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Secretary General of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Milind Parande on Saturday said that more than 25,000 of Muslims and Christians were reconverted in Hindu religion in 2018. “We are organising reconversion programmes regularly across the country to reconvert Muslims and Christians in Hindu religion. The programme was conducted this year too but the figures are not compiled,” he said.  Addressing a press conference, Parande said that religious conversion is a national problem. “VHP want a bill which will make it difficult to convert people to other religions. Conversion is an attack on country and a conspiracy to divide it again by attacking the roots of our national culture,” he said and added that  On the issue of Ram Mandir, Parande said that the VHP was expecting positive verdict in Ram Mandir case as all archaeological facts were in the favour of Ram Mandir. “We are expecting result before November 17,” he said.  When asked about killing of Hindus in the parts ...

Cops probing into the ‘iridium fraud’ case were shocked to learn that accused Raj Singh alias Rajeshkumar Tarkeshwarsingh, a resident of Jharkhand, was posing as a RAW agent to impress the investors. The fraudster was arrested by the police for duping film producer-director Vipul Shah and his business partner of Rs. 5 crore by luring them into investing in ‘iridium business'. The accused was carrying three to four fake identity cards with him. He was organising seminars for handicapped people in which senior government officials were called as chief guest. After identifying ‘targets’ from the audience, he get befriended with them. Slowly, he was introducing “iridium business” to the targets. To convinces the ‘targets’, he was posing himself as secret agent of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL).  A police official informed that Raj Singh had even told one investor that he was working with Indian government for extradition o...

25-10-19 JEALOUS with regular Facebook posts of a friend with his girlfriend, a youth kidnapped his friend with the help of two ‘fake policemen’ to extract details of his business. But the kidanppers landed in police lock up when beat marshals rounded them on suspicion.  The accused have been identified as Anmol Babulal Dongre (23), a resident of Manewada, Vidhnyan Nagar; Kishore Babanrao Chunatkar (42), a resident of Mhada Colony, Wadi and Shahzad Khan Habib Khan (41), a resident of Mominpura.  Dongre is a Medical Representative while Kishore and Shahjad are security guard and mechanic respectivelly.  Accused Dongre is the friend of complainant Neeraj Verma (17), a resident of Vidya Nagar. Dongre was obsessed over Verma after observing his regular posts with his girlfriend on Facebook, in which he was seen spending money on new cloaths and shopping. He presumed that Verma was indulged in some “illegal business” and making lakhs of money.  To get his busi...

24-10-19 Film Director and producer Vipul Shah and his partner in the film production company were duped by fraudsters to the tune of Rs five crore. The fruadsters assured investment of Rs 100 crore in their upcoming movies and told him that they were making money through old coins of British era, saying that the coin minted from Iridium, a precious metal, had some supernatural powers.   The accused have been identified as Rajsingh alias Rajeshkumar Tarkeshwarsingh, a resident of Jharkhand; Builder Keshav D Padole, a resident of Nirmal Puja Building, Shivaji Nagar and R. Krishnakumar, a resident of Chennai.  Vipul Shah and his partner Vinit Ramlalprasad Singh (41), a resident of Flat No. 802, Brmhasan City, Building No. 6, Wadgaon, Pune lodged a complaint with EoW this month. The accused met Shah and Singh at Nagpur in thier office and promised investment in their upcoming movies. Padole posed himself as Chairman of Builder Association of India and told the victims t...

23-10-19 NATIONAL Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) statistics for the year 2017 ranked Nagpur seventh in crime rate among 19 metro politan cities ofIndia and firstinthe State. The ranking is for cases registered under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Special and Local Laws (SLL) category.Most shocking fact is - Nagpur is ranked third in violent crimes across the country and again tops the list in Maharashtra. The statistics is a commentary on the law and order situation in the city, where frustration among populace about lack of adequate opportunities seems to play a majorrole in youth taking to crime to further their dreams. The crime rate describes the number of crimes reported to law enforcement agencies per 1,00,000 total population.A crime rate is calculated by dividing the number of reported crimes by the total population; the result is multiplied by 1,00,000. The NCRB chart shows 25 lakh population of Nagpur,1.84crore .5 population of Pune city. A study of NCRB’s Cri...

Office-bearers of Active Growth company were booked by Economic Offences Wing (OCW) for duping investors to the tune of Rs 1.34 crore on pretext of double their investment within three months. The accused have been identified as Ganesh Shriram Kaikade, Vilas Shriram Kaikade and Sushma Ganesh Kaikade, all residents of Plot No. 60, Ayodhya Nagar, near Sai Mandir.  Complainant Vilas Vitthalrao Bobde (60), a resident of Plot No. 383, Vitthal-Rukmini Palace, Laxmi Nagar, lodged a complaint with EoW alleging the accused had collected Rs 28.50 lakh from him and Rs 71.84 lakh from other investors in July 2019 on pretext of doubling the investment. The accused told the investors that the company was investing in foreign currency and forex trading and assured 33.33 % returns per month. They also assured that the returns would increase upto 50 %, 70 % and 100 % periodically. After giving the money to the accused, they had done agreement with the investors and given post dated cheques to...

In heinous crime, Imambada police have booked a 55-year-old man for raping a seven-year-old girl by luring her of money on Wednesday.  Accused Ramdas Punavu Shendur, a resident of Imambada, called the girl at his residence in the morning and raped her by luring her of money, said police. The girl narrated the incident to her parents, who reported the matter to police. The police have registered the case under Section 376 of Indian Penal Code read with Section 3, 4 of POSCO Act. The accused was arrested by the police.  A police official informed that the girl was used to come at the house accused as the family know each other.  In another rape case, Mankapur police have booked a teenager for raping a 16-year-old girl at her house. The crime took place in May 2017, said police. The boy befriended with the girl on facebook and met her at house in Mankapur area. He sexually exploited her when she was alone at home.  The girl currently living at Mumbai, the police...