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This man is married and has a child, but he answers matrimonial ads, meets girls and makes them part with their jewellery By Tariq Khan
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Prashant Manjire, alias Manoj Wani, at the Shivaji Park police station.
50-year-old conman has been arrested for allegedly cheating a woman who was looking for a suitable match for herself, on the pretext of marrying her, and then decamping with her gold chain, police said today. Thanks to a tip-off, the accused, Prashant Manjire, was nabbed on Monday from Shri Krishna Lodge in Dadar, said Deputy Police Commissioner Dhananjay Kulkarni. According to the Shivaji Park police, a 25-year-old victim gave a matrimonial advertisement in a Marathi news-
College messes, MU saves! Rescues 26 students By Yatin Ingle n Friday, there was a shocking development at the who are detained O Usha Pravin Gandhi (UPG) College, which put the careers of 26 students in peril. The college detained the and debarred them from attempting their sixth without being put on students semester final year exams. With just four days to go for exams, of which three were official holidays of the blacklist and debarred the varsity, the students approached the Mumbai University (MU) authorities who finally helped them get their from board exams hall tickets just a few hours before their exams began. MUMBHAI Vikas Sabnis
Believe me! We have landed in your constituency only... But since it was neglected, it is looking like a desert.
As per the rules and regulations of the MU, a college has to issue a blacklist of students having attendance below 75 per cent. It has to send warning letters to the students' parents regarding their irregular attendance. After the warning and declaration of the blacklist, if a student continues to be irregular, the college can detain and withdraw his/her examination form thus debarring the student from appearing for the exams. On April 11, 2014, the UPG College, Vile Parle, without any warning or prior notice and blacklisting, detained and debarred 26 students from appearing for their final year exams. As the students had been detained, their hall tickets had been withheld by the MU. As the college had declared them detained on Friday, the students were unable to contact the varsity for three days – Saturday, Sunday and Monday – as these were official holidays. The next day, Tuesday, before the the exams began, these students managed somehow to approach some of the senate members who promptly came to their rescue. Pradeep Sawant, senate and grievance cell member said: "The college was playing with the careers of the students. These students were not detained as per protocol and were not