Maharashtra: Group storms into office, sets furniture ablaze in Uran; case filed

Police on Wednesday registered an offence against a group of persons for allegedly storming into a private consultants office located at Uran in Maharashtras Raigad district and setting furniture and other things on fire in a bid to scare people holding a meeting there an official told news agency PTIThe incident occurred around 730 pm on Tuesday the official told PTIA complaint had been filed saying that several persons were allegedly duped by a duo through their investment scheme Based on the complaint the police had registered a case against agents with one Hitesh Gavand named as the main accused the police official told PTIA meeting of a few persons who fell prey to the investment scam was in progress at the consultants office on Tuesday to decide the further course of action like holding agitation and forming a committee comprising people from Uran and Panvel the official of Uran police station under the jurisdiction of Navi Mumbai police commissionerate told PTIWhen the meeting was on at the office and the victims were discussing the matter some unidentified persons stormed into it and set the furniture including sofa and chairs on fire They also threw a chit in which they warned those attending the meeting before escaping from the spot the official told PTINobody was injured in the incident he saidAn offence was registered under Indian Penal Code IPC sections 436 mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to destroy house etc and 506 criminal intimidation against Gavand and an unspecified number of persons based on the complaint by the consultant the police told PTIMeanwhile a gang which allegedly sold babies to needy couples has been busted here with the arrest of five persons from Mumbai and one from Nashik police told PTILast month the gang allegedly kidnapped a twoyearold girl from Malad in Mumbai took her to Malwani and later Nashik where they wanted to sell her for Rs 2 lakh an official from Kurar police station told PTI on TuesdayAs the deal fell through they returned to Mumbai and left the girl at Dadar railway station the official told PTIWhile police reunited the girl with her family that lived under a bridge nine teams were formed to nab the accused the official told PTIThe arrested accused have been identified as Irfan Khan 26 Salauddin Sayyed 23 Adil Khan 19 Taukeer Sayyed 26 Raza Sheikh all nabbed from Mumbai and Samadhan Jagtap arrested from Nashik reported PTIThey have been booked under Indian Penal Code sections 363 kidnapping 370 trafficking of person and 34 common intention and further investigation is underway the official told PTIWith inputs from PTI