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Bengal women detained in Thane despite valid citizenship docs
Three women and a child from West Bengal are being held in a Thane detention centre on allegations of being illegal Bangladeshi nationals, with police claiming their documents, including passports, which require…
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Missing girl found safe after police scan footage from 948 CCTV cameras
Thane: The Mumbra police in Thane scanned footage from 948 CCTV cameras to trace a missing seven-year-old girl, who was later found safe in Badlapur and told investigators she had run away…
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Civic clerk held for taking Rs 10,000 bribe in Palghar district
Thane: A clerk from the Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation in Maharashtra’s Palghar district was arrested for accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 to initiate action in an alleged land encroachment matter,…
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Three held for beating tempo driver to death over minor accident in Thane
Thane: Three persons, including two siblings, were arrested on Thursday, May 28, for allegedly beating a 38-year-old man to death following a dispute over a minor road accident in Maharashtra’s Thane district,…
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Prostitution racket busted at Thane spa, 5 women rescued
Thane: Police have busted a flesh trade racket operating under the guise of a health spa in Maharashtra’s Thane district and rescued five women, officials said on Wednesday, May 27. A woman…
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Cyber fraudsters posing as cops dupe Thane man of Rs 40.5 lakh
Thane: A 70-year-old man from Maharashtra’s Thane city was allegedly duped of Rs 40.5 lakh by cyber fraudsters, who posed as police officers and threatened to arrest him in a fake terror…
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Thane court acquits MNS chief Raj Thackeray in 2008 railway exam assault case
Thane: A court in Thane on Thursday, May 21, acquitted all the accused, including Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray, in a 2008 case related to the alleged assault on Railway…
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Maharastra: Massive Thane market fire kills 2, including fireman
Thane: A fireman and a security guard were killed after a massive fire broke out at a market complex near Thane railway station in Maharashtra early on Thursday, May 21, officials said.…
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Thane court acquits man in 2019 case of woman’s murder
Thane: A Thane court has acquitted a 33-year-old man accused of murdering a woman in 2019, noting that the prosecution’s case collapsed as it relied on an inadmissible confession and lacked incriminating…
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Thane court acquits trio accused of trafficking teenager, rape in 2016
Thane: A court in Maharashtra’s Thane has acquitted three persons, including a 31-year-old woman, in a 2016 case of alleged kidnapping, trafficking, and rape of a minor girl, observing that the prosecution…
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Flesh trade racket busted in Thane; woman held
Thane: Police have unearthed a prostitution racket operating from a hotel in Maharashtra’s Thane district and arrested a woman in this connection, an official said on Thursday, May 14. Acting on a…
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Man found hanging from tree in Thane
Thane: A 23-year-old man allegedly committed suicide in Maharashtra’s Thane city on Tuesday, May 12, an official said. The deceased, identified as Praveen Wankhede, was found hanging from a tree in Shivai…
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Consensual relationship over two years not rape, says Thane court, acquits man
Thane: A sessions court in Maharashtra’s Thane district has acquitted a 33-year-old man accused of rape and cheating, holding that a long-term sexual relationship based on a promise of marriage cannot be…
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Court acquits Thane man accused of stepson’s murder
Thane: A Thane court has acquitted a man accused of killing his 4-year-old stepson, noting that the prosecution failed to establish the chain of circumstances to prove the guilt of the accused…
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Youth gets five-year jail term for sexually harassing 14-year-old girl
Thane: A special POCSO court in Thane has sentenced a 21-year-old man to imprisonment for five years for sexually harassing and threatening a teenage girl after befriending her on social media while…
