Man murdered, another injured in attack in Thane; key accused held

A group of persons allegedly killed a man and injured another person in Maharashtras Thane district police said on Tuesday reported news agency PTIThe police have arrested the main accused in the incident which took place near a temple in the Mumbra area at around 9 pm on Monday they saidThe key accused Ritik Vinay Dubey also known as Pandit and some other persons allegedly attacked two men both residents of Devi Chal village in Ganesh Pada with sharp weapons Mumbra police stations senior inspector Anil Shinde said reported PTIOne of the men Abhijit Bhaskar Patil 20 was killed while Sumit Sunil Gawde 22 was seriously injured and undergoing treatment in a hospital he said adding the motive behind the attack was being probed reported PTIDubey was arrested and a case was registered against him and the other accused on charges of murder and other relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita the official saidThane man loses Rs 1169 lakh in forex trading fraud police launch probeIn another case police have registered a case against 16 persons for allegedly cheating a man of Rs 1169 lakh in a forex trading racket in Maharashtras Thane district officials said on Tuesday reported PTIThe accused lured the 24yearold victim a resident of Ulhasnagar into forex trading by promising high returnsBased on their instructions he transferred Rs 1169165 to multiple bank accounts between October 14 and November 22 But when he asked for his returns and his invested amount the accused stopped responding an official from Ulhasnagar police station said reported PTIBased on the victims complaint the police registered a case on November 30 against 16 persons including a woman and a person posing as a customer care executive on charges of cheating under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Information Technology Act he addedFormer counsellor with Thane academic institute booked for cheatingMeanwhile police have registered an FIR against a former academic counsellor of an educational institute in Maharashtras Thane city for allegedly cheating students and misusing their data to fraudulently collect money officials said on Monday reported PTIThe accused in July this year stopped reporting to work at the institute which provides training courses for students in analytics and technology they saidHe however continued to contact students falsely presenting himself as still employed with the institute and allegedly collected Rs 48866 without the establishments knowledge an official from Naupada police station saidThe accused misused student data and collected money directly from them into his personal mobilelinked account He did not inform the students that he was no longer associated with the institute and misled them under various pretexts the official said reported PTIFollowing a complaint by the institute the police on Saturday registered a case against the counsellor under sections 3164 criminal breach of trust and 3184 cheating of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita the police saidWith inputs from PTI