Thane: Case against six persons for bid to grab school land and extort money

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Police have registered a case against six persons for allegedly attempting to grab land of a private school in Maharashtra's Thane district and extort money from its management, an official told news agency PTI on Wednesday.

The school management approached the Kalwa police on Tuesday with a complaint alleging the accused started digging work in the school premises on September 29, 2022 under the pretext of taking up construction of chawls (tenements) and rent them out, the official from Kalwa police station told PTI.

When the management objected to it, the accused allegedly ransacked the school property and also tried to extort money from the management to allow it to run the institution, he said.

Based on the complaint, the police have registered a case against six persons under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code, the official said.

No arrest has been made so far in this connection, the police added.

Meanwhile, The police in Maharashtra's Thane city have arrested a man and woman, both aged 24, for allegedly hurling abuses at the driver and conductor of a civic-run bus and manhandling them, an official told PTI on Tuesday. Both have been remanded in judicial custody for 14 days.

The incident took place between 00.20 hours and 00.40 hours on Monday when the bus was on its way from Mumbai's western suburb of Borivali to Thane city.

Near Teen Haath Naka in Thane, a car came in front of a bus run by the Thane Municipal Transport (TMT). Though the car was moving slowly, the person at the wheel did not give way to the bus despite repeated use of the horn by the latter's driver, the official told PTI.

After some time, the driver of the car came in front of the TMT bus and did not let it proceed. A woman and a man, identified as Surushti Mohan Pawar and Omkar Subash Modak, respectively, entered the bus and hurled abuses at the driver and conductor.

The accused also manhandled the two TMT employees despite the bus driver telling them that they were holding up the passengers.

With the woman on board and screaming non-stop, the bus driver drove to the Naupada police station where cops placed her under arrest, he said.

A R Nikam, inspector (crime), told PTI that the man then followed the bus in the car and he too was arrested.

The two were presented before a court on Monday and were remanded in judicial custody for 14 days, he added.

(With inputs from PTI)