Thane: 5 try to sell silver, idols stolen from Daman, arrested

Police have arrested five people in Maharashtras Thane district while trying to sell silver and idols stolen from a shop in Daman in the union territory of Daman and Diu an official said on WednesdayAccording to senior inspector Yogesh Awhad from the Crime UniII in Bhiwandi the gang recently broke into a shop in Daman about 200 km from Mumbai and took away 3 kg of silver idols and some valuables from there reported PTIAs per the news agency report the police received a tip on Tuesday about some people coming to Bhiwandi in Thane district to sell the stolen silver and other goods Acting on the tip they laid a trap and arrested the five accused he saidCiting their investigation Awhad said the five have also committed many other crimes in Maharashtra Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka according to PTIWoman travels to Pakistan by obtaining fake documents booked with manA case was registered against a 23yearold woman in Maharashtras Thane district for allegedly travelling to Pakistan by forging passport and visa made using fake documents reported PTI citing an official on TuesdayApart from the woman the police also filed a case against an unidentified man for facilitating her fake documents he saidThe accused woman has been identified as Nagma Noor Maksood Ali alias Sanam Khan She changed her name and obtained Aadhaar card PAN card and her daughters birth certificate from a centre in Lokmanya Nagar and then attached these documents to the passport application the official of Vartak Nagar police station saidShe obtained a passport and visa for Pakistan and travelled to the neighbouring country on the basis of these documentsThe offence took place between May 2023 and 2024 the official said a probe into the crime was underwayThe duo has been booked under the Indian Passports Act and others the official addedMan duped of more than Rs 8 cr by Dubaibased businessman in ThaneA 58yearold architect from Thane city in Maharashtra was allegedly cheated of more than Rs 8 crore by a Dubaibased businessman police said on MondayAs per the PTI report an official from Naupada police station noted that the police on Saturday registered a case against the alleged accused Harish Chainani and others involved in the crimeAccording to the complaint the accused who imported luxury watches allegedly lured the victim to join his venture as he wanted to expand it to India and asked him to invest Rs 4 crore he said reported PTIAccording to the official in 202223 the victim allegedly gave the Dubaibased businessman 13 watches worth Rs 485 crore and a sum of Rs 4 crore for the businessLater the accused started giving him evasive replies and stopped taking his calls when the victim sought returns on his investment and proceeds from the sale of the watches he saidWith inputs from PTI