Thane crime: Highly decomposed body of woman found; hunt on for live-in partner

Police in Maharashtrarsquos Thane district has recovered the highlydecomposed body of a 36yearold woman in a room in Bhiwandi city police said on TuesdayPTI reported that the Police suspect the role of her livein partner and a female friend in the murder Both of them are untracedA police official told PTI the woman might have been killed with her throat slit at least threefour days back The deceased has been identifiedPolice were informed on Monday night about a foul smell emanating from the room located in Kongaon area by its owner the official saidPolice broke open the door and saw the woman lying dead in the kitchen he addedAs per neighbours the victim was a divorcee who was staying in the room for the last 11 months the official said adding that further investigation is underwayOn Monday September 18 Thane Police registered an offence against a man and his son for allegedly fabricating land documents and cheating a developer and the government the police said on Monday reported the PTIAlso read Mumbai Devotion and decorations on display as Ganesh festival beginsAccording to PTI based on a complaint an offence under sections 420 cheating 406 criminal breach of trust and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code was registered against Chandraprakash Shukla and his son Jai an official told the PTIAccording to the police the fatherson duo allegedly fabricated land records cheated the government and developers and filed false cases in the pastThe extent of the fraud and the money involved is yet to be ascertained he saidMeanwhile in an another incident a 33yearold man from Navi Mumbai has become the latest victim of the online task fraud and lost more than Rs 43 lakh to fraudsters who lured him under the pretext of earning big returns police told news agency PTI on MondayThe fraudsters contacted the man a resident of Koparkhairane area on Whatsapp and told him that he could earn good money if he completed a parttime job involving online tasks an official told PTIHoping to earn good returns the victim ended up paying Rs 4345 lakh in different bank accounts but never received any remuneration he told PTI quoting the First Information ReportA case was registered under section 420 Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property of the Indian Penal Code IPC No arrest has been made so far reported PTIThe online task fraud typically involves trapping victims by making them perform tasks like liking videos etc and making small payments initially to win their trust The victims were later lured to invest money to earn big returns reported PTIMeanwhile unidentified persons allegedly broke into a temple and decamped with Rs 10000 in Navi Mumbai police told PTI on SundayThe incident took place in the Ghansoli area in the intervening night of Thursday and Friday an official told PTIUnidentified persons broke the lock of the temple and stole Rs 10000 from the donation box he saidAn offence under sections 454 housetrespass or breaking 380 theft and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code has been registered based on a complaint lodged by the temple management the official told PTI