Maharashtra: Man from Rajasthan held for illegal transportation of diesel

A man from Jalore in Rajasthan has been arrested by Navi Mumbai Police in Maharashtra for allegedly transporting petroleum products in Maharashtra without necessary permits, reported the PTI.

A case under Essential Commodities Act, Motor Spirit and High Speed Diesel Act and Petroleum Act was registered against 40-year-old driver identified as Piru Tayyan Khan at Kalamboli Police Station in Raigad district, said an official, as per the PTI.

During a checking on Shil-Phata Panvel road near Kalamboli on Monday, police spotted the tanker driven by Khan which was transporting 40,000 liters of diesel worth Rs 36 lakh, and seized it, the official said.

The FIR also named three others as wanted accused, he said, adding that further probe was on.

Cab driver for killing woman in Navi Mumbai after she forced him to marry her

A cab driver was arrested by the Navi Mumbai Police in Maharashtra for allegedly killing a woman after she forced him to marry her, police said on Sunday, reported the PTI.

The decomposed body of the 27-year-old woman was found wrapped in a blanket and dumped in a dried-up rivulet at Talekhar along Chirner-Kharpada in Uran area of Navi Mumbai on April 25 morning, they said, as per the PTI.

The police then sent the body for postmortem and registered a case against unidentified persons under various Indian Penal Code sections, including 302 (murder), Uran police station`s senior inspector Satish Nikam said, according to the PTI.

While conducting a probe into the case, the police got information about a woman reported missing from Mankhurd Police Station limits in neighbouring Mumbai on April 18.

Upon verification, it came to light that the body found in Uran was of the missing woman, the police official said.

Further probe suggested the woman was in love with the 28-year-old taxi driver, a resident of Nagpada in Mumbai.

The woman was forcing him to marry her but he refused which had led to a dispute between them, the official said, the news agency reported on Sunday.

On April 18 evening, the man picked up the woman from Mankhurd and took her for a drive in his car to Khadavli in Kalyan area of Thane district. He allegedly killed her at around 1 am on April 19 and threw the body in the rivulet, he said.

The accused was arrested on Saturday and produced before a local magistrate who remanded in police custody till April 29, the police said.

(with PTI inputs)