Mumbai Beat

SRP jawan killed, 10 hurt in mishap

One SRP jawan was killed and 10 others, including an SRP sub inspector, were injured, some of them seriously, when a van in which they were travelling towards Mumbai rolled down a valley 50 mtrs deep on the Thane-Bhiwandi bypass on Sunday at around 3.30 pm after being rammed by a speeding truck.

The accident took place atSonali village in Bhiwandi taluka. The injured have been admitted to hospital. The jawans of the SRP group No VIII, at Goregaon company platoon no 2, comprising 26 personnel were on their way back to Mumbai from Gadchiroli.

2 jail officials in ACB net

Two jail officials attached to the Arthur Road central prison were caught red-handed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau ACB sleuths while accepting Rs. 600 as bribe to allow home-made food to an inmate. The ACB officials laid a trap following a complaint from one Noor H Ansari, a relative of the prisoner, and arrested senior jailer Maruti Chavan and Chandrakant Pote on Saturday evening, an ACB official said today. Both the accused were not allowing home-made food for the prisoner, arrested in connection with a crime he committed in the jurisdiction of Agripada police station. A city court had on January 27 allowed home-cooked food for the prisoner. Both the accused were today released on bail of Rs 5,000 each.