Thane meat shop owner held for selling beef illegally

Police have arrested a 38yearold meat shopkeeper in Maharashtras Thane district for allegedly selling beef in violation of the law officials said on Tuesday reported news agency PTIActing on a tipoff about illegal meat trade the police conducted a raid on the mans shop at Nizampura in the Bhiwandi area on November 29During the raid they recovered 16 kg of beef valued at Rs 5500 from the shop an official from Nizampura police station said reported PTIOur team found the shop selling beef without any legal permission After confirming the nature of the meat we registered a case and arrested the accused the official said reported PTIThe accused has been booked under the provisions of the Maharashtra Animal Preservation Act the police addedFormer counsellor with Thane academic institute booked for cheatingIn another case the 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 said reported PTIHe 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 said reported PTIThe 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 saidMan held for cheating Thane jeweller of Rs 27 lakhMeanwhile the police have arrested a man in Maharashtras Thane district for allegedly cheating a local jeweller of Rs 275 lakh by gaining his trust with a fake cheque officials said on Sunday reported PTIThe accused from the Bhayander area befriended the 57yearold jeweller through an online real estate marketplace in July and gained his trust by giving a cheque of Rs 66 lakh as an advance payment towards the purchase of a flat from him reported PTIAfter winning the victims confidence the accused bought gold jewellery valued at Rs 275 lakh from him without making any payment and then issued a stoppayment instruction for the cheque issued earlier for the property deal a police release saidBased on the jewellers complaint the Bhayander police registered a case against the accused on September 16 under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 3184 cheating and 3162 criminal breach of trust reported PTIThe accused later hid his identity and frequently changed locations to Delhi Noida and Mumbai to evade arrest it saidThe police finally traced him to a hotel in Thane city and arrested him from there on November 27 the release saidThe accused is a habitual offender with cases of cheating already registered against him in Thane and Mumbai and some dating back to 2000 the police addedWith inputs from PTI