A police driver at Mehdipatnam station was arrested for allegedly stealing a recovered mobile phone worth ₹1.75 lakh. The device had been seized from a thief, but vanished from a station drawer. An internal inquiry traced the theft to the policeman, who was remanded.
Sub-Inspector Gopal Badane, accused of raping and abetting the suicide of a woman doctor in Maharashtra’s Satara district, has been arrested after surrendering. The doctor’s note also alleged harassment by her landlord and pressure from a politician to falsify medical reports.
