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2 thieves arrested at DahisarAlert citizens and police managed to foil a robbery attempt and arrest two thieves after chasing them at Dah...

2 thieves arrested at Dahisar

Alert citizens and police managed to foil a robbery attempt and arrest two thieves after chasing them at Dahisar on Sunday evening.

Following a tip off that seven thieves were likely to rob an octroi office near the Dahisar check naka, Dahisar police lay in wait and spotted some men behaving in a suspicious manner at 11.50 pm. As the police closed in, the thieves tried to speed away in a car. The managed to give police the slip on foot even after the men in uniform intercepted them near Devi Pada. The confusion that followed on the Western Express Highway alerted pedestrians, who chipped in with the chase.

Two of the seven thieves were finally arrested and have been identified as Rahmat Shaikh and Jafrul Nasim. Police also seized a revolver, six live cartridges, a chopper and two toy toy pistols. A case of attempt to commit robbery has been registered and a search is under way for the remaining five suspects.

Constable attempts suicide

A constable with theKanjurmarg police attempted suicide after alleged harassment from his seniors drove him to the brink last week. Constable Prakash Pandurang, a court orderly with the Mulund Metropolitan Magistrate8217;s Court, was deputed for bandobast on Ganesh Chaturthi by Senior Inspector, Dattatreya Kusale on September 13 and 14. However, Madhke did not turn up for duty on either day.

An irate Kusale then made a diary entry alleging that Madhke had been irresponsible and was absent without a reason. When Madhke turned up for work on September 15, he learnt of the diary entry and immediately returned to his Wagle Estate residence in Thane and consumed insecticide. Timely treatment saved his life.

Madhke later alleged that his seniors had subjected him to repeated harassment by making him work long hours, abusing and humiliating him, which is why he decided to end his life. Deputy Commissioner of Police Zone-VI, R M Kedari, has initiated an inquiry into the incident.

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8220;After the inquiry I found Madhke8217;s allegationsbaseless. In fact, it was he who was at fault,8221; DCP Kedari told Express Newsline. Kedari said Madhke should not have shirked bandobast duty. When he did return, he consumed poison fearing that his bosses would be angry. He had not even been reprimanded that day. As regards the other allegations, Kedari wondered how Madhke could be harassed when he was a court orderly. Wagle Estate police have registered a case of attempt to commit suicide against the constable.

1 killed in family feud over land

The battle over a plot of land between two families in Dombivali led to the death of one and the injury of 10 others.

According to the Manpada police, Gorakhnath Bhoir and his three brothers Anant, Satish and Ramesh and their families were erecting an ownership board on August 26 on the property that the Kalyan court had deemed the Bhoirs in a ruling last week. The Patel family, who lost the case, arrived on the scene and began to abuse them.

The ensuing war of words escalated into violence asthe ten member group led by Anand Patel 50 and his four brothers tried to prevent the board from going up. Anant Bhoir 48, was hit on the head and died on the spot, say police sources. Ten others from both sides were injured in the fight and admitted to the Rao and Shirodkar Hospitals in Dombivali. Gorakhnath Bhoir has lodged a complaint against Anand Patil and others on his brother8217;s death and injury to his family members in the Manpada police station at Dombivali, while Anand Patil has lodged a counter- complaint against the Bhoirs at the same police station by Anand Patil, alleging physical assault. The case is being investigated by PSI R Rokde of Manpada police station.