Congress Party MLA Jitendra Awhad tweeted the deceased was an officer-bearer of his party and that he was beaten to death by the police." A rashtravadi congress office bearer Deepak Bingardive after being beaten in police chowky for no no crime died in the chowky. FIR should be registered all those who were present and those who brought him. Please do not not try to hush up the matter," Awhad said in a tweet.He also tagged Thane city police and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who holds the Home portfolio in the state.The NCP MLA also tweeted a video of the scene outside the hospital where the post mortem and other legal formalities will be conducted. In the video, a police official can be seen explaining the formalities set to take place to the kin of the deceased.Refuting Awhad, the Kalyan unit president of NCP Jagannath Shinde told reporters Bhingardive was not connected to the party.PromotedListen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.comNCP chief spokesperson Mahesh Tapase said some family member of Bhingardive was an office-bearer of the party.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)Featured Video Of The DayRRR Wins Best International Film At Hollywood Critics Association Awards

63-Year-Old Man Dies At Thane Police Station, Court Orders Probe