Mohamed Thaver

Of the total 33,293 investors who lost money under various financial crimes since the unit was set up, the EOW has been able to refund over 11,000 while nearly over 22,000 did not turn up to collect the money.

The notice was issued on the grounds that the officer’s resignation has not been accepted as yet and, hence, is technically still a serving officer.

A CBI spokesperson refused to comment on the issue. An official from the Maharashtra Home Department said “the file is in process” and refused to comment any further.

Aside from charges of attempt to murder and rioting, the police have also invoked sections of the Atrocities Act, as one of the victims belongs to a Scheduled Caste and was abused along caste lines. Eight men have been arrested, while one is on the run.

In surviving that attempt on his life, Lakdawala had unwittingly emulated his one-time mentor Chhota Rajan, who also came back from the brink in 2000, after being shot by Shakeel’s gunmen in Thailand’s capital city.

Giving details about how the police tracked him down, Ajay Sawant, in-charge of the AEC, said Lakdawala’s elder brother, Akhil, was arrested in April last year for allegedly demanding Rs 50 lakh from a Khar-based developer.

Soon after a controversy erupted when photographs of Mehak, a writer who has done theatre plays and monologues, displaying the placard was shared on social media, she had uploaded a video explaining that the placard was meant to indicate freeing Kashmir from Internet shutdown.

We would really appreciate a “don’t worry we’ll see this through” — not a “ don’t worry, you’re being paranoid”. So, the next time you see an anxious Muslim, by all means tell him/her they do not need to feel anxious. But please do so as an assurance, not a retort. Empathy is the need of the hour.

The victim’s lawyer has, however, alleged that the investigation was being done with a “biased viewpoint” and the police were not interested in looking for evidence.

Shirin Dalvi, a senior Urdu journalist, speaks to The Indian Express on why she wants to return the Maharashtra Rajya Urdu Sahitya Akademi award conferred on her in 2011.

“The name Mohammad can be spelt in many ways. Then there are elderly people, whose dates of birth vary from document to document, simply because they were born at home, and no one kept exact records,” said Maqsood.

The body of Deepak Panchal (58), who was unmarried, was handed over to his elder brother Suresh and nephew Vishal. The Morbi police in Gujarat identified the body based on a parking ticket found in Panchal’s pocket and later alerted the Mumbai Police.

After killing her, Tiwari told the police, he kept the body in the bathroom that night and went to Kalyan to purchase large knives on Friday morning. He then chopped the body through the day.

According to the police, the accused murdered her as she planned to marry a colleague who belonged to another community. The police are yet to trace the upper half of her body.

The first lead in the case, police said, had come in form of a tailor tag attached on the collar of a shirt, which was found in the white-and-silver stroller suitcase on December 2.

Officers said the duo told the police they killed the man, a guitarist, as he did not approve of their relationship, and also sexually abused the woman.

The two teenagers told the police they killed Rebello as he did not approve of their relationship and also sexually abused the girl, officers said.

The affidavit wording is exactly the same as the one that was submitted by Nagpur ACB SP Rashmi Nandedkar.

Police have also named three other builders in the FIR that was registered soon after the incident. The FIR was registered on charges of causing death due to negligence and endangering personal safety of others, among other sections.