FIVE HELD FOR PLACING IRON BAR ON RAILWAY TRACK IN DIVA

The Thane police arrested five people for allegedly placing an iron bar on the railway track near Diva station on January 24. According to the police, they were paid Rs2,000 by the main accused, who was arrested in March for theft, to derail a train by planting the bar.

According to the police, Mohammed Shabbir Mohammed Nasim Shaikh,34, Suresh Dinesh Bhosle, 25, Danish Aknbar Shaikh,26, Nazir Usman Sayyed,24, and Jayesh Nagesh Pare,30, were arrested from Mumbra bypass after a tip-off.

The main accused, Makandar, who is in his 40s and a resident of Mumbra, has more than 50 cases against him. According to the police, Makandar told the five that if they wanted to earn quick money he could help them. “Makandar told them to put a bar on the tracks so that the 12052 - Madgaon-mumbai Janashatabdi is derailed and then they can rob a few passengers,”said a police officer.

According to the police, the 6.32-m bar weighed around 400kg. A motorman had seen the bar and alerted authorities.

Param Bir Singh, Thane police commissioner said, “All the five accused were arrested and were also produced in court and have been remanded in police custody till April 17.” Apart from the local police, the ATS too is investigating the case, added Singh. Abhishek Trimukhe, deputy commissioner of police, said the police will see if the accused were behind simi

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A woman cannot be expected to cover her head with a pallu all the time, according to the division bench of justices Vasanti Naik and VM Deshpande, while rejecting the appeal filed by the mean.

The couple had tied the knot according to Hindu vedic rites in June 1995 and their daughter was born in August 1996.

The 45-year-old approached a family court at Nagpur after his wife left their home in October 2010.

Apart from leaving their home without a clear reason, he also accused her of treating him with cruelty — by not covering her head with the pallu of her saree, to tease him, and that she sometimes used to remove the vermilion from her forehead and