Actor Jacqueline Fernandez (Instagram/@jacquelinefernandez)Mumbai News Highlights: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Saturday seized assets worth 7 crore of Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez in a money laundering probe connected with Sukesh Chandrashekhar’s extortion and money laundering case. According to the allegation, Sukesh, while serving a sentence at Tihar jail, had extorted money a businessman’s wife. Jacqueline Fernandez’s name popped up with regard to the ED’s earlier allegation that the actor had unearthed monetary transactions with Sukesh.
The Mumbai police Friday, opposing the bail of Independent MP Navneet Rana and her husband MLA Ravi Rana, claimed that their announcement to recite Hanuman Chalisa in front of the private residence of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray was with an intention to challenge law and order in the state to an extent where dissolution of the present government by the Governor of Maharashtra could be recommended.
Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert indicating severe heat for the Wardha, Akola, Chandrapur, and Yavatmal districts in Maharashtra for Saturday and Sunday.
In other news, a 26-year-old woman on Thursday accused Shiv Sena Lok Sabha MP Rahul Shewale of rape, a charge denied by the parliamentarian. The woman lodged a complaint of rape against Shewale at the Sakinaka Police station in suburban Mumbai, according to news agency PTI. No FIR has been registered so far and the police are yet to start a probe into the complaint, an official said.
Aam Aadmi Party's national executive member and spokesperson - Preeti Sharma Menon was appointed as the party's Mumbai unit chief on Saturday. The announcement was made by AAP national general secretary Pankaj Gupta. The party said it would contest the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls under her leadership.
Mumbai police commissioner Sanjay Pandey on Saturday sought the cooperation of Mumbaikars to maintain law and order and said the police will bat on front foot to tackle miscreants who disturb the peace in the city.
Pandey was addressing a citizens' conference, in which members of mohalla committees and advanced locality management teams (ALM) from across the city participated. "If someone tries to disturb the peace, I am speaking on behalf of our 40,000 constables and officers, that each and every one of them is enough (to deal with the situation)," the senior officer said.
Seeking people's cooperation, the top cop said the police will need citizens' support in the first stage when someone tries to disturb the peace in the city and later when the police action culminates and the healing process begins to normalise the situation. (PTI)
Maharashtra on Saturday reported 155 new coronavirus cases and one pandemic-related death, the state health department said. It took the caseload in the state to 78,77,732 and death toll to 1,47,843.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region - comprising Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai and neighbouring areas - reported 115 infections during the day. The Pune division - which comprises Pune, Solapur and Satara districts - recorded 27 new cases.
There are 998 active cases in Maharashtra now. On Friday, the state had reported 148 new infections and two deaths. As many as 135 patients recovered during the day, increasing the tally of recovered cases to 77,28,891. Maharashtra's recovery rate is now 98.11 per cent while the death rate is 1.87 per cent.
A special court is likely to decide the bail plea of jailed Independent MP Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana on May 2. The couple had moved court seeking bail in an FIR registered by Mumbai police under provisions related to sedition and promoting enmity following their plan to recite Hanuman Chalisa outside Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's private residence. (PTI)
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached assets amounting to Rs 7.27 crore belonging to Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez in connection with its money laundering probe into activities of conman Sukesh Chandraseskhar. The attached assets include fixed deposits worth Rs 7.12 crore.
“During investigation, it was revealed that Sukesh Chandrasekhar had given various gifts worth Rs 5.71 crore to Jacqueline Fernandez from the proceeds of crime generated by criminal activities including extortion. Sukesh Chandrasekhar had put Pinky Irani, his long-time associate and co-accused in this case, to deliver the said gifts to her. Read More
Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday accused the BJP of conspiring to divide Hindus in the state. Thackeray made the comments during his online address to Shiv Sena's district chiefs from Konkan region, and from western and north Maharashtra, according to the points shared by the party from his speech.
Without naming the BJP, Thackeray alleged that it was trying to paint Maharashtra as "anti-Hindu" as it allegedly did in the cases of West Bengal and Kerala - both non-BJP ruled states. The BJP has been targeting its erstwhile ally, the Shiv Sena, over the issue of Hindutva ever since the Thackeray-led party formed government in Maharashtra by joining hands with the NCP and the Congress.
"We always say Maharashtra shows the direction. Now, Maharashtra should show the direction again. It is the BJP's conspiracy to divide Hindus and Marathis and non-Marathis in Maharashtra," Thackeray as alleged. (PTI)
On May 11, 2016, the Indian Navy bid adieu to its Sea Harrier jet fighters, famous for their vertical take-off and landing. Meant only for the most experienced and confident pilots, they were not easy to manoeuvre and were associated with a significant number of accidents. Yet, for many like Peter deSouza, it was simply love at first sight.
A Bandra-based photographer and former banker, deSouza (57), can now view the Sea Harrier every day if he wishes to. When the Navy retired the reconnaissance-and-attack aircraft, the last one to fly found a final resting place by the Bandstand promenade in Bandra. Read More
The CBI is currently conducting searches on premises linked to Mumbai-based realtors Shahid Balwa and Vinod Goenka of D B Realty and Pune-based businessman Avinash Bhosale in connection with its case against DHFL and Yes Bank.
The CBI, sources said, is searching eight premises, including the residence and office of Balwa, Goenka and Bhosale.
Earlier, on April 28, the agency had arrested Sanjay Chhabria of Radius Group of developers for his alleged role in the default of loan repayment to DHFL. Radius Group owes Rs 3,000 crore to DHFL. Read More
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Saturday seized assets worth 7 crore of Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez in a money laundering probe connected with Sukesh Chandrashekhar’s extortion and money laundering case. According to the allegation, Sukesh, while serving a sentence at Tihar jail, had extorted money a businessman’s wife. Jacqueline Fernandez’s name popped up with regard to the ED’s earlier allegation that the actor had unearthed monetary transactions with Sukesh.
The CBI carries out searches at 8 locations in Mumbai and Pune in connection with DHFL-Yes Bank case, say officials. The searches are carried out at premises of Shahid Balwa and Vinod Goenka, officials stated.
Three days prior to the May 3 deadline set by MNS chief Raj Thackeray for removal of loudspeakers from mosques, the Mumbai Police, to counter the “communal narrative”, is relying on civil society groups to send out a message that the common man is not interested in such issues.
To this end, Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey has organised an “advanced local management/peace committee” meeting at NCPA on Saturday evening, where at least 1,000 people, including prominent members of the civil society, mohalla committee and peace committee will speak on the issue. Read more
Fraudsters targetted a 33-year-old man from Mumbai by giving him a loan, and circulating a morphed pornographic video to his contacts when he failed to repay it.
According to the complainant, he took a loan last November for Rs 7,000 through online transactions. While submitting his documents for the loan, he granted access to the contact list on his phone. When he failed to repay the money, recovery agents morphed his photographs on a pornographic video and sent it to several of his contacts. Read more
AMID RISING threat of landslides in Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has planned to give disaster management training to people living in landslide-prone areas.
The civic body’s Disaster Management Cell said that since many of these landslide locations have access issues and nearby residents are first responders to calamities, training them will help in saving lives and timely evacuation. Read more
The Bombay High Court recently allowed two convicts in the 2016 case of Kopardi rape and murder of minor to continue their education at Yerawada Central Prison in Pune through open universities, pending death confirmation reference hearing in the court.
“We observe that as petitioners have expressed their desire to pursue an academic course in open university, such desire be treated as welcome step and the prison authorities to extend necessary assistance by adopting humanitarian approach to the desire of the petitioners,” the court said. Read more