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India Today
25-05-2025
- India Today
Mumbai man plots wife's murder over financial dispute, hires killers for Rs 6 lakh
A Navi Mumbai man hired contract killers for Rs 6 lakh to murder his wife over a financial dispute. Six people have been arrested so far, including three from Navi Mumbai and two contract killers from victim, 27-year-old chemist Alvina Kishorsingh Rajput, also known as Alvina Adamali Khan, was brutally murdered just 50 metres from her residence on May 18. A masked assailant approached her as she was returning home at night and slit her throat. She collapsed on the spot and died from excessive revealed that her husband, Kishor Singh Rajput, a pharmacist by profession and her business partner, masterminded the murder. The couple married in 2021 and jointly ran a medical store. However, their relationship soured over financial disputes. According to police, Alvina had invested Rs 15 lakh in their business and demanded the money back before agreeing to a divorce, something Rajput was unwilling or unable to Kumar Landge, Additional Commissioner of Police, said that Rajput feared that even after repaying the money, he wouldn't get the divorce and so he plotted her then allegedly approached Alisha Tyagi, a salon owner from Uttar Pradesh, who agreed to help execute the plan for Rs 6 lakh. She received Rs 5 lakh in advance and roped in her maid, Charanjit Kaur alias Dimple, to connect with two contract killers from Navi Mumbai Crime Branch arrested Rajput, Tyagi, and Kaur and handed them over to the Ulwe police. All three were remanded in police custody until May the two hired killers from Punjab, cousins Sukhpreet Singh and Gurpreet Singh, were tracked down and arrested by the Noida Special Tak Force on May interrogation, Sukhpreet revealed he had shifted to Mumbai in 2022 along with his cousin. There, he met Tyagi, who offered him the contract. Sukhpreet confessed to ordering a knife online and executing the murder with Gurpreet after conducting surveillance on the victim's routine. The two killers are now being handed over to local authorities for further are also probing Tyagi's salon business and her deeper involvement in the Watch IN THIS STORY#Mumbai#Maharashtra
Time of India
29-04-2025
- Time of India
Navi Mumbai drug cartel bust: Customs officer, ex-hockey player among 10 held
Navi Mumbai: A former national hockey player, a customs superintendent and a clearing agent, and two police constables are among the 10 arrested in connection with the April 14 hydro ganja bust by Navi Mumbai Crime Branch 's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC). The alleged kingpin of this drug cartel is Naveen Chichkar, son of builder Gurunath Chichkar who shot himself in the head at his Belapur office last week. On April 14, an ANC team, acting on a tipoff about a drug deal being carried out in a terrace flat in Nerul's Sector 15, conducted a raid and seized 17.2gm of hydro ganja worth Rs 2.8 lakh, said DCP (crime) Amit Kale. The flat owner Ashish Gaware (22) and Ahmed Aulagi (23) were arrested, but their aide Akash Maurya escaped. You Can Also Check: Mumbai AQI | Weather in Mumbai | Bank Holidays in Mumbai | Public Holidays in Mumbai During interrogation, the duo said they had procured the drugs from former hockey player Sujit Bangera and alleged peddler Sahil Lambe (27). The two Nerul residents were then arrested. Bangera and Lambe allegedly smuggled the hydro ganja from Thailand via flights. Once the contraband arrived at Mumbai airport, it would be cleared by customs clearing agent Kamal Chandwani (56) and customs superintendent Prashant Gaur (40). Chandwani and Gaur, both Kharghar residents, have been arrested. Kale said, "During probe, we found that Kharghar police constable Sandeep Bhalerao (40) was communicating with Chandwani for the past six months, and ANC unit constable Sanjay Phulkar (36) was in touch with Bhalerao since the cartel bust. The two cops were arrested on Sunday." The cash obtained by Ban-gera and Chandwani from the drug sale was routed to Thailand through Vashi-based angadias Ankit Patel and Rinkunkumar Patel who converted it into cryptocurrency, Kale said, adding that they too have been arrested. ANC senior inspector Sandeep Nigade said that Naveen, who is operating either from Thailand or Malaysia, is also wanted by Mumbai Narcotics Control Bureau in the Rs 1,000 crore drug seizure case in March and a red-corner notice has been issued against him. On April 25, builder Chichkar died by suicide and left behind a note in which he alleged being 'harassed' by cops who repeatedly summoned him for inquiry into the drug cases filed against his sons Naveen and Dhiraj.
