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AND A SUPER HERO! ing in Bhayandar (East) late on Monday evening. A 14-year-old 25-year-old man mounted a tried to rescue her and was seriously violent attack on a 24-year- injured while doing so. old girl, leaving her seriously According to the police, the inciinjured in the premises of her build- dent occurred at Sonam Krishna
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harpshooter for the infamous Chhota Rajan gang Prakash Nikam alias Pakya who has been on the run from the police was finally caught on Monday after an eight-month hunt. Pakya was wanted for firing two rounds at Ajay Ghosalia aka Ajay Borivali aka Ajay Ganda in 2013. Pakya had been identified as the main shooter among the three who attempted to kill Ganda by firing bullets outside Infinity Mall, Malad, on August 28. 2012. Ganda suffered two bullet injuries but survived. Considered a big fish in the city's gangwaters, Pakya was arrested at Diva by Crime Branch Unit 11. “Pakya's arrest is a major blow to the Rajan gang especially to Satish Kalya, who assumed a key position in the gang after eliminating veteran journalist Jyotirmoy Dey in 2011,” said Avinash Sawant, Senior Inspector of Unit 11. On Saturday last, Sawant was appointed as the
BRAVE 14-YEAR-OLD RESCUES 24-YEAR-OLD GIRL FROM ATTACKER EVEN AFTER BEING REPEATEDLY STABBED IN THE STOMACH
Apartments in the New Golden Nest surising her to marry him. area of Bhayandar (East) where the However, after a flat refusal to his girl stays with her parents. The ac- advances and marriage proposal, cused identified as Jashmin Cooper Jashmin had started stalking the girl (25) was known to the girl for the Continued on pg 8 « past two years and had been pres-
Sharpshooter nabbed By Neel Shah
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The girl who was the target of the stalker.
Robin, who fought him off to save her, in hospital.
By Suresh Golani
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Pakya, of Chhota Rajan's gang, who had been evading the police for the last eight months is tracked down by new Unit 11 chief Avinash Sawant
Arvind Sawant came visiting with...
Promises and a firm pledge
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By Carol Andrade
rvind Sawant, Shiv Sena candidate from South Mumbai, two-term MLC, guardian for the rural areas around Nandurbar and Hingoli, yesterday gave us a pledge. If he is elected from this constituency, and provided the Central government gives the required permissions within three months, he will ensure that the long-awaited Mumbai coastal road from Nariman Point to Madh along the Continued on pg 8 «
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Captain Friel back in action
nspector Avinash Sawant has been fondly tagged Captain Friel by the men who worked alongside him, tackling the city's underworld at its prime in the 90's and early 2000's. Frank Friel, the eponymous officer of Philadelphia's police department is known for eliminating the entire Philadelphia-Atlantic mafia family in 1980. Sawant's role in gunning down most of the dreaded city gangsters in separate encounters earned him the name. He has an impressive record of working with almost every high-ranking encounter specialist in the city's police force. However, the modest Sawant prefers to remain low-profile but proudly credits his hand-picked officers who had been a part of the operations. Prominent among his Avinash Sawant many encounters are Ramya Surve alias Ramya Butler and his two associates who were targeting a builder at Malad. Sawant's forte lies in tracing the grassroots hideout of gangsters with the help of an army of informants before closing in on them. chief of Unit 11. In a matter of two days he man- covered a sophisticated Indian-made pistol from aged to track Pakya who is known for going into Pakya along with five live rounds,” said DCP Amhiding and striking back after regular intervals. badas Pote adding that the seized weapon is likely “Based on some information we received, the Continued on pg 8 « shooter was found and arrested. The police re-
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