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Sagar Rajput

Sagar works with the Crime team and covers South Mumbai and Prisons.

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Sheena Bora murder: Indrani out of jail, performs father’s last rites

Superintendent of Byculla women’s jail confirmed that Indrani Mukerjea was taken out of jail at 7.30am

Indrani Mukerjea performs final rites on her father at Brahman Seva Samiti hall in Mulund on Tuesday.(Praful Gangurde)

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Updated on Dec 27, 2016 12:18 PM IST

Hindustan Times | ByCharul Shah and Sagar Rajput, Mumbai

4-yr-old killed: Mumbai cops seek to prosecute 2 minor accused as adults

The police said the two minors took the girl to the 17-year-old’s house and used chloroform to keep her quiet

On December 5, when the victim was playing in the veranda alone the two accused kidnapped her for ransom.(HT photo)

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Updated on Dec 27, 2016 12:28 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySagar Rajput, Mumbai

Dongri murder: Second case where teens may be tried as adults

Earlier this year, the board allowed the trial of a 17-year-old boy accused in the murder of traffic police head constable Vilas Shinde — as an adult

The child, Junera Khan, was kidnapped from her home in Dongri.(HT photo)

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Published on Dec 27, 2016 12:06 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySagar Rajput, Mumbai

Mumbai man dupes TV producer, govt officials by promising Mhada flats, held

Officers said they received complaints from more than 10 individuals, including a television producer and several government officials, against the accused...

Sitaram Khopkar was arrested from his Vakola residence after the police traced his whereabouts by scrutinising his call detail record.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Dec 27, 2016 10:21 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySagar Rajput, Mumbai

Mumbai Police arrest two teenagers for kidnap and murder of toddler

An officer from JJ Marg police station said, “The 17-year-old boy stays in the same building as the victim did. The two minors made a plan to make money and so they planned kidnapping.”

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Updated on Dec 25, 2016 09:17 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Mumbai | BySagar Rajput

Will check who gave permission for Powai lake party, say police

Rasool Mahommad Khan, 43, one of the three people who drowned when a boat carrying eight capsized in Powai Lake on Friday night, was a member of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and a businessman involved in boat-making.

An anti-disaster management team undertakes a search and rescue operation in Powai lake on Saturday.(Prashant Waydande)

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Published on Dec 25, 2016 01:00 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySagar Rajput, Mumbai

Byculla girl’s death: Cops yet to make breakthrough

The Byculla police and the Mumbai police crime branch have questioned a few neighbours, who the victim’s father raised suspicions about

Manavi fell from the window of a gallery at New Hind Mill MHADA colony around 1pm on Monday.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Dec 23, 2016 12:53 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySagar Rajput, Mumbai

Gang of six held for selling infants to childless couples

During the transactions, one of the gang members would pose as a relative of the infant

Initial investigation revealed that the gang had kidnapped eight infants from Ulhasnagar, Kalyan and Ambernath.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Dec 21, 2016 11:58 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySagar Rajput, Mumbai

Five-year-old’s death in Mumbai: Cops question two neighbours

The Byculla police on Tuesday questioned two women over the death of a five-year-old girl who mysteriously fell from the corridor outside her 15th floor flat at Byculla.

A view from the spot in the New Hind Mill MHADA colony in Byculla from where the girl fel(HT)

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Published on Dec 21, 2016 11:42 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySagar Rajput, Mumbai

5-year-old girl falls to death from 15th floor of Mumbai building

he Byculla police are now investigating if the girl was pushed from the building or she accidentally fell while playing.

A view from the spot in the New Hind Mill MHADA colony in Byculla from where the girl fell.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Dec 19, 2016 04:14 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySagar Rajput, Mumbai

Retired naval commander booked in Rs8 lakh cheating case

The police are not ruling out the possibility of this being part of a larger job racket in the naval dockyard

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Published on Dec 19, 2016 12:51 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySagar Rajput, Mumbai

Mumbai Police book retired naval commander in Rs 8-lakh cheating case

A retired naval commander, who was also chairman of the Navy Recruitment Board, was booked for cheating a man on the pretext of a job offer as an unskilled labourer at the naval dockyard.

A view of the Mumbai naval dockyard. A retired naval commander has been booked for cheating a man on the pretext of a job offer at the dockyard.(AP Photo)

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Updated on Dec 19, 2016 09:10 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Mumbai | BySagar Rajput

Taxi driver kidnapped, assaulted and robbed by 4 people

The four accused take taxi to escape after allegedly committing a theft, flee after crashing the car into a light pole at Pydhonie

A 34-year-old taxi driver was kidnapped, assaulted and robbed by four unidentified people in the wee hours at Nagpada earlier this week.(HT)

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Published on Dec 16, 2016 12:59 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySagar Rajput, Mumbai

Chhagan Bhujbal back in Arthur Road jail after receiving treatment in hospitals from Nov 2

Bhujbal, an accused in the multi-crore money laundering case registered against him by the Enforcement Directorate, was discharged from the Bombay Hospital in first week of December

Deputy Maharashtra chief minister Bhujbal had recently refused to undergo angiography until he consulted his family members(HT File Photo)

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Published on Dec 15, 2016 12:38 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySagar Rajput, Mumbai

Learning to drive, Army man’s wife mows down two children in Mumbai

The boys, aged 12 and 7 years, were on their bicycles and were crossing the road when the car came and hit them.

