Maharashtra Cops

A 19-year-old youth was arrested from Gujarat on Thursday for making and uploading obscene videos of more than 22 women in Mumbai and then extorting money from them by allegedly blackmailing them.

A man allegedly burned his five-year-old son with cigarette butts to prevent him from meeting his mother in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Tuesday.

The Maharashtra state transport bus driver's attempt to overtake resulted in the vehicle plunging into the Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh, in which 13passengers were killed earlier this week, police said on Friday.

The Supreme Court dismissed the plea filed by the Maharashtra government seeking a review of its order transferring the probe to the CBI against former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh over allegations of misconduct and corruption.

A woman functionary of the Bharatiya Janata Party was stabbed and injured by two unidentified persons in Thane's Mira Road area, a police official said on Monday.

Six persons were killed and one injured when a sports utility vehicle (SUV) hit a two-wheeler and fell off a bridge into a nullah in Maharashtra's Amravati district, a police official said on Monday.

The Punjab Police on Friday said it seized 73 kilogramsof heroin from a container at Nhava Sheva port in Maharashtra. It said the seizure was made in a joint operation with the Maharashtra Police.

At least 35 passengers had a narrow escape on Wednesday when the bus ferrying them got stranded in the middle of a swollen nullah in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district before being rescued by the police.

Heavy rain along with strong winds continued in Mumbai and its suburbs on Wednesday causing waterlogging and traffic snarls in several areas.

A video of two police officials braving strong currents to rescue a man in Maharashtra has gone viral on social media.

A man who once ran a gold distilling business has been arrested after he allegedly took to stealing following losses, a Thane police official said on Friday.

An elderly couple was robbed of valuables worth over Rs 8 lakh by unidentified men who broke into their home in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Friday.

Police in Maharashtra's Nashik district on Thursday recovered the car used in the killing of Sufi religious leader and Afghan national Khwaja Sayyad Zarif Chishti alias Zarif Baba, an official said.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde yesterday stepped forward to arrange the hospitalisation of an injured policewoman in Thane.

Days after their 18-month-old daughter died due to choking, a man and his wife allegedly died by suicide in Atpadi tehsil of Maharashtra's Sangli district, police said on Friday.

A 19-year-old youth was arrested from Gujarat on Thursday for making and uploading obscene videos of more than 22 women in Mumbai and then extorting money from them by allegedly blackmailing them.

A man allegedly burned his five-year-old son with cigarette butts to prevent him from meeting his mother in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Tuesday.

The Maharashtra state transport bus driver's attempt to overtake resulted in the vehicle plunging into the Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh, in which 13passengers were killed earlier this week, police said on Friday.

The Supreme Court dismissed the plea filed by the Maharashtra government seeking a review of its order transferring the probe to the CBI against former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh over allegations of misconduct and corruption.

A woman functionary of the Bharatiya Janata Party was stabbed and injured by two unidentified persons in Thane's Mira Road area, a police official said on Monday.

Six persons were killed and one injured when a sports utility vehicle (SUV) hit a two-wheeler and fell off a bridge into a nullah in Maharashtra's Amravati district, a police official said on Monday.

The Punjab Police on Friday said it seized 73 kilogramsof heroin from a container at Nhava Sheva port in Maharashtra. It said the seizure was made in a joint operation with the Maharashtra Police.

At least 35 passengers had a narrow escape on Wednesday when the bus ferrying them got stranded in the middle of a swollen nullah in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district before being rescued by the police.

Heavy rain along with strong winds continued in Mumbai and its suburbs on Wednesday causing waterlogging and traffic snarls in several areas.

A video of two police officials braving strong currents to rescue a man in Maharashtra has gone viral on social media.

A man who once ran a gold distilling business has been arrested after he allegedly took to stealing following losses, a Thane police official said on Friday.

An elderly couple was robbed of valuables worth over Rs 8 lakh by unidentified men who broke into their home in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Friday.

Police in Maharashtra's Nashik district on Thursday recovered the car used in the killing of Sufi religious leader and Afghan national Khwaja Sayyad Zarif Chishti alias Zarif Baba, an official said.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde yesterday stepped forward to arrange the hospitalisation of an injured policewoman in Thane.

Days after their 18-month-old daughter died due to choking, a man and his wife allegedly died by suicide in Atpadi tehsil of Maharashtra's Sangli district, police said on Friday.