Three persons were beaten to death by a group of villagers in Palghar district of Maharashtra on suspicion that they were thieves, police said on Friday.
Seven persons have been arrested from Maharashtra's Palghar district for allegedly trying to hack a leading corporate firm's bank account and transfer Rs 200 crore from it into another account.
In a shocking incident, an 18-year-old boy committed suicide in Vasai town of Maharashtra's Palghar district after allegedly being bullied by his friends on WhatsApp on Wednesday.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has called a meeting on Monday to discuss the issue of the blast at a chemical factory in Palghar where eight people were killed, and whether such hazardous units should be allowed to run, state Industries Minister Subhash Desai said.
The blast took place on Saturday evening during the testing of some chemicals at the under-construction plant of Ank Pharma in Kolwade village, killing six people.
On a tip-off, the police on Wednesday raided the paan shop and seized gutka and tobacco-based products of various brands worth Rs 8.90 lakh, an official said. The accused was arrested and charged with offences under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Food and Drug Administration's regulations.
"The victim's husband worked in the US. His family members, who visited him in the US, had returned to Vasai along with him around a fortnight back," Palghar police spokesperson Hemant Katkar said.
"The magnitude of the earthquake was 3.5. There were no reports of damage to property or casualty," he added. Dhundalwadi has been repeatedly experiencing tremors since November 2018. Just two days back, the village had experienced a 2.9 magnitude earthquake, the official said.
An offence under sections 500 and 501 (defamation) of the Indian Penal Code has been registered with the Boisar police station and the hoarding has been taken down, police public relations officer Hemant Katkar said.
The accused decamped with gold jewellery and mobile phones worth Rs 38,000, after locking the 72-year-old complainant and his wife inside their house, he added.
The district experienced at least six tremors in the duration of 40 minutes a couple of days ago.
Ghoda Krushna Arjun of the Shiv Sena had emerged victorious from Palghar assembly constituency in the 2014 assembly elections. He had defeated a Congress candidate by a margin of 515 votes.
Four earthquake tremors rocked Palghar district of Maharashtra in the wee hours of Thursday. A 55-year-old woman was killed in an incident of house collapse due to the tremors. Meanwhile, locals in the area have expressed concern over the frequent earthquakes. Residents of some villages in Dahanu and Talasari talukas were forced to move out of their houses and take shelter in makeshift tents.
Various police stations in the area were put on alert and CCTV footages were checked soon after a call, informing his presence, was received.
The exact cause of the deaths will be ascertained after the post-mortem, an official said.
The private bus had started from Nashik in north Maharashtra and was headed towards Gujarat at the time of the accident.
Maharashtra: Heavy rainfall alert issued for Palghar
Suburban services were suspended on a section of the Western Railway (WR) due to waterlogging on tracks and several long-distance and inter-city express trains were delayed or cancelled, officials said.
One picknicker died and at least 106 people were rescued by National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams from the Chinchoti waterfall in Vasai in Palghar district on Saturday.
One picknicker died and more than 100 people were rescued by National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams from the Chinchoti waterfall in Vasai in Palghar district on Saturday.
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