Articles by Sagar Rajput
Mumbai police bust immigration racket to Germany with arrest of four
The police said Singhani would help his clients get week-long tourist visas. After landing in Germany, they would be instructed to surrender to government officials after ripping up their passports.

Updated on Nov 23, 2016 12:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
Two arrested for trying to deposit ₹93,000 in fake notes at bank in Mumbai
Initially, a man tried to deposit 93 notes of Rs1,000 denomination in the bank and fled when the cashier caught his bluff.

Updated on Nov 21, 2016 11:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
25-year-old held for stealing phones in Mumbai, selling them in Bangkok
The accused, who has been in the business for the past five years, has been arrested only once

Published on Nov 21, 2016 12:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
Man linked to Indian Mujahideen booked after trying to flee from JJ Hospital
Police officials said Anwar Abdul Gani Bagwan, 33, was arrested eight years ago by the Mumbai Crime Branch for his links to the terrorist group

Published on Nov 19, 2016 12:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
17-year-old girl receives lewd calls, texts after her phone no. appears on porn site
The victim received more than 200 calls in a day, said police officials

Published on Nov 18, 2016 11:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
Yellow shirt helps cops track rape accused in Mumbai
According to the police, the accused, Wasim Ansari, 22, allegedly kidnapped and raped the girl in broad daylight on Sunday.

Published on Nov 17, 2016 02:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
Mumbai woman cheated of ₹4.32 lakh by Facebook friend
A 33-year-old assistant manager of a well-known company was cheated of Rs4.32 lakh by a man who befriended her on the social networking site

Published on Nov 16, 2016 12:55 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
ACB passes buck despite 2009 HC order
Order directs the agency to investigate each complaint it gets, instead of passing on the complaint letters to the concerned departments

Published on Oct 29, 2016 11:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
Police probing Arun Gawli’s role in cash seizure at Dagdi Chawl
Gawli is currently out on parole, which was granted to him by the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court from October 21 to November 2 to attend his ailing wife.

Updated on Oct 26, 2016 12:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
Drunken brawl: Man kills friend in south Mumbai
Both men were on their way home from a bar

Updated on Oct 24, 2016 11:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
Agnello Valdaris’ father demands GRP cops be tried for murder
While the cops claimed that a Valdaris had attempted to run away and was run over by a local train then, his father Leonardo said it was a cold-blooded murder and there was no reason for his son to have committed suicide.

Published on Oct 22, 2016 12:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
Telgi scam: Cops seek info on LIC employees, stamp paper vendors
After registering 8 new cases in connection with the early-2000s racket, police want to know who sent bogus papers to the stamp duty office in south Mumbai in 2003

Published on Oct 20, 2016 11:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
HT EXCLUSIVE: Telgi scam resurfaces; police file 8 FIRs
The FIRs are against unknown people suspected to have forged, used and sold bogus stamp papers. As part of their investigations, the police will once again scrutinise the role of Abdul Karim Telgi, the kingpin, who was sentenced to 30 years in jail in 2006 and another 13 years in 2007 for another aspect of the scam.

Updated on Oct 20, 2016 12:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
Cyber crooks hack pharma firm’s email, try to con client of ₹4.3crore

Published on Oct 09, 2016 12:42 PM IST
Cyber crooks hack pharma firm’s email, try to con client of Rs4.3cr
Cyber criminals hacked into email accounts of pharmaceutical firm Jindal Drugs Private Limited

Updated on Oct 09, 2016 12:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
35-year-old internet operator chases, catches car thief
The complainant chased the accused for almost 2km

Published on Oct 07, 2016 11:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
Unemployed man shoots himself at Dadar, admitted to hospital
Vijay Geet Bahadur has been unemployed for five years and was getting psychiatric help for depression, the police said

Published on Oct 06, 2016 12:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
Cyber crooks con 75-yr-old former lawyer of ₹18 lakh

Published on Oct 05, 2016 11:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
6 men walk into trading firm, assault employees, flee with Rs75 lakh
Six men with weapons entered a stock market trading office near the Chahatrapati Shivaji Terminus around noon on Tuesday and fled with Rs75 lakh and mobiles worth Rs39,700. As there were no CCTV cameras in the office, the police are yet to identify the suspects

Published on Oct 05, 2016 02:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
60-yr-old held for ramming car into vada pav vendor in Mumbai
“It appears that the accused mistakenly applied accelerator instead of applying breaks, due to which he lost control of the car,” said an officer.

Updated on Oct 05, 2016 12:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
Mumbai mechanic held for selling stolen bikes on OLX
Khijar Hayat Nazir Sayyad would change the chassis and registrations numbers and then sell the bikes at a cheaper price

Updated on Oct 04, 2016 12:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
Cops arrest Arun Gawli gang member after 24 years
After evading the police for 24 years, a gangster from the Arun Gawli gang was arrested by NM Joshi Marg police from Raigad

Published on Oct 02, 2016 11:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
Undertrials attack, abuse 3 cops in prison van
The accused belonged to rival gangs which led to the fight

Published on Oct 01, 2016 11:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
Two held for posing as realtor’s staff, cheating people
Police in Mumbai have arrested two college dropouts for posing as employees of a reputable real esate firm and cheating people out of lakhs of rupees over the last one year by promising to get them housing loans from the company.

Published on Sep 30, 2016 04:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
30-yr-old, brother-in-law jailed for swapping identities in Mumbai court
Arunkumar Gaud left for his home town in UP to perform his father’s last rites, and asked his brother-in-law Ganesh Swaminath Gaud to appear in the court on his behalf

Published on Sep 28, 2016 11:34 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai
Cops hunt for man who tried to dupe Tata employees
The MRA Marg police have registered a case of cheating and impersonation against an unidentified accused, posing as the chairman of the Tata Group, sent an email to his subordinates demanding them to transfer $4,500 to an account for a project.

Updated on Sep 27, 2016 10:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Sagar Rajput, Mumbai