Additional security has been provided to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, said an official. (File)Nagpur: Police arrested a man in connection with the threat to Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's life, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said in Nagpur on Monday.Speaking to reporters, Mr Fadnavis said the state Home department headed by him has taken cognizance of all the threats against the Chief Minister."We are paying full attention to the security of the chief minister and other aspects. The person who threatened the Chief Minister yesterday has been arrested, " he said, adding that the Chief Minister's security is very important.Though Mr Fadnavis didn't share details regarding the arrested person, Pune Police had registered a non-cognisable (NC) offence against a man who had called up the police control room claiming a "plot" to kill Chief Minister Shinde at a hotel in Lonavala in Pune district.The man, Avinash Waghmare, was drunk and made the call on Saturday to "teach a lesson" to the owner of the hotel for allegedly overcharging him for a bottle of water, a senior police officer said on Sunday.The State Intelligence Department (SID) on Saturday received a specific input about the threat to the life of the chief minister, following which his security was increased.Additional security has been provided to the Chief Minister, who enjoys a Z Plus category security cover, a senior SID official had said.Security was stepped up at Mr Shinde's private residence in Thane and the official residence 'Varsha' in Mumbai. Mr Shinde had received a threat letter suspected to have been sent by Naxalites last October when he was the Urban Development Minister and also guardian minister of Gadchiroli district, affected by Naxalism.PromotedListen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.comMr Shinde became the Chief Minister on June 30 this year after his rebellion with Shiv Sena MLAs led to the collapse of the Uddhav Thackeray-led government.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
Police arrested a man in connection with the threat to Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's life, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis said here on Monday. Speaking to reporters, Fadnavis said the state Home department headed by him has taken cognizance of all the threats against the chief minister. "We are paying full attention to the security of the chief minister and other aspects. The person who threatened the CM yesterday has been arrested, " he said, adding that the CM's security is very important. Though Fadnavis didn't share details regarding the arrested person, Pune Police had registered a non-cognisable (NC) offence against a man who had called up the police control room claiming a "plot" to kill CM Shinde at a hotel in Lonavala in Pune district. The man, Avinash Waghmare, was drunk and made the call on Saturday to "teach a lesson" to the owner of the hotel for allegedly overcharging him for a bottle of water, a senior police officer said on Sunday. The State Intelligence Department (SID) on Saturday received a specific input about the threat to the life of the chief minister, following which his security was increased. Additional security has been provided to the CM, who enjoys a Z Plus category security cover, a senior SID official had said. Security was stepped up at Shinde's private residence in Thane and the official residence 'Varsha' in Mumbai.Shinde had received a threat letter suspected to have been sent by Naxalites last October when he was the Urban Development Minister and also guardian minister of Gadchiroli district, affected by Naxalism. Shinde became the chief minister on June 30 this year after his rebellion with Shiv Sena MLAs led to the collapse of the Uddhav Thackeray-led government.
NAGPUR: Police arrested a man in connection with the threat to Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde's life, deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis said here on Monday. Speaking to reporters, Fadnavis said the state home department headed by him has taken cognizance of all the threats against the chief minister. "We are paying full attention to the security of the chief minister and other aspects. The person who threatened the CM yesterday has been arrested, " he said, adding that the CM's security is very important. Though Fadnavis didn't share details regarding the arrested person, Pune Police had registered a non-cognisable (NC) offence against a man who had called up the police control room claiming a "plot" to kill CM Shinde at a hotel in Lonavala in Pune district. The man, Avinash Waghmare, was drunk and made the call on Saturday to "teach a lesson" to the owner of the hotel for allegedly overcharging him for a bottle of water, a senior police officer said on Sunday. The State Intelligence Department (SID) on Saturday received a specific input about the threat to the life of the chief minister, following which his security was increased. Additional security has been provided to the CM, who enjoys a Z Plus category security cover, a senior SID official had said. Security was stepped up at Shinde's private residence in Thane and the official residence 'Varsha' in Mumbai. Shinde had received a threat letter suspected to have been sent by Naxalites last October when he was the Urban Development Minister and also guardian minister of Gadchiroli district, affected by Naxalism. Shinde became the chief minister on June 30 this year after his rebellion with Shiv Sena MLAs led to the collapse of the Uddhav Thackeray-led government.
NAGPUR: A woman and her lover have been arrested for allegedly strangling to death another man she was having an affair with in Maharashtra's Nagpur district, police said on Friday. The police on Thursday arrested Sangita (name changed), a native of Madhya Pradesh, and her lover Dilip Kashiram Patle for killing Azad Jamsheb Sheikh, an official said. The accused woman was married and was operating an eatery with her husband in the 14 Mile area, he said. Dilip, an employee at the eatery, was in a relationship with the woman, who was also having an affair with the victim, the official said. On the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, the victim came to the woman's house where he found her with Dilip and an argument ensued, he said. The accused duo tied a rope around the victim's neck and strangled him and dumped his body outside and returned to their respective houses, the official said, adding that a case under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code has been registered.
THANE: A 22-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing and injuring his girlfriend and her mother over a petty argument at their house in Maharashtra's Thane city, police said on Friday. The incident took place around 9.45am on Thursday when the 18-year-old victim was in her house in Ghodbunder Road locality with the accused Suresh Ramdas Wadekar and her mother, an official said. Read AlsoMaharashtra: Man stabs colleague for refusing to marry himA 27-year-old woman was stabbed by her colleague when she refused to marry him.The accused wanted the victim to accompany him to his house and stay there. But the victim was reluctant and said she would accompany him once it stopped raining, he said. The accused got annoyed and took a big knife from the kitchen and attacked the victim, and the latter's mother when she tried to intervene, the official said. The mother and daughter were rushed to a local hospital, where they are undergoing treatment, he said. A case under section 326 (Voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means) against the accused, who also sustained injuries, he added.
NAVI MUMBAI: Six people have been arrested by Khandeshwar police for the murder of a 29-year-old woman working as digital marketing executive in a Thane- based company, after four days of meticulous investigation. The victim Priyanka Rawat was killed by unidentified assailants who slit her throat with a knife outside Panvel railway station on September 15 around 10pm. The police investigation has revealed that it was a contract killing pre-planned by the victim's husband Devvrathsingh Rawat (32) who works as sales executive for an e-commerce company in Vashi and his paramour Nikita Matkar (24), a teacher at educational coaching centre. They had hired three contract killers for Rs 3 lakh through Matkar's employer Pravin Ghadge, who had arranged for three history-sheeters from Buldhana to murder Priyanka. They have been identified as Pankaj Yadav (26), Rohit Sonone (22) and Deepak Lokhande (25). The trio were wanted by the Jalgaon police in a firing incident, informed a police officer. A day after the murder, the Khandeshwar police using technical expertise got vital leads of the suspects and had detained her husband and his girlfriend, as prime suspects. After interrogating them separately, they revealed that they had got married in a temple in August and Priyanka had learnt about the affair. They planned to have Priyanka murdered so they could live together. On September 15 two of the accused followed her and alerted their aide Pankaj Yadav, who grabbed her from behind and slit her throat at at the auto rickshaw stand on the New Panvel node and ran away.
