1. Aarey: Section 144 Lifted From Metro Car Shed Site But Police Maintain Vigil
More than three days after the Mumbai Police invoked Section 144 in the Aarey Milk Colony area to ensure there were no protests, the restrictions were lifted on Tuesday morning. However, close to 100 police officials were deployed near the picnic spot at Aarey, where the proposed car shed will be constructed and no one was allowed entry into that area. After witnessing much activity in the area in the last three days, there was a lull as even those involved in clearing the spot were on Dussehra holiday.
A senior police officer said, “As of Tuesday morning, Section 144 — that prohibits the assembly of four or more persons in an area — has been withdrawn and people are free to move around in the area.”
Source: The Indian Express
2. Ex-MD Of PMC Bank Asked Staff To Conceal Info On 20,149 Fake Accounts, Says EOW
The former managing director of the fraud-hit Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank allegedly instructed an employee to create a list of fake records for 20,149 dormant and fictitious accounts in order to hide bad loan accounts from the Reserve Bank of India, revealed the economic offences wing of (EOW) Mumbai Police.
The EOW probe has found that Joy Thomas, former managing director of PMC Bank, had used 20,149 loan accounts to camouflage Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited’s (HDIL) 44 defaulting loan accounts. Despite non-payment, PMC Bank officials did not declare HDIL’s exposure as bad loans.
Source: Hindustan Times
3. Mumbai Court Extends Cop Custody Of Two Auditors Accused In NSEL Scam
A special court on Monday extended the police custody of Shrawan Jalan and Amit Kabra, the two auditors arrested in the ₹5,574-crore National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL) scam, till October 9.
Both Jalan and Kabra were arrested on Friday. They were produced before the court, after the period of their police custody ended on Monday.
Special public prosecutor Sunil Gonsalves, while seeking the extension of their custody for two more days, argued that the two auditors knew about the fraud since the time it took place in 2009 and were a part of it.
Source: Hindustan Times
4. Mumbai School Girls To Represent India In Robotics Competition In Dubai
Five girls from Mumbai, between the aged of 14 and 18 years, are set to represent India in a robotics competition, First Global Challenge 2019, to be held in Dubai later this month.
For the third edition of the competition, to be held between October 24 and 27, the girls have named their team ‘Geared-Up Girls’. They will be required to build and use robots to address the challenge of ocean pollution, and the theme this year is ‘Ocean Opportunities’. The challenge will be for the participants to build robots to clean up the oceans
Source: The Indian Express
5. SRPF Constable Attempts To End Life At Raj Bhavan
A 28-year-old constable with the State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) attempted suicide on the premises of Raj Bhavan on Monday evening.
According to the police, Deepak Chavan, posted with Group 16 of the SRPF in Kolhapur, was deployed as part of the security detail at Raj Bhavan and was off duty at the time of the incident.
Source: The Hindu
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