House set on fire to target family in Borivali; one held

Mumbai Police have arrested a 22-year-old man and are looking for three more persons for allegedly setting a house on fire to harm a woman and her family in western Mumbai, an official said on Sunday, reported the PTI.

A fire, which initially seemed like an accident, had broken out in a house belonging to one Julie Kewat in the Borivali West area on May 14, said an official from the MHB police station, according to the PTI.

However, CCTV footage later pointed to an alleged conspiracy, he said.

“It showed four persons setting afire the house and a two-wheeler parked outside,” the official said.

Police said Kewat`s son Lucky had a dispute with a person from their locality, Ganpat Patil Nagar. That person and three others targeted the woman and her family, intending to kill them, the official said, as per the PTI.

Kewat and her family were sleeping at the time of the arson attack. After realising that the house was on fire, Kewat ran out screaming, prompting her neighbours to rush to the spot and control the fire, the official said.

“We have arrested one of the accused and efforts are being made to track down the others,” the official said, adding that a case of attempt to murder has been registered against the four, who are all residents of the same neighbourhood.

Man held in firing incident outside bar in Delhi`s Preet Vihar

Meanwhile, in an another incident, a 24-year-old man wanted in a recent firing incident outside a club in east Delhi`s Preet Vihar has been arrested, police said on Saturday, reported the PTI.

Mohd Jenul Abeddin alias Sahil, a resident of Gokalpuri, was apprehended on May 23 from Kingsway Camp following a tip-off, they said.

In April, a quarrel broke out between two groups outside a club during which a round was fired. No injuries were reported, according to the police.

Abeddin had allegedly provided a firearm to his associate Afaq and also drove him to the club on a scooter. Afaq had opened fire outside the club, they said.

Acting on specific inputs, a trap was laid at Vijay Nagar Chowk and Abeddin, who was riding the same scooter used in the offence, was apprehended.

He initially misled police but later confessed, they said.

The police said Abeddin is a school dropout and a habitual drinker with a case of attempt to murder registered against him in 2023.

(with PTI inputs)

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