Maharashtra News Live Updates: Jabs go up 22% as Covid-19 cases rise and vaccination gets a push

BMC officials confirmed on Sunday that actor Katrina Kaif had tested Covid-19 positive on June 1 while actor Kartik Aaryan tested positive for Coronavirus on June 4. “There was a party organised under the jurisdiction of K-West Ward on May 25. Many attended that party but it would be wrong to say that those who attended have tested positive. S o far there is no correlation between the actors testing positive for Covid-19 and the party held on May 25. We have not issued any new directives to studios. So far only Katrina Kaif (June 1) and Kartik Aaryan (June 4) have tested positive in the K-West Ward among celebrities,” said Prithviraj Chavan, Assistant Municipal Commissioner, K-West Ward.

A surge in Covid-19 cases and a door-todoor campaign to cover those who have defaulted on their second and precautionary doses have marginally pushed up daily average vaccinations across the state. From an average of 55,000, daily immunisation numbers have reached 67,000 in recent days.

The revenue department has once again topped the state’s corruption chart. Maharashtra Police are second on the list—comprising 44 government departments—prepared by the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB). The ACB in the last six months has logged 314 offences, of which 72 are against revenue department officials (three against class one officers, 6 class two and 62 class three). Against the police department, the ACB has registered 67 offences, of which four are against class one officers, 11 class two and 64 class three.

In a rare conviction under the Maharashtra Prevention of Gambling Act, nine businessmen from the city who were booked for playing rummy for money in a room at the Taj President in 2011, have been convicted and sentenced to six months imprisonment. Police had recovered Rs 3. 25 lakh from the accused in the room. Metropolitan magistrate AV Kulkarni refused to let the accused off on a bond of good behaviour and instead sentenced them.

Four men have been arrested for carjacking a businessman on the Western Express Highway near Dahisar at 12. 45am on May 25. They overtook his car, forced him to stop, manhandled him and made off with his iPhone and 20gm gold chain.

Wadala police arrested a BEST driver and his minor brother for allegedly stabbing their 42-year-old mother to death as they believed she had used black magic to block the former’s marriage. The bus driver’s girlfriend was also arrested.

An anonymous note threatening actor Salman Khan and his father, writer Salim Khan, with a Sidhu Moose Wala-like attack was found at the Bandra Bandstand promenade on Sunday. Cops registered a case against unknown persons.