Driver Sangeeta Santoshkumar Rai was driving and the children were on their bicycles and were crossing the road when the car came and hit them.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Dec 13, 2016 10:54 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySagar Rajput, Mumbai

Mumbai cops search for man who submitted fake certificate to college

The Matunga police are on the lookout for a man who fled the city recently after being booked for submitting a fake caste certificate to the Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research.

According to the police, the complaint was registered last week by the dean of the institute after their IT department found the student submitted a fake caste certificate to secure admission under a minority quota. Students under the quota pay reduced fees.(HT Photo)

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Published on Dec 10, 2016 11:38 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySagar Rajput, Mumbai

Crime branch transfers illegal notes exchange case to I-T dept

A team of crime branch officials in disguise were part of the exchange and had laid a trap for the accused.

Police officials also nabbed the four security guards present at the spot.(HT Photo)

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Published on Dec 10, 2016 11:26 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySagar Rajput, Mumbai

Crime branch seizes ₹85 lakh in new currency from Matunga

The men were to get Rs85 lakh in new notes, in exchange for Rs1 crore in banned notes

The car from where the notes were seized.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Dec 10, 2016 12:32 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySagar Rajput, Mumbai

In Mumbai: ‘Drunk driver’ turns out to be car thief

Around 11.30pm on Tuesday, the Mumbai police control room received several calls from people in Tardeo, all complaining about an appwarently drunk pick-up jeep driver who was driving dangerously in the locality.

After a long chase the three police vehicles, helped by the bikers, managed to corner the jeep and arrest its two occupants.

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Published on Dec 10, 2016 12:16 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySagar Rajput, Mumbai

Mumbai crime branch seizes Rs85 lakh from Matunga

The police said the accused had with them Rs2,000 notes worth Rs72 lakh and Rs100 notes worth Rs13 lakh

Deputy commissioner of police Ashok Dhude (spokesperson) confirmed the seizure and said their investigation is in progress.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Dec 09, 2016 04:42 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySagar Rajput, Mumbai

Actress promised lead role opposite Salman Khan duped of Rs24,400

According to the police, the woman was called by a man who claimed to be from the actor’s production house and a relative of Shera (Khan’s bodyguard)

The man made the actress pay Rs24,400 as “initial contract fees”.

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Updated on Dec 09, 2016 12:11 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySagar Rajput, Mumbai

Mumbai woman run over by train as chain snatcher attacks her

Before the snatcher could get his hands on her chain, the woman lost control and fell on the tracks just as a train arrived...

Police said the 19-year-old accused did not have money to return to his native place and tried to snatch the chain out of desperation.(HT)

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Updated on Dec 08, 2016 03:07 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySagar Rajput, Mumbai

Mumbai tea seller dupes bizman of Rs50L during notes exchange

A Mumbai businessman, desperate to exchange old bank notes worth Rs50 lakh to make a court payment, was cheated of the money by a tea vendor and his daughter in the week after the Centre’s demonetisation move. Both the vendor and his daughter are yet to be traced.

People line up outside a bank in Dharavi.(Kunal Patil/HT)

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Published on Dec 07, 2016 01:01 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySagar Rajput, Mumbai

Case lodged against six students with fake caste certificates

The police said that the admission cut offs were 99%, this year, and most aspirants had difficulties meeting the mark. The six accused met Ebraham Noorani, a fraud, who claimed to be an MBA graduate, and promised to get them admitted to the SoBo college

“Noorani had been arrested once before, for cheating students on the pretext of admissions. He would be found targeting students outside CET classes. He would approach them as a consultant,” said an officer.(HT file photo)

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Published on Dec 07, 2016 12:05 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySagar Rajput, Mumbai

Mumbai teen chases down man who duped people at ATMs

A 19-year-old boy, Naresh Paka, chased down 35-year-old con man who tried to use the chaos and confusion of the demonitisation drive to cheat him of Rs2,000 at an ATM.

A 19-year-old boy, Naresh Paka, chased down 35-year-old con man who tried to use the chaos and confusion of the demonetisation drive to cheat him of Rs2,000 at an ATM.(HT)

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Published on Dec 04, 2016 01:29 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySagar Rajput, Mumbai

3 held for activating SIM cards using fake documents

The Nehru Nagar police have busted a fake subscriber-identification-module (SIM) card racket with the arrest of three people earlier this week , while another accused is still at large

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Published on Dec 03, 2016 01:11 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySagar Rajput, Mumbai

Senior citizen cheating case: Police recover car used in the crime

The Byculla police are also trying to trace the four accused through call data records of three suspects

On November 12, South Mumbai businessman Siraj Shansaddin Dalal was duped of Rs57.50 lakhs while he was trying to exchange old currency.(HT File Photo)

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Updated on Nov 28, 2016 01:25 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySagar Rajput, Mumbai

63-year-old Mumbai man tries to exchange old notes, gets cheated of Rs 57 lakh

A senior citizen from south Mumbai was cheated of Rs57.50 lakh while trying to exchange old currency. The 63-year-old registered a case with the Byculla police station and a special team has been formed to investigate the case.

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Updated on Nov 30, 2016 04:54 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySagar Rajput, Mumbai

29 cars damaged, man injured as fire hydrant falls

Residents said such an incident could have caused several fatalities

The incident took place in the parking basement, said residents.(Picture for representation)

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Updated on Nov 27, 2016 12:13 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySagar Rajput, Mumbai

Polish couple robbed by two near Haji Ali

According to the police, the couple said the accused brandished sharp objects at them while passers-by did not intervene.

The couple were robbed of their high-end watches, gold jewellery, Rs5,000 in new notes and camera.(AFP)

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Updated on Nov 24, 2016 12:35 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySagar Rajput, Mumbai

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Sagar Rajput

Sagar works with the Crime team and covers South Mumbai and Prisons.

Superintendent of Byculla women’s jail confirmed that Indrani Mukerjea was taken out of jail at 7.30am

The police said the two minors took the girl to the 17-year-old’s house and used chloroform to keep her quiet

Earlier this year, the board allowed the trial of a 17-year-old boy accused in the murder of traffic police head constable Vilas Shinde — as an adult

Officers said they received complaints from more than 10 individuals, including a television producer and several government officials, against the accused...

An officer from JJ Marg police station said, “The 17-year-old boy stays in the same building as the victim did. The two minors made a plan to make money and so they planned kidnapping.”

Rasool Mahommad Khan, 43, one of the three people who drowned when a boat carrying eight capsized in Powai Lake on Friday night, was a member of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and a businessman involved in boat-making.

The Byculla police and the Mumbai police crime branch have questioned a few neighbours, who the victim’s father raised suspicions about

During the transactions, one of the gang members would pose as a relative of the infant

The Byculla police on Tuesday questioned two women over the death of a five-year-old girl who mysteriously fell from the corridor outside her 15th floor flat at Byculla.

he Byculla police are now investigating if the girl was pushed from the building or she accidentally fell while playing.

The police are not ruling out the possibility of this being part of a larger job racket in the naval dockyard

A retired naval commander, who was also chairman of the Navy Recruitment Board, was booked for cheating a man on the pretext of a job offer as an unskilled labourer at the naval dockyard.

The four accused take taxi to escape after allegedly committing a theft, flee after crashing the car into a light pole at Pydhonie

Bhujbal, an accused in the multi-crore money laundering case registered against him by the Enforcement Directorate, was discharged from the Bombay Hospital in first week of December

The boys, aged 12 and 7 years, were on their bicycles and were crossing the road when the car came and hit them.

The Matunga police are on the lookout for a man who fled the city recently after being booked for submitting a fake caste certificate to the Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research.

A team of crime branch officials in disguise were part of the exchange and had laid a trap for the accused.

The men were to get Rs85 lakh in new notes, in exchange for Rs1 crore in banned notes

Around 11.30pm on Tuesday, the Mumbai police control room received several calls from people in Tardeo, all complaining about an appwarently drunk pick-up jeep driver who was driving dangerously in the locality.

The police said the accused had with them Rs2,000 notes worth Rs72 lakh and Rs100 notes worth Rs13 lakh

According to the police, the woman was called by a man who claimed to be from the actor’s production house and a relative of Shera (Khan’s bodyguard)

Before the snatcher could get his hands on her chain, the woman lost control and fell on the tracks just as a train arrived...

A Mumbai businessman, desperate to exchange old bank notes worth Rs50 lakh to make a court payment, was cheated of the money by a tea vendor and his daughter in the week after the Centre’s demonetisation move. Both the vendor and his daughter are yet to be traced.

The police said that the admission cut offs were 99%, this year, and most aspirants had difficulties meeting the mark. The six accused met Ebraham Noorani, a fraud, who claimed to be an MBA graduate, and promised to get them admitted to the SoBo college

A 19-year-old boy, Naresh Paka, chased down 35-year-old con man who tried to use the chaos and confusion of the demonitisation drive to cheat him of Rs2,000 at an ATM.

The Nehru Nagar police have busted a fake subscriber-identification-module (SIM) card racket with the arrest of three people earlier this week , while another accused is still at large

The Byculla police are also trying to trace the four accused through call data records of three suspects

A senior citizen from south Mumbai was cheated of Rs57.50 lakh while trying to exchange old currency. The 63-year-old registered a case with the Byculla police station and a special team has been formed to investigate the case.

Residents said such an incident could have caused several fatalities

According to the police, the couple said the accused brandished sharp objects at them while passers-by did not intervene.

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