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NDTV
7 days ago
- NDTV
Thane Man Arrested For Spying For Pakistan, Shared Key Info With Intel Agent
Mumbai: The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Maharashtra Police has arrested a resident of neighbouring Thane for allegedly spying for Pakistan, a senior official said on Thursday. The accused, whose name was not disclosed, worked for an important organisation in Mumbai, and was "honey-trapped" by a Pakistani agent who posed as a woman and befriended him on Facebook, said the official. He was found to have shared sensitive information about a vital installation with the 'Pakistan Intelligence Operative' through WhatsApp from November 2024 to March 2025, the official said. Based on a tip-off, officials of the Thane unit of the ATS took the man in custody along with two others. The man was arrested after preliminary interrogation under section 3 of the Official Secrets Act which deals with espionage, and section 61 (2) (criminal conspiracy) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The other two were let off after an inquiry. Further probe was underway.
Time of India
28-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
When you post…
What Bombay HC said while freeing a student applies to US govt approach to foreign students as well Ravi Srinivasan had only 16 followers on X when he posted against a senior politician's son 13 years ago. That police took note, and felt compelled to arrest him over other pressing matters, was surprising at the time, but no more. Police and lower courts have made examples of countless Ravis since then. A 19-year-old student in Maharashtra learnt this the hard way after posting words sympathetic to Pakistan during Op Sindoor. Although she realised her mistake, deleted the post, and apologised, her college rusticated her, and Maharashtra Police arrested her on May 9 for endangering India's sovereignty, unity and integrity, promoting enmity, and outraging religious feelings. While striking down the dreaded Sec 66A of the IT Act – which was used to harass Ravi, students Shaheen Dhada and Renu Srinivasan, Kolkata prof Ambikesh Mahapatra, and many others – as unconstitutional in March 2015, Supreme Court had made a distinction between discussion, advocacy and incitement. Discussion and advocacy, 'howsoever unpopular', were at the heart of the freedom of expression, a fundamental right, SC had explained. And on Tuesday, Bombay HC did so again, in different words. 'What does the state want? Does the state want students to stop expressing themselves and be converted into criminals,' it asked. To the college, HC said: 'Someone expresses something, you want to ruin the life of a student? How can you rusticate like this?' How grave was the girl's 'offence'? In HC's own words: 'At the most, her act of sharing the post can be termed an indiscretion by a young student.' For this, she spent 18 days in jail and missed two exams. In faraway America, Trump's admin is also bent on silencing foreign students through social media vetting. Details are fuzzy, but to get a student visa you'll probably need to have a particular kind of social media profile. 'We will continue to use every tool we can to assess who it is that's coming here,' a State Dept spokesperson said. Could liking a post about the suffering of children in Gaza be a disqualification? Maybe. But as American Civil Liberties Union pointed out in 2018, social media is today's public square, and it's so concentrated and easy to monitor that just knowing govt is watching you has a chilling effect on free speech. That's why people leave China for US, not the other way round. So, curbing free speech can't be good for democracies, in the West or East. Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email This piece appeared as an editorial opinion in the print edition of The Times of India.
Mint
26-05-2025
- Mint
Sunita Jamgade, the Nagpur woman who crossed LoC into Pakistan, handed over to Punjab Police. Who is she?
An Indian woman, identified as Sunita Jamgade, who had allegedly recently crossed over to Pakistan through the Line of Control (LoC), was handed over by Pakistani authorities to the Punjab Police. Jamgade is a resident of Nagpur district in Maharashtra. She had gone missing on May 14. The Maharashtra Police had received information from Kargil district in Jammu and Kashmir that a 12-year-old boy was found there. As per the boy's statement, his mother, Sunita Jamgade, has either gone to Pakistan or has gone missing. The woman was captured by the Pakistani authorities after crossing the border. The Pakistan Rangers have handed her over to the Border Security Force (BSF), and the BSF handed her over to the Amritsar Police. Niketan Kadam, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone V)-Maharashtra Police, said: 'Regarding a woman, Sunita Jamgade, whose permanent address comes under Kapil Nagar police station, Sant Kabir Nagar. We received information from Kargil district that a 12-year-old boy has been found there and he is the son of this woman. As per the boy, his mother has either gone to Pakistan or has gone missing. We followed up on the information and two days ago, we received information from Amritsar Police that Sunita Jamgade was handed over to the BSF by Pak Rangers; BSF handed over the woman to Amritsar Police.' 'We have already dispatched the are bringing back the woman Police say that they have found chat history with Pakistani citizens on her phone and she had gone there after they invited her there. This is preliminary information. But unless we take her into our custody and conduct a detailed interrogation, we won't be able to make a comment,' said Kadam. 'Nothing can be denied right now. We can't say anything until we can do a proper FIR will be lodged there and then we will work on it and we carry out further investigation,' the DCP added. Sunita Jamgade is a former nurse from a Nagpur hospital and a door-to-door garment seller. She had been showing signs of emotional distress and confusion in the weeks leading up to her disappearance. Her family had also shared that she was mentally ill and was undergoing treatment at a local hospital, reported The Indian Express.
Time of India
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Expelled NCP neta Rajendra Hagawane and son Sushil, on run in dowry death case, held
PUNE: Maharashtra Police on Friday arrested expelled NCP member Rajendra Hagawane, 57, and his son Sushil, 27, in an alleged dowry death case. Both had been on the run for the past seven days. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Rajendra's daughter-in-law, Vaishnavi Hagawane, 24, was found hanging at her marital home in Pune's Bhukum on May 16. Based on her father's complaint, the two, along with Vaishnavi's husband, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law were arrested for offences under BNS sections 80 (dowry death), 108 (abetment of suicide), 352 (intentional insult), 351 (criminal intimidation), 3(5) (common intention). Pimpri-Chinchwad DCP (zone-II) Vishal Gaikwad said, "Acting on a tip-off, we took Hagawane and his son into custody from Swargate area around 7am. Our team produced them before a court, which ordered their custodial remand till May 28." Deputy CM said all the allegations will be investigated to make a watertight case against each accused. "Some information which Vaishnavi's parents shared with me is so sensitive and painful that I cannot even say it in public. There are various allegations against the Hagawane family," Pawar told reporters. In a remand report to court, senior inspector Anil Vibhute stated that police had added in the case an offence under BNS section 118(2) (voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons) after investigations revealed Shashank would assault Vaishnavi with a pipe. Pawar said he would request the CM to fast-track the case trial. The deputy CM had earlier drawn criticism as Rajendra Hagawane was an NCP member. Hagawane was expelled from the party on Thursday, six days after Vaishnavi was found dead. "Such inaction is not possible without political support to the accused," claimed NCP (SP)'s Rohini Khadse. Shiv Sena (UBT) member Sushma Andhare said, "Police were not at all proactive. Only when the issue was highlighted by the opposition and the media, did they get into action and arrested the suspects. Police and state women's commission failed in protecting the victim." Refuting the allegation, state women's commission chief Rupali Chakankar said, "The commission took suo motu cognisance of the case and told police to take appropriate action. Police investigated the case and made the arrests."
New Indian Express
23-05-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Four maoists killed in encounter near Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border
In a major joint anti-Maoist operation, four Maoists were killed in an encounter with security forces along the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border in Gadchiroli district on Friday, a senior official confirmed. The operation was carried out by the elite C-60 commando unit of the Maharashtra Police in coordination with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). Acting on credible intelligence inputs regarding Maoist presence near a newly established Forward Operating Base (FOB) in the Kawande area, the forces launched the operation on Thursday afternoon. A statement accessed by PTI said, a dozen C-60 parties (300 commandoes) and a component of the CRPF launched the operation from Kawande and Nelgunda areas towards the banks of the Indravati river amidst heavy rains. On Friday morning, when the cordon was being laid and river banks were being searched, Maoists started indiscriminate firing on C-60 commandoes, leading to an effective retaliation by security forces in Gadchiroli district in eastern Maharashtra, it said. Following the exchange of fire, security personnel recovered the bodies of four Maoists from the area. Additionally, the forces seized an automatic self-loading rifle, two .303 rifles, a Bharmar gun, walkie-talkies, camping equipment, Maoist literature, and other materials from the encounter site. This incident comes just two days after a significant anti-Maoist operation in neighboring Chhattisgarh, where 27 Maoists, including top leader Basavaraju, were killed by security forces.
