Mumbai Crime Branch: News
20 Jul 2022
MaharashtraMumbai: Gang, demanding Rs. 100 crore for minister post, busted
Mumbai Crime Branch has arrested four men, who allegedly demanded Rs. 100 crore from an MLA for a ministerial post in the newly-formed Maharashtra cabinet.
20 Jun 2022
Karan JoharWas Karan Johar on Lawrence Bishnoi's hit list for extortion?
An alleged member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang—Siddhesh Kamble aka Saurabh Mahakal—revealed that filmmaker Karan Johar was a target of the gang's alleged plan of extortion, as per a police officer.
16 Jun 2021
MumbaiMan arrested for cheating by offering roles in films
A 47-year-old man has been arrested by the Cyber Police Station of the Mumbai crime branch for cheating a businessman of Rs. 32.69 lakh by offering a lead role to his daughter in a film, a police official said on Tuesday.
04 Mar 2021
MurderShakti Mills gangrape convict and aide held for stabbing man
A convict in the 2013 Shakti Mills gangrape case in Mumbai and his associate were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly stabbing and injuring a man in Mumbai over drugs, a police official said.
08 Jan 2021
BollywoodKapil Sharma files complaint against car designer Dilip Chhabria
Comedian-actor Kapil Sharma filed a complaint against car designer Dilip Chhabria on Thursday for reportedly taking Rs. 5.7 crore from him and not delivering his vanity van against the payment.
31 Jul 2020
IndiaMumbai: Man blackmails Bollywood actor's daughter; arrested
A 25-year-old man has been arrested by Mumbai Crime Branch for allegedly blackmailing and trying to extort money from a Bollywood actor's daughter.
29 Jul 2019
Hindustan TimesPopular singer Udit Narayan receives death threats, seeks cops' help
Bollywood playback singer Udit Narayan sought help from the anti-extortion cell (AEC) of the Mumbai crime branch after receiving numerous death threats.
07 Jul 2018
MumbaiMumbai: AK-56 seized from Dawood gang member's house; wife arrested
An AK-56 rifle has been seized from the house of a member of Dawood Ibrahim gang in suburban Goregaon in Mumbai.
02 May 2018
Mumbai PoliceMan impersonated Salman's brother-in-law to extract money; held
The Mumbai Police on Tuesday took into custody a 27-year-old man named Harshal Sudhakar Bhalerao for posing as Salman Khan's brother-in-law Aayush Sharma on social media.
05 Jul 2017
MumbaiMumbai local train's status to be available on Google Maps
The Western Railways (WR) is going to approach Google to link trains with Google Maps which will enable commuters to check live status and position of local trains on the maps.