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TopicMumbai Police

Topic: Mumbai Police

Mira Road stabbing: Accused asked guards directions to mosque, ‘forced to recite kalma’. What FIR says

CM Fadnavis has called for NIA to probe Monday’s stabbing of two security guards in Thane district, to probe if the accused has links with more radicalised persons.

‘Scandalous, lascivious’—Indian-born doctor can’t return home to the UK over a post on PM Modi

A lookout circular against Sangram Patil has stranded him in India for 3 months now. He has accused Mumbai Police of trying to 'criminalise political speech, chill dissent & abuse the criminal process'.

DNA led Mumbai cops to man who raped differently-abled woman. He was closer than they thought

Investigation revealed that woman had been sexually assaulted by multiple individuals. The father initially denied having any knowledge of it and refused to file a police complaint.

Collecting ‘good luck money’ outside scope of duty. Why Mumbai court junked ex-cop Waze’s plea

Assistant inspector Sachin Waze was dismissed from service in wake of arrest over his role in Antilia bomb scare case. ED is probing money laundering case against him.

He called 17 kids for ‘audition’, then took them hostage. Rohit Aarrya & his beef with Maharashtra govt

‘I don’t think he was a contractor but a terrorist,’ says Maharashtra minister about Aarya, who held 17 children and two others hostage. Aarya was killed in the rescue operation that followed.

‘Blown out of proportion’: After FIR, TISS students deny sloganeering at GN Saibaba tribute event

10 students have been booked amid allegations that they raised slogans for release of jailed student leaders Sharjeel Imam & Umar Khalid at the campus event.

‘Even if I die, I won’t leave’—Manoj Jarange Patil after police notice to vacate Azad Maidan

As his hunger strike entered the fifth day, Jarange Patil said that his protest is in line with the path shown by democracy and resolved to stand firm on his right to protest.

A football stadium rose to cheer this Mumbai police officer in 1977

In ‘Mumbai's Most Wanted’, Madhukar Zende chronicles his career as a cop, from getting refunds for crowds to catching Charles Sobhraj.

26/11 investigator, Fadnavis’s favourite cop & now Mumbai Police chief, who is Deven Bharti

The high profile IPS officer has had several key postings in Mumbai, but has also been embroiled in multiple controversies.

VHP & Bajrang Dal accuse Mumbai Police of brutality, call to ‘protect Hindus’

2 separate incidents have sparked outrage among VHP and Bajrang Dal members, who also took to the streets demanding suspension of the officers who 'assaulted' their workers.

On Camera

UAE exit from OPEC isn’t about oil. Iran War making Gulf states seek new shelters

Britain’s failure to secure the oil of Arabia in the 1950s was no misjudgement. The sun was setting on the Empire, and a new hegemon had emerged. Is another anarchy on the rise now?

The rupee at record low will end India’s cheap- money era

The rupee’s fall to record lows amid rising energy-import costs and capital outflows is raising expectations that RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra may be forced to abandon his pause and hike rates.

76 yrs on, exhibition on Korean War brings to life independent India’s 1st overseas military deployment

'Guardians of Neutrality: India's Korean Mission', organised in Delhi, brought out unknown and forgotten aspects of the war.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.