Mumbai Police commissioner Deven Bharti
Cyber fraud recovery rose to 27.63%, with Rs 186.36 crore frozen for victims. Police reported seizure of drugs worth Rs 1,606 crore since 2024 and action against habitual offenders under MCOCA and PIT-NDPS. He said 1,066 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants had been deported this year and over 3,000 paan stalls near educational institutions shut. Police also recovered 8,039 stolen/lost phones, achieving a 51.13% recovery rate, while 559 wanted accused were arrested.
Mumbai police commissioner Deven Bharti said similarly they have registered an NC over threats to NCP MLA Zeeshan Siddique, who already has police security. On threats to Zeeshan, Bharti said the police had already provided him security and were reviewing the latest threat. Once the inquiry is over, we will take a call on whether an FIR can be registered,” he said. On the Disha Salian case, Bharti said Mumbai Police had placed their submissions before the court and could not comment on the court’s observations. Asked about gangster Lawrence Bishnoi , Bharti said Mumbai Police wanted to take his custody and investigate, but would have to wait until the relevant court order was vacated. On the death of two people linked to the Pydhonie watermelon incident, Bharti said the investigation had not found evidence of sabotage or involvement of another person.
Mumbai: The police have still not made any breakthrough threats to actor Aamir Khan allegedly by an accused linked to the Baba Siddique murder case, and were examining whether the threats were genuine or hoax calls. He also pointed to the use of VoIP calls in such incidents. “Prima facie, we have registered an NC and are reviewing the threats. He added that the CBI had not approached Mumbai police so far. He asserted that sustained police action against the underworld had ensured that no active underworld network was operating in Mumbai.