Palghar: Man booked for making hoax call to cops about firing

An offence has been registered against a man who allegedly made a hoax call to the police claiming to have been injured in a firing in Maharashtras Palghar district an official said on Monday reported news agency PTIThe district rural police on Sunday registered an offence under sections 177 furnishing false information to a public servant and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code against Sanjay Surve a resident of Wada the official said reported PTIThe accused allegedly called the emergency helpline number 112 on Saturday afternoon informing the Wada police station that a man had shot and injured him and that he needed police assistance he said reported PTIA team of four officers and 15 police personnel rushed to the spot mentioned by the caller and found that no such firing had taken place the official said reported PTIThe accused has not revealed the reason for making the call he said adding that no arrest has been made in the case reported PTIIn another incident the police have busted a narcotics manufacturing unit operating at a farmhouse in a tribal area in Maharashtras Palghar district and arrested one person an official said on Monday reported PTIActing on a tipoff the MiraBhayandar VirarVasai MBVV police on Sunday raided the farmhouse in the Kawalpada area of predominantly tribal Mokhada taluka the official said reported PTIThe police team seized a large stock of narcotic substances and found accessories and machinery used for making the contraband he said reported PTIOne person has been arrested in connection with the manufacture and distribution of drugs the official said adding that the manufacturing unit was set up in the remote village to evade the authorities reported PTIThis is a major seizure after the raids in Solapur Nashik and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar he said reported PTIMeanwhile a 26yearold man has been arrested for allegedly breaking into a temple and stealing cash from the donation box in Maharashtras Palghar district police said on Sunday reported PTIThe police on Friday arrested Shabbir alias Fateh Murtaza Ali Sheikh a resident of Nalla Sopara for allegedly breaking into a temple in the Girij area senior inspector Ranjit Andale said reported PTIThe accused had entered the temple around 2 am on October 8 and decamped with Rs 4500 cash from the donation box he saidThe Vasai police registered an offence and formed two teams to nab the accused the official said reported PTIThe CCTV footage from the area showed the accused exiting the temple and driving away an autorickshaw Investigations revealed that the vehicle had been stolen from the limits of Valiv police station he saidDuring interrogation the accused said he was involved in three more crimes in Valiv Vasai and Manikpur police station limits the official said adding that the stolen cash and autorickshaw have been recovered reported PTIWith inputs from PTI