Bengaluru, Sept 3: Central Crime Branch (CCB) of city Police have nabbed a notorious vehicle lifter and recovered from him stolen 32 two-wheelers worth about Rs 10.
91 lakhs in the city.
Police said on Monday said that the arrested was identified as Umashankar (41) and on his information the stolen vehicles were recovered.
He was involved in 18 vehicle theft cases recently.
JC Nagar police have registered a case and investigating.
Mumbai, Jan 12: At least eight persons were killed and several others injured when a massive blast followed by a fire ripped a chemical factory at Boisar in Palghar district, nearly 100 km north of Mumbai, on Saturday, officials said.
Top Palghar district administration, police and fire brigade officials have rushed to the spot for the rescue operation, while Fire Brigade teams from Boisar MIDC industrial area and Tarapur Atomic Power Station are engaged in dousing the flames.
As per local witnesses, the intensity of the explosion was so severe that it was audible in a 35-km range and one building in the factory collapsed.
Besides, many homes in the immediate vicinity were shaken and people ran outside thinking it was an earthquake, as power lines also failed.
The exact cause of the explosion-cum-blaze which occurred around 7 p.m. is not immediately available.
Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 22:An accused in a case registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act jumped into the sea on Wednesday morning when he was taken for evidence collection at Kasaba in Kasargode district, police said.
Accused Mahesh was arrested following a complaint by his neighbour on Tuesday evening.
The police said that they took the accused to the seashore to collect evidence in the case when Mahesh jumped into the sea. Two police officials too jumped in after him to catch hold of him but could not locate Mahesh.
Later, swimmers were deployed to try and locate the missing man.
Nagpur, July 21: In a shocking incident, an 11-year-old boy allegedly killed self in Maharashtra's Nagpur city after being reprimanded by his mother for buying a samosa, police said on Tuesday.
Veeru Natthu Sahu was found hanging from a ceiling fan at his home in Ganga Nagar in Gittikhadan area on Sunday night, an official said.
The deceased boy's family was struggling to make ends meet after their small business was hit because of the coronavirus-induced lockdown, he said.
The Class 7 student had taken Rs 10 from home without asking his mother and bought a samosa, which was then eaten by his elder brother, the official said.
The boy's mother scolded him for taking money without her permission and asked him to get the snack for himself, following which the distraught minor allegedly went into the kitchen and hanged himself using a saree, he said.
The Gittikhadan police have registered a case of accidental death in this regard, the official added.
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