Drunk man calls Mumbai Police, claims ‘terrorists have entered city’
MUMBAI, Nov 27: An inebriated man called up the Mumbai Police Control Room with a tip-off that ‘some terrorists have entered Mumbai’ on Sunday – the 15th anniversary of the 26/11 terror strikes – official sources said here on Monday.The caller claimed that the terrorists, numbering two-three, had purportedly landed at Mankhurd’s Ekta Nagar downmarket area and were ostensibly ‘planning something’.After the call, the Mumbai Police swung into action and using tech-intel, tracked the caller — identified as one Laxman Naravane and questioned him, plus investigated the tip-off as a standard precautionary measure.The police found that the man was allegedly heavily drunk when he made the call plus the information he had given to the control room also turned out to be false, as per the preliminary probe.He has been arrested and booked under various sections of Indian Penal Code. (IANS)
Boy attacked by classmates with geometry compass 108 times
BHOPAL, Nov 27: In a horrifying incident, a 10-year-old schoolboy was allegedly attacked by his classmates with a geometry compass at a school in Indore over 100 times.The victim, who is a student of Class 4 at a private school in Indore, was reportedly attacked by his classmates at least 108 times with a geometry compass.As per the Preliminary Enquiry by the police, the boy was attacked during a fight with his classmates. However, the exact reason for the fight that led to such a violent reaction from the boys was yet to come to the fore.The victim’s parents have lodged a complaint accusing the school management of negligence and have sought a detailed investigation into the matter. (IANS)