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Representative image. PALGHAR: A 27-year-old man was critically injured when two persons threw acid on him in Virar town of Maharashtra s Palghar district, police said on Friday. Ritesh Kadam, a gym owner, was returning home from work when two persons threw acid on him and fled the scene on Wednesday, an official said. The victim was rushed to a hospital, where he is undergoing treatment for his injuries, the official said. According to the police, one of the accused suspected that Kadam was having an affair with his wife, who used to workout at the latter s gym. An offence under section 326 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means) of the IPC against the two accused who have been identified but not arrested as yet, the official added. ....
The trio joined Shiv Sena ahead of Ambernath municipal council election. KALYAN: Three people convicted in the murder of senior RPI leader Naresh Gaikwad joined Shiv Sena on Tuesday. The convicts Rahatmulla Khan alias Papa Khan, Indin Shaikh and Anawar Shaikh are currently on parole due to Covid. They joined the party in the presence of Shiv Sena MLA Balaji Kinikar and Thane rural president Gopal Landge. The trio joined the party ahead of Ambernath municipal council election. Naresh Gaikwad s son Kabir Gaikwad, who is associated with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), has raised question over Shiv Sena s decision. I am shocked with Shiv Sena s decision of allowing the convicts, who killed my father, to join the party, Gaikwad said. ....
THANE: The traffic department here installed a machan at Kalyan Phata junction in the Thane district of Maharashtra to manage vehicular traffic and avoid any congestion. The authorities claimed that this is the first time in the Mumbai metropolitan region that such an initiative has been taken to curb traffic. The 15-foot-tall machan was put up last week and has helped to manage the congestion in the area as it is one of the prime junctions and vehicles from various cities pass through that point. The traffic authorities stated that heavy vehicles travel to and fro JNPT–Thane - vehciles take the route from Shil–Kalyan - so at times there is too much congestion at the junction. ....
Representative image THANE: Five undertrials who had attacked and abused a police team while being brought back to jail after a hearing two years ago were denied bail by a Thane court, an official said on Monday. In his order of last last month, the copy of which was made available now, additional session judge Shailendra Tambe said Amjad Yusuf Pathan, Imran Immukalya Ibrahim Sayyed, Bhushan Ganpat More, Irshad Shaikh and Baban Wani did not deserve bail at this point of the trial, the official said. The five had attacked and abused a police team which was escorting them back to jail after a court hearing on March 6, 2019. ....