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India Today
6 days ago
- Politics
- India Today
Deaf-mute woman gang-raped in UP, Rahul Gandhi claims threat to life, and more
This edition of 5ive Live presents reports on various events across India and its international relations. Coverage includes women's safety, detailing an alleged gang-rape in Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh, a road rage incident in Bengaluru where a woman was chased, and an increase in street crime in Delhi, with incidents of robbery and the 'Mirchi gang' captured on camera. International relations are also addressed, specifically India's suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif's statement regarding water rights. The programme examines the United States' recent counter-terror talks with Pakistan and their implications for India, alongside India's characterisation of these talks. And, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has stated a threat to his life during a defamation case hearing in Pune, referencing political threats and the complainant's lineage. Additionally, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has described a meat ban in Hyderabad on Independence Day as 'callous and unconstitutional.' The Enforcement Directorate also questioned former cricketer Suresh Raina concerning alleged links to illegal betting.
Indian Express
06-08-2025
- Indian Express
Police arrest late drug lord Iqbal Mirchi's friend
The VP Road police arrested Abdul Kader, a friend and neighbour of the late drug smuggler Iqbal Mirchi on Wednesday based on the first information report (FIR) registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Kader had allegedly encroached on the New Roshan Talkies in Girgaon that belonged to Mirchi. The accused demolished New Roshan Talkies and also tried to sell it for Rs 15 crore despite knowing that the ED had attached the property during an investigation into a 2020 money laundering case against Mirchi. The FIR was registered on Tuesday based on the complaint given by ED and the police arrested Kader from Mumbai. He was produced in court on Wednesday and remanded to police custody till August 8. Kader had transferred the property (Roshan Talkies) on his name a few years ago. A police officer said that earlier, Mirchi's brother-in-law Mukhtar Patka used to manage the Talkies till the pandemic. The demolition of the property came to the agency's notice last year when Mirchi's son filed an application in a tribunal seeking the removal of an illegal encroachment from the premises and requested the ED to take possession of the property. When ED officials reached the spot in December last year to take possession, they learnt that the theatre was demolished. The agency conducted an inquiry and after getting details about Kader, they approached VP Road police station and registered a case against Kader on Tuesday. The FIR was registered under several sections of the BNS related to criminal trespass, cheating, alteration or destruction of valuable security.
Time of India
06-08-2025
- Time of India
Iqbal Mirchi aid held for razing Roshan Talkies in Mumbai, attempt to sell plot for Rs 15 crore
Mumbai: V P Road police on Wednesday arrested Abdul Kadar Ali Mohamed, an associate and neighbour of the late drug smuggler Iqbal Mirchi, for allegedly demolishing the New Roshan Talkies in Girgaon and attempting to sell the plot for Rs 15 crore despite the property being under 's attachment. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The ED had lodged an FIR with the city police on Tuesday. The V P Road police arrested Abdul (75) on Wednesday for cheating, trespass, mischief and disobedience to order duly promulgated by a public servant, said a police officer. He was produced before a court. The court sent him in police custody till Aug 8, said a senior police official. Abdul had transferred the property to his name. Mukhtar Patka, Mirchi's brother-in-law, was managing the theatre until it was shut down during the Covid-19 pandemic. In Sept 2024, Abdul allegedly contacted Patka and told him that the property was in his name and he wanted to raze the structure Patka told the ED in his statement that he warned Kader against it. Mirchi's family is contesting the case through their advocate in court. The FIR stated that Abdul had known Mirchi since 1965. In 1982, a mutual friend, Mumtaz Pehalwan, suggested that they jointly purchase the theatre. Following negotiations, they agreed to purchase the property together for a total of Rs 6 lakh. Abdul claimed to have contributed Rs 5.4 lakh from his bank account. The ED's police complaint accuses Abdul of misusing the agreement to transfer the property solely to his name and failing to demonstrate that he had made the necessary payments for its purchase.
Hindustan Times
06-08-2025
- Hindustan Times
Iqbal Mirchi case: FIR registered over demolition of New Roshan Talkies
MUMBAI: Acting on a complaint filed by the Mumbai unit of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the VP Marg police station on Tuesday registered a case against Abdul Kader, an acquaintance of the late drug trafficker Iqbal Mirchi, for allegedly encroaching upon the erstwhile New Roshan Talkies in Khetwadi, according to officials aware of the developments. Mumbai, India - February 6, 2017: Dramatic, Cinematic, Operatic Mumbai Heritage walk at New Roshan Talkies in Mumbai, India, on Monday, February 6, 2017. (Photo by Satyabrata Tripathy/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times) Kader allegedly demolished the dilapidated and defunct single-screen cinema hall last year, despite knowing that the agency had attached the property, which belonged to Mirchi, as part of its money-laundering investigation into the latter's assets in October 2020, officials said. When an ED team reached the property in December 2024 to take possession, it found that the nearly century-old cinema hall had been flattened, as reported by HT on January 7. The agency subsequently conducted a brief inquiry into the matter and shared its findings with the police. The findings were part of the First Information Report (FIR) registered on Tuesday, a copy of which is with HT. The case was registered based on the complaint of ED's deputy director, Amitabh Mishra, an IRS officer. The FIR was registered under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita related to criminal trespassing; cheating, specifically when the cheating induces the delivery of property, alteration or destruction of valuable security, or a signed/sealed item capable of being converted into a valuable security; mischief causing damage to property; and disobedience to an order duly promulgated by a public servant. The case In October 2020, the ED had provisionally attached seven immovable properties, including the then 90-year-old New Roshan Talkies, and seven bank account funds, in all worth ₹22.42 crore, as part of its investigation. So far, the agency has provisionally attached assets worth ₹978.87 crore in the case, officials said. After Mirchi's death in London in 2013, his properties were allegedly transferred through gift deeds to his sons Junaid and Asif, and his wife, Hajra Iqbal Memon. One such property was the New Roshan Talkies, which, according to ED sources, was once allegedly run by Mirchi's relative, Mukhtar Patka. The cinema hall, built in 1930, was tucked inside the bustling Patthe Bapurao Marg in Girgaon. A PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) Adjudicating Authority had confirmed the ED's provisional attachment of the New Roshan Talkies property, officials said. However, further proceedings, including taking physical possession of the property, were stayed by the PMLA Appellate Tribunal in Delhi, officials added. Later, the ED learnt that efforts were being made to create third-party rights in the cinema hall property through illegal encroachment, officials said. Acting swiftly, the agency moved the PMLA Appellate Tribunal, seeking the vacation of the stay on possession, which was granted. The agency thereafter invoked PMLA section 8(4) to take physical possession of the property on December 4, 2024. However, it turned out to be too late as the property had already been demolished. The ED then interrogated Patka, who revealed that he had managed the cinema hall from 1999 right until the Covid-19 outbreak in 2020, when its operations slowed down. In October 2020, the agency attached the property as part of its money laundering investigation against Mirchi. However, even after the attachment, Patka's employee, Iqbal Qureshi, continued to use the premises as his office and ran a retail business from there, officials said. In September 2024, Kader allegedly contacted Patka and told him that the property was in his name and he wanted to raze the structure. Patka then told Kader that the property had been seized by the ED, so no eviction work could be done on the site. However, Kader replied that all necessary formalities had already been completed, and he started demolishing the structure in September 2024. 'Abdul Kader was clearly aware that the property he was demolishing was a seized government property,' the ED told the police. Kader's claims When the ED interrogated Kader, he revealed that he had known Mirchi since 1965, as they had once lived in the same neighbourhood. He claimed that he and Mirchi had jointly acquired the land and control over the New Roshan Talkies property in 1983. Thereafter, they mutually agreed to hand over the property to Patka for management and security, Kader allegedly told the agency. Eventually, Kader allegedly entered a unilateral transfer agreement in 2023 and legally transferred the property in his name following the demise of all other relevant and interested parties. In October 2024, he demolished the previous structure located on the site of New Roshan Talkies, he told the ED. Kader later approached a certain G Bansal to sell the plot for ₹15 crore, before signing a sale and purchase agreement with him in November. He also allegedly took a token amount of ₹99 lakh from him for this transaction. In addition, Kader allegedly sold items from the cinema, along with wooden and metal scrap materials, to a person named U Dhani for ₹5 lakh, according to the FIR. However, Kader allegedly did not submit any documentary evidence to the ED to support his claim of the ₹5 lakh payment in connection with the property and could not clearly explain why he did not immediately execute the transfer deed after taking possession of the property in 1983. Kader also deliberately did not contact Mirchi's legal heirs before executing the property's unilateral transfer deed on July 13, 2023, according to the FIR. 'In this brief inquiry conducted by the ED, it has come to light that …Abdul Kader …was never the real owner of the property New Roshan Talkies, Plot-998, Pathe Bapurao Marg… and he, in collusion with unknown persons, encroached on New Roshan Talkies and demolished the structure previously existing there, which was seized by the Enforcement Directorate,' the agency told the police. The ED's investigation against Mirchi was initiated based on several cases registered against him and others under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, the Arms Act, and the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. The investigation had revealed that Mirchi was allegedly involved in drug trafficking, among other illegal activities, and had purchased multiple properties from the proceeds generated from the drug trafficking, according to the agency.
Time of India
05-08-2025
- Time of India
Iqbal Mirchi's aide booked for demolition of Mumbai talkies
Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday filed an FIR at V P Road police station in Mumbai against Abdul Kadar Ali Mohamed, an associate and neighbour of the late drug smuggler Iqbal Mirchi, after alleging that he had demolished the New Roshan Talkies in Girgaon two years ago and attempted to sell the plot for Rs 15 crore despite the property being under ED attachment. Abdul had transferred the property to his name, and Mukhtar Patka, Mirchi's brother-in-law, managed the theatre until it was shut down during the Covid-19 pandemic. Patka told the ED in his statement that he warned Abdul against demolishing the attached structure. You Can Also Check: Mumbai AQI | Weather in Mumbai | Bank Holidays in Mumbai | Public Holidays in Mumbai Subsequently, Mirchi's son, who is absconding and accused in the money laundering case, filed an application before the tribunal seeking the removal of illegal encroachments from the premises and requesting the ED to take possession of the property when the ED came to know about the demolition. Mirchi's family is contesting the case through their advocate in court The ED had previously attached five immovable and movable properties of Mirchi, valued at Rs 979 crore, in the money laundering case, including the Roshan Talkies. The FIR stated that Abdul had known Mirchi since 1965. In 1982, a mutual friend, Mumtaz Pehalwan, suggested that they jointly purchase the theatre. Following negotiations, they agreed to purchase the property together for a total of Rs 6 lakh. Abdul claimed to have contributed Rs 5.4 lakhs from his bank account. The ED's police complaint accuses Abdul of misusing the agreement to transfer the property solely to his name and failing to demonstrate that he had made the necessary payments for its purchase. In 2019, the ED initiated a money laundering investigation against Mirchi and his associates, leading to the attachment of several properties in 2020, including the Roshan Talkies. The adjudication authority under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) confirmed the attachment. Although the ED was scheduled to take possession of the property, Mirchi's relatives obtained a stay from the Appellate Tribunal, leaving the matter unresolved.
