Mumbai this week: Chrisann Pereira released from Sharjah jail; Barsu-Solgaon refinery protests continue
In the coming week: Actor Chrisann Pereira is expected to return to India from Sharjah, where she was lodged in a prison after drugs were planted on her.
Chrisann Pereira was released from Sharjah jail on Wednesday evening. (Photo: Kevin Pereira/Instagram)
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Actor Chrisann Pereira’s arrest, jail time and eventual release evoked mass solidarity across the city and country and raised hope for another man lodged in prison in Sharjah on similar charges. The Sadak 2 and Batla House actor was lodged in the Sharjah prison since April 1, when she was arrested for the possessions of drugs, which were unknowingly planted on her out of revenge. Here are the key developments in the case:
Here are the other top news developments from Mumbai in the past week (April 24-30):
Lathicharge, tear gas firing at Barsu Solgaon as villagers protest against proposed refinery
Police resorted to a lathicharge and fired tear gas shells as villagers in Barsu Solgaon intendified their protest against a proposed refinery and tried to enter the survey site forcibly. 1,800 police personnel remain deployed in the village, where Section 144 remains imposed as the government surveys the site for the project.
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, who came at the receiving end of the rulling alliance’s potshots for allotting land for the project during his tenure as Maharashtra CM, said the refinery would have gone ahead only after the villagers’ consent.
State Industries Minister Uday Samant announced a single-member committee headed by the district collector to probe the charges.
The truth always wins, actor Sooraj Pancholi said after he was acquitted by a Sessions court in the Jiah Khan suicide case, citing lack of evidence. The court said that the prosecution failed to prove that there was any action on his part to compel Jiah to die by suicide. Jiah’s mother Rabia Khan, meanwhile, vowed to continue fighting and said she would sile an appeal against the order.
Passengers arrive at Mumbai airport on Thursday after they were evacuated from Sudan under rescue Operation Kaveri. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)
Chrisann Pereira, the actor framed in a drug case in Sharjah, likely to return to the city.
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray’s presence will be the highlight of the Maha Vikas Aghadi’s ‘Vajramuth Rally’ in Mumbai Monday, on the occasion of Maharashtra Day.
BMC set to expedite the road concretising works to ensure maximum quantum is achieved before monsoon.
Mumbai could experience light to moderate rains, owing to incursion of westerlies.
State cabinet meeting to be held after a gap of one week. Oil refinery conflict likely to continue. Opposition organising public rally on May 1.
The Bombay High Court to hear the plea on May 2 seeking relaxation of the criterion of scoring 75 percent marks in Class XII (Higher Secondary Examination) exams to appear for the Joint Entrance Examination (Mains) despite there being a qualifying exam for admission to the IITs, NITs and IIITs.
On May 2, court to hear bail arguments of IIT student Arman Khatri, booked for abetment of suicide of fellow student, Darshan Solanki.
On May 2, court to hear accused in the Elgaar Parishad case on their discharge applications. Over the past few months, the special court in Mumbai has been hearing pleas filed by the accused seeking discharge from the case claiming that there is no evidence against them.
