Farhan Shaikh is a reporter with Hindustan Times, Mumbai. He writes for the crime and legal team, along with reportage on Mumbai traffic issues.
Articles by Farhan Shaikh
Strict, timely action may have prevented attack on woman, says family
The family of the 22-year-old woman who was attacked at Kurla on Wednesday alleged that the accused, 29-year-old Amit Tulsankar, had been harassing her for one-and-a-half years, and the police had repeatedly been informed of this, Farhan Shaikh reports.
Updated on Apr 26, 2013 01:05 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Farhan Shaikh, Mumbai
‘We didn’t even notice he had fled’
At 1:30pm on Friday, the Durga Nagar junction was full of activity. People were out on their lunch break, pedestrians were milling about near the many shops there, and residents of the slum pocket were chatting outside their houses.
Updated on Apr 13, 2013 01:00 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Puja Changoiwala and Farhan Shaikh, Mumbai
Ratnagiri accident survivors struggle with injuries, loss
Alwin Fernandes, 29, and Phillipa, 25, got married six months ago and were returning after meeting Phillipa’s parents in Goa. While Alwin survived Tuesday’s accident, Phillipa didn’t. Saurabh Joshi & Farhan Shaikh reports.
Updated on Mar 20, 2013 01:59 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Saurabh Joshi & Farhan Shaikh, Mumbai
One-way rules often flouted: residents
Dnyaneshwar Kale was reading his newspaper outside the Bandra Hindu Association school when he saw a Honda Accord speed by on Wednesday morning.
Updated on Feb 14, 2013 01:48 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Saurabh Joshi and Farhan Shaikh, Mumbai
We won’t rent houses to single men: locals
Upset over the rape of a 12-year-old girl by a tenant from their locality, residents of Maulana Baba Lane and nearby bylanes in Bandra (west) said they would now be more careful while renting their houses, especially to single men, Farhan Shaikh reports.
Updated on Jan 22, 2013 01:42 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Farhan Shaikh, Mumbai
We want Dhoble back: locals
Hundreds of residents from Santacruz (East) protested outside the area’s police station on Sunday demanding their ‘hero’, assistant commissioner of police (ACP) Vasant Dhoble, is transferred back. They submitted a petition at the police station asking for his return.
Updated on Jan 14, 2013 01:48 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Farhan Shaikh, Napier
Dhoble’s good work will now be undone: residents, BMC
The transfer of assistant commissioner of police (ACP) Vasant Dhoble, and inquiry by the crime investigation department (CID) into a hawker’s death on Friday, might have come as good news for hawkers across the city. But residents and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials claim that the good work done by Dhoble would now be undone.
Updated on Jan 13, 2013 09:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Farhan Shaikh, Mumbai
‘Frail’ 16-yr-old could not have provoked accused, says family
Autopsy reports of the 16-year-old boy, who was allegedly killed by his classmate after he teased the latter, have been unable to ascertain the exact cause of death. The police have now sent the viscera sample of the victim, Irfan Qureshi, for chemical analysis.
Updated on Jan 12, 2013 01:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Farhan Shaikh, Mumbai
‘Frail’ 16-yr-old could not have provoked accused, says family
Autopsy reports of the 16-year-old boy, who was allegedly killed by his classmate after he teased the latter, have been unable to ascertain the exact cause of death. The police have now sent the viscera sample of the victim, Irfan Qureshi, for chemical analysis.
Updated on Jan 12, 2013 01:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Farhan Shaikh, Mumbai
Cop behind wheel was drunk, alleges victim’s mother
Even as the police claim that the constable who was driving the Qualis that knocked down the bike being ridden by the 21-year-old Avani Desai was not drunk at the time of the incident, the girl’s mother has alleged the driver was reeking of alcohol, Farhan Shaikh reports.
Updated on Jan 01, 2013 02:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Farhan Shaikh, Mumbai
Vivacious Payal dreamed big, loved life
Family and friends of 21-year-old management student Payal Balsara, who succumbed to her injuries early on Tuesday after she was stabbed by her former boyfriend and classmate, described her as a jovial girl and an extrovert, reports Farhan Shaikh.
Updated on Dec 26, 2012 01:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Farhan Shaikh, Mumbai
Thank God kids were not playing outside: residents
Malani Khade was on her way to pick up her grandchildren from their tuition class when she was injured in the tree collapse on Wednesday. It will be some time before the 50-year-old can resume her daily duty of picking up her grandchildren because she has fractured her right elbow and is in intensive care at Surana Sethia hospital.
Updated on Dec 13, 2012 01:26 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Farhan Shaikh, Mumbai
3 injured in tree collapse at Chembur
Three people, including a senior citizen, were injured when a tree collapsed in a building during the demolition of its compound wall on Wednesday morning in Chembur.
Updated on Dec 13, 2012 01:25 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Farhan Shaikh, Mumbai
Parents of boy who fell from 7th floor suspect no foul play
The Bangur Nagar police, investigating the mysterious death of the 12-year-old boy who died after falling off the seventh floor residence in Goregaon, are still clueless about the circumstances leading to his death. The family, meanwhile, has said they do not suspect any foul play in the incident.
Updated on Nov 29, 2012 01:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Farhan Shaikh, Mumbai
Remove barricades now, say residents
Over the past four years, residents of JR Boricha Marg and Sane Guruji Marg, near the Arthur Road prison, have been hassled as their neighbourhood transformed into a fortress owing to the tight security cover in the area. Farhan Shaikh reports.
Updated on Nov 22, 2012 02:29 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Farhan Shaikh, Mumbai
Man who turned violent on flight has bipolar disorder, says family
The family of Mursalin Shaikh, the 27-year-old mechanic from Ghatkopar, whose violent mid-air antics gave the crew and passengers on board a Mumbai-Delhi Indigo flight a huge scare on Wednesday, were shocked to hear that he was on the flight in the first place.
Updated on Nov 09, 2012 02:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Farhan Shaikh, Mumbai
Planning a holiday? Protect your home from burglars
With vacations starting, you and your family may be planning to go out of the city. But the police need to be on alert to protect your home.
Updated on Nov 09, 2012 01:58 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Farhan Shaikh, Mumbai
‘Daughter can’t recover from shock’
Chetana Vora, 52, is in a state of shock ever since she discovered her mother’s body, said a relative.
Updated on Nov 06, 2012 01:42 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Farhan Shaikh, Mumbai
‘I’m proud I could get robbers caught’
Uma Ganatra, 61, who put up a fight against armed robbers who targeted her sister’s apartment on Saturday night, said the robbers were trying to make away with the locker in the house when she and her neighbour caught them stealing.
Updated on Nov 05, 2012 01:08 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Farhan Shaikh, Mumbai
Woman driving BMW hits auto, injures four
The Sayyad family, based in Kurla (east), had got a call around 3am on Thursday that a close relative of theirs in Nerul, had suffered heart attack and passed away.
Updated on Nov 02, 2012 01:51 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mohamed Thaver and Farhan Shaikh, Mumbai
Complaint over Navratri noise
A Goregaon resident registered the first complaint about excessive noise in the ongoing Navratri festival in the city at the Vanrai police station on Friday.
Updated on Oct 21, 2012 12:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Mugdha Variyar and Farhan Shaikh, Mumbai
Fares hiked, but auto, taxi drivers still tell commuters to take a walk
With the steepest hike of autorickshaw and taxi fare in effect from October 11, several commuters thought they would get better service. But most claimed that the hike had not changed anything.
Updated on Oct 16, 2012 01:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Puja Changoiwala, Sanjana Bhalerao and Farhan Shaikh, Mumbai
Remanded protester’s family faces hardship
For the family of 31-year-old Afzal Shaikh, it was a new lease of life when their son started an air-conditioner repair shop about six months ago.
Updated on Sep 11, 2012 01:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Farhan Shaikh, Mumbai
Cops give up cartoonist's custody to court, but he won't ask for bail
As protests against cartoonist Aseem Trivedi's arrest on charges of sedition gathered steam, in an unprecedented move, the Bandra-Kurla Complex police on Monday handed over his custody to a metropolitan magistrate court, amid high drama outside.
Updated on Sep 11, 2012 12:57 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Puja Changoiwala and Farhan Shaikh, Mumbai
‘Raza Academy will not pay for damages’
Violence erupted during a protest rally organised by Madina Tul Ilm foundation and Raza Academy at Azad Maidan on Saturday. In an interview with HT, Mohammed Saeed Noori, president of Raza Academy, said his organisation won’t pay for damages as their supporters did not do any damage. Farhan Shaikh reports
Updated on Aug 13, 2012 12:57 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Farhan Shaikh
City needs 400 more share-auto stands, says union leader
The city’s biggest auto union, the Mumbai Autorickshawmen’s Union, wants the state government to sanction another 400 share-rickshaw stands in the suburbs. Currently, there are 93 such stands spread across the eastern and the western suburbs.
Updated on Jul 24, 2012 02:21 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Puja Changoiwala & Farhan Shaikh, Mumbai
It’s not a fair share plan: commuters
While share-rickshaws are a better bet to finding an empty auto and convincing the driver to take you to your destination, commuters complain that the traffic police are not keeping a check on what’s happening at 93 share-rickshaw stands in the city, where drivers constantly break rules and behave badly.
Updated on Jul 24, 2012 02:20 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Puja Changoiwala & Farhan Shaikh, Mumbai
Short distance? These autos won’t ply
Four errant drivers from Goregaon and Khar booked for refusing fares; face suspension of licence for up to six months. Puja Changoiwala and Farhan Shaikh report.
Updated on Jul 07, 2012 01:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Puja Changoiwala and Farhan Shaikh, Mumbai
'We found the dummy bomb while playing'
Locals said that panic prevailed around the spot after the news spread that a bomb had been found. Anwar Khan, an 18-year-old student, said, "The police had cordoned off the area, but 2,000 - 2,500 had gathered.
Updated on Jul 05, 2012 01:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Puja Changoiwala and Farhan Shaikh, Mumbai
Family members despair after tragedy
Arbaaz Sayyed, 17, one of the teenagers who drowned at the beach, had lost his aunt only four days ago. His family had barely gotten over the loss when they got news about Sayyed’s death.
Updated on Jul 02, 2012 01:01 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Farhan Shaikh, Mumbai