Thane: Case against 4 persons for threatening, firing at cable operator's office

Four persons allegedly threatened the staff at a cable operators office in Maharashtras Thane district and one of them opened fire in the premises after an argument police told news agency PTI on MondayNo one was injured in the incident which took place at around 7 pm on Sunday in Ulhasnagar area an official from the police control room said adding that a case has been registered against the four personsThe accused went to the cable operators office enquired about the owner and asked the staff to keep away from a man whom they named Later one of the accused allegedly opened fire after a quarrel with security guards at the office entrance the official told PTIDeputy Commissioner of Police Dr Sudhakar Pathare dismissed rumours of firing at a local politicians officeThe Hill Line police have registered a case against the four accused under Indian Penal Code sections 452 housetrespass after preparation for hurt assault or wrongful restraint 440 mischief committed after preparation made for causing death or hurt 506 criminal intimidation and 34 common intention and provisions of the Arms Act the control room official told PTINo arrest has been made so far A probe is on into the case he saidMeanwhile Police have registered a case against two persons for allegedly cheating a private company of Rs 426 lakh under the pretext of getting it a consent certificate from the Maharashtra Pollution Control board MPCB an official told PTI on SundayOne of the accused is a former employee of the company which has ready mix concrete plants at various places in the country the official from Chitalsar police station in Thane told PTIThe company wanted to get a consent certificate from the MPCB for its three units at Deonar Mumbai Turbhe Navi Mumbai and Kashimira ThaneOne of the accused who was then working with the company introduced its authorities to the other accused claiming he arranged for the MPCBs consent the official saidBetween September 2021 and April 2022 the company allegedly made a payment of Rs 426 lakh to the accused and he got it a consent letter from the MPCB the official told PTIWhen the MPCB officials visited a plant of the company for an inspection last year they found the consent letter was fake and not issued by the pollution regulatory body he saidThe company on Friday filed a complaint based on which the Chitalsar police here registered a case against the two accused under Indian Penal Code sections 420 cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property 406 criminal breach of trust 465 forgery 468 punishment for forgery and 34 act done by several persons in furtherance of common intentionNo arrest has been made in this connection so far the police told PTIWith inputs from PTI