Mumbai Beat

When Ajay realised the pass was bogus, he tore it up. Vikas was later arrested and he confessed to having given Ajay the pass. PSI Malhari N Kanjir 49 then visited Ajay8217;s residence and asked him for the pass. When Ajay replied he had torn it up, the officer demanded that Ajay either pay him Rs 2 lakh or face arrest in the pass scam. After some haggling, the PSI agreed to pay Rs 50,000 and told Ajay to pay him an initial Rs 10,000 at Vicky Bar, Byculla. Ajay tipped off the ACB.

Pharmaceutical co owner shot at

Fourunidentified persons broke into Messrs Hab Pharmaceuticals Research Ltd at Gurukrupa Building, Kalbadevi, at around 5.30 pm today, and shot at the owner, Sanjay Garg 31. His servant Rajesh Salunke was also injured. The miscreants entered the pharmaceutical unit with choppers and a revolver and demanded Rs 5 lakh. Garg managed to pay Rs 10,000. The assailants fired one round at him and stabbed his servant with a chopper. Garg has been admitted to Bombay Hospital.

Chargesheet filed against Sheregar

The Economic Offences Wing of the Mumbai police today filed a chargesheet against former BEST employee Ashok Sheregar and 60 others who allegedly duped members of the public of Rs 18.6 crore in 1997.

The chargesheet was filed before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate AAA Kidwai at the 37th Esplanade Court.

Express Newsline reports