Two held for theft of onions
Mumbai: Two persons were arrested for allegedly stealing 168-kg onions, whose prices have hit the roof, from two shops in south Mumbai last week, police said on Wednesday, adding that the stolen bulbs worth Rs 20,160. Police have recovered 68 kgs of onions from the duo. The accused, identified as Sabi Mohammed Shafi Shaikh (33) and Mohammed Imran Abdul Latif Shaikh (30), had stolen onions from two shops in Dongri market on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, an official said. According to 47-year old complainant Akbar Shaikh, who deals in onions and potatoes, 112 kgs of the stored bulb was found missing from his shop. An enquiry with a neighbouring shop owner revealed that another 56 kg of onions got stolen from his outlet too, the official said. A case was registered under section 379 (Punishment for theft) and launched a probe, he said. The day the onions were stolen, their selling price in the retail market was Rs 120 a kg (the total loss of Rs 20,160), the official said. Police identified Mohd Shafi Shaikh and Imran Shaikh through footage of CCTV cameras installed near the shops, he said. The duo were detained on Tuesday. They were produced before court on Wednesday afternoon which remanded them in judicial custody for seven days. (PTI)
370 kg poppy seized in J-K’
Jammu: A trucker was arrested in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Wednesday after 370 kg poppy straw hidden in apple boxes was seized from his vehicle, police said. Acting on a tip-off, a police team intercepted a truck at Supwal belt which was coming from Kashmir and moving towards Punjab, they said. During checking, the vehicle was found to be loaded with apple boxes, in which 16 bags of poppy straw, weighing a total of 370 kg, were concealed, officials said. The driver of the truck, Gurdev Singh of Jalandhar, was arrested and the contraband seized, they said, adding that a case was registered at police station Samba and further investigation started. (PTI)
4 held for sexually assaulting a man
Mumbai: A 22-year-old man was allegedly abducted and sexually assaulted by four men who were connected with him on a social media app, the police said on Wednesday. All four accused have been nabbed.The incident took place on Sunday night when the complainant was standing near a restaurant in suburban Kurla, a police official said. Two men who arrived on a two-wheeler approached him and said they were connected on photo-sharing app Instagram, and invited him to join them. The complainant agreed and sat between the two on the two-wheeler, but when he saw that they were heading for Vidyavihar, he asked them to stop. The duo, however, allegedly took him to a spot near Vidyavihar railway station and forced him to sit in a car with another man inside. The three then sexually assaulted him inside the car, the complainant said. Another man joined them and they drove to a a petrol pump where payment was made through the complainant’s credit card, he told police. (PTI)