Maharashtra: Case against man for fire at neighbour's house in Thane

Police have registered a case against a man on charges of negligence while bursting firecrackers which led to a blaze in a house located near his residence in Maharashtras Thane district an official said on Wednesday reported news agency PTIThe incident took place on Monday evening during a wedding celebration at the mans residence located in a building in Ambernath areaThe accused allegedly burst firecrackers in the compound of his building One of the lit crackers fell in the balcony of a house located opposite to the building leading to a fire in the balcony the official from Ambernath police station said reported PTIThe fire damaged grilles and some other materials in that house he saidBased on a complaint by a resident of the fireaffected house the police on Tuesday registered an FIR against the man under Indian Penal Code section 435 mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to cause damage the official said adding that a probe was on into the case reported PTIIn another case a 61yearold murder accused who had been on the run for 34 years was arrested from Maharashtras Thane district police said on Tuesday reported PTIBased on a tipoff the police laid a trap and apprehended the accused Jahangir Dinmohammad Sheikh from the western suburb of Andheri in neighbouring Mumbai on Monday evening an official said reported PTIThe accused was involved in a murder that took place in a residential building in Mira Road in December 1990 assistant commissioner of police Crime Madan Ballal of the MBVV police saidSheikh is one of the six accused involved in stabbing and killing the victim Gabrial alias Sudhakar Kristan Amanna 22 during a party he said reported PTIThe police had earlier arrested five accused in the case while Sheikh had remained absconding since the official saidMeanwhile two men have been arrested here with several firearms and ammunition police said on Tuesday reported PTIVigilance has been stepped up in the city in view of the Lok Sabha elections said deputy commissioner of police crime Shivraj PatilOn April 18 Shambu Suresh Mahato 35 a resident of Bihar was intercepted in Saket Road area and four pistols two countrymade revolvers a magazine and 18 live cartridges were seized from his possession the DCP said reported PTIMahato had been sentenced to imprisonment in a murder case in Rabale area in 2011 and got into arms trafficking after serving the sentence the official saidOn Monday police arrested Shebahadur Navbahadur Kharki a resident of Chandigarh in Wagle Estate area here and seized two countrymade pistols and four live cartridges from his possession reported PTIBoth were booked under relevant provisions of the Arms Act and IPCPolice were probing the purpose for which the firearms were meant the DCP saidWith inputs from PTI