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Hindustan Times
11 hours ago
- Hindustan Times
Five arrested for robbing ₹50 lakh cash from angadia
Mumbai: The LT Marg police arrested five men on Sunday for robbing ₹ 50 lakh cash from an angadia, a local courier used to deliver money. (Getty Images) According to the police, the victim, Yogesh Patel, 37, works in an angadia firm in Bhuleshwar. On Saturday when he was delivering ₹ 50 lakh cash, three people caught him by the collar and, pretending to be policemen, snatched his phone and made him follow them to a nearby hotel. The accused made him get into a car and sit between two of them in the back seat. Patel told the police that when he resisted, one of the accused threatened him with a knife. The accused later snatched the bag containing money, drove to Kharghar in Navi Mumbai, and threw him out of the car telling him to leave Mumbai or they would find him and hurt him. However, Patel noted down the car's number, borrowed a phone from a passing biker and informed his manager Sameer Patel about the incident, and filed a police complaint. Patel told the police he had been carrying 9,800 notes of ₹ 500, and 1,000 notes of ₹ 100, totalling ₹ 50 lakh. The police tracked the car to Pune, and with the help of local police caught two of the accused, Ajay Lokhande, 32, Revansiddha Javale, 27. The two confessed to the crime and the police recovered the chopper knife and ₹ 26 lakh cash from them. Further investigation led the police to the other two accused Sagar Jadhav, 29, and Vikas Dabde, 36, from whom the police recovered ₹ 2 lakh cash. The fifth accused, Dilip Dhekale, 43, was caught at his residence in Thane, and when the police searched his house they found ₹ 96,000. According to the police, Dhekhale also had a press identity card and the forged identity card of a police constable from Thane. The police have recovered ₹ 29 lakh and are trying to trace the remaining amount. The five accused have been booked under sections 204 (personating a public servant), 205 (Wearing garb or carrying token used by public servant with fraudulent intent), 140(2) (kidnapping or abducting), 309(4) (robbery), 61(2) (criminal conspiracy) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) along with relevant sections of the Maharashtra Police Act.
Time of India
09-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Anand civic body to set up two English medium schools
Vadodara: After getting the status of a municipal corporation, the Anand civic body will, for the first time, start two English medium primary schools. A proposal to start new English medium primary schools at the cost of Rs 2.5 crore was approved by the state govt. The decision of the state govt comes after Anand's BJP MLA Yogesh Patel raised the demand to start English medium schools in the municipal corporation area for the benefit of students from low-income groups. Patel raised the demand for the primary schools after Anand municipal commissioner Milind Bapna presented the first budget of the newly formed Anand Municipal Corporation. The state govt recently sanctioned Rs 148 crore for development works in the Anand municipal limits. "The new primary schools will help girls and boys from humble families study in English medium from Classes 1 to 8 due to the decision taken by the state govt," said Patel. "
New Indian Express
13-05-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
BJP MP criticises party district leadership
MLA brings humour to serious meeting Vadodara's Manjalpur MLA Yogesh Patel recently convened a meeting with ward councillors and office-bearers to review grant-funded developmental works. The meeting focused on expediting pending BJP projects and finalising new proposals. As councillors detailed grant allocations, Patel quipped, 'If you are writing details of my account, submit yours too,' sparking laughter across the room. Patel's banter underlined a strategic urgency beneath the humour. 14 booked for posts hurting Army's morale As part of its crackdown against anti-national elements in the state during 'Operation Sindoor', the Gujarat Police booked 14 people for posting negative, demoralizing content on social media. Acting on instructions from MoS for Home Harsh Sanghvi and state police chief Vikas Sahay, the Intelligence ranch and Social Media Monitoring Unit identified posts spreading false information, rumours, and jeopardising army morale. Cases were registered immediately. Dilip Singh Kshatriya Our correspondent in Gujarat dilipsingh@
