Mira Road

Mother, Son Found Dead In Mumbai Home, Suicide Note Found On His Laptop

Mumbai News | ANI | Tuesday June 25, 2019

Bodies of a mother and her son were found at their residence in Mumbai's Mira Road area on Tuesday.

Thane Police Probe Complaint About Weapon-Training Camp At School

Cities | Press Trust of India | Sunday June 2, 2019

The Thane Police in Maharashtra have started probe into an alleged weapon-training camp organised at a school in the city, an official said today. An NGO had complained that a right-wing organisation was imparting firearm training to students at a camp held at a school in Mira Road area last week.

Bajrang Dal Accused Of Holding "Arms-Training" Camp At Mumbai School

India News | Reported by Saurabh Gupta, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Sunday June 2, 2019

The Bajrang Dal has denied reports that participants of a camp held at a school on Mumbai's Mira Road were trained in handling firearms late last month. The matter first came to light when a non-governmental organisation (NGO) -- the Democratic Youth Federation of India -- approached the Navghar police with photographs from the programme that exten...

BJP Corporators Were Partying As Maharashtra Mourned Army Major's Death

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday August 9, 2018

The BJP was left red-faced after a video, showing its legislator and corporators attending a birthday party in adjoining Mira Road township, went viral, at a time when people were expecting the body of Major Kaustubh Rane, who attained martyrdom in Kashmir.

1 More Arrested In Thane Call Centre Scam

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday November 5, 2016

One more person has been arrested here in connection with the multi-million dollar transnational scam originating from India-based call centres which cheated thousands of American citizens into paying off fictitious debts, taking the total number of arrests in the case to 75, city police said today.

Call Centre Scam Mastermind Bought Rs 2.5 Crore Audi From Virat Kohli: Police

Cities | Reported by Anant R Zanane (With inputs from agencies) | Saturday October 29, 2016

A luxury car one was seized from Ahmedabad belonging to Sagar Thakkar alias 'Shaggy', main accused of multi-million call-centre scam, which he allegedly purchased from cricketer Virat Kohli, police said.

Call Centre Scam: Mastermind Fled To Gulf During Police Raid

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Sunday October 23, 2016

When the teams of Crime Branch of Thane Police were busy in raids in the call centre scam, its mastermind Sagar Thakkar alias Shaggy was fleeing the country in the early hours of October 5, officials said.

Call Centre Scam: Transactions Worth Rs 30 Crore Identified

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Friday October 21, 2016

Investigators on Thursday told a local court they have identified transactions worth Rs 25-30 crore in the call centre scam here till now and that it will take a long time for them to arrive at the actual figure given the magnitude of the scandal.

Call Centre Raids: Police Suspect Involvement Of Gujarat Cop's Son

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday October 16, 2016

Investigation into the call centre racket in Thane wherein US-based tax payers were allegedly conned by Indian tele-callers posing as tax officers has led Thane Police to suspect involvement of the son of a senior IPS officer from Gujarat.

Mira Road Call Centre Scam: Kingpin Shaggy Gifted Rs 2.5 Cr Car To Lover On Birthday

India News | Faisal Tandel, Mid-day.com | Friday October 14, 2016

A lavish lifestyle and everything posh of the kingpin of the multi-crore extortion racket being run from call centres in Mumbai and Ahmedabad was not restricted to him - Sagar Thakkar alias Shaggy (23) had gifted a Rs 2.5 crore Audi R8 to his 21-year-old girlfriend on her birthday, the Thane police have said.

Mira Road Call Centre Con: Insider Spills The Beans

Mumbai News | Faisal Tandel, Mid-day.com | Monday October 10, 2016

Just one month into his well-paying job, Rakesh (name changed) decided to quit. The reason, he says, was that he found out that he was really being used to cheat aged American citizens and extort money from them by pretending to be from the Internal Revenue Service.

Four More Call Centres Raided In Thane, One Arrested

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday October 9, 2016

Four more call centres in Thane's Mira Road were raided and one person arrested, days after police swooped on three other call centres for allegedly conning American nationals by posing as US taxmen, police said today.

Mira Road Call Centre Con Began In August, Callers Got Double Pay, Incentives

India News | Faisal Tandel, Mid-day.com | Friday October 7, 2016

The Thane police, which busted an international racket being run from a Mira Road call centre that placed calls to US citizens posing as IRS officials, said several of those arrested are college dropouts or unemployed youths, who stayed in the job for the handsome salary.

Kingpin Of Mira Road Call Centre Scam Is An Indian-Origin American

Cities | Faisal Tandel, Mid-day.com | Thursday October 6, 2016

1.2 million Americans called up, and 6,400 cheated, of a total of Rs 3.6 crore - the largest scam in the history of US' Internal Revenue Services (IRS), as disclosed by Thane Crime Branch. The racket was being run from a call centre in Mira Road, and the mastermind is an Indian-American, pulling the strings from the US. A manhunt has been launched ...

Raid At Call Centres Near Mumbai For Scamming US Residents

India News | Agencies | Wednesday October 5, 2016

Nearly 500 employees working at various call centres in Thane, near Mumbai, were detained by the police for allegedly threatening and extorting money from US citizens. The raids were conducted late last night and continued till the early hours of Wednesday morning.