Police have arrested two persons in Maharashtra's Thane district and seized 24 stolen mobile phones from their possession, an official said on Thursday. There were a number of complaints in the recent past of theft of mobile phones from public places and homes of people here, senior police inspector Sandeep Kadam from Kashimira police station told PTI. A police probe team checked the CCTV footage and also worked on technical and intelligence inputs before nabbing the two accused in Thane city on Saturday, he said. Following their interrogation, the police seized 24 stolen mobile phone handsets worth around Rs 1.5 lakh from their possession over the last two days, the official said.
The recruited 'Mahila commandos' will be provided training before deployment in districts such as Sukma, Bastar, Dantewada, and Bijapur
Expressing solidarity with the protestors at Posco's mega project site in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district where land acquisition was stopped and the police withdrawn today, CPI National Secretary D Raja said that the forces must completely withdraw from the area. "The early morning operation by the police at Gobindpur village is really deplorable. The government cannot take away land from farmers forcibly. The chief minister must announce complete withdrawal of forces from the area," Raja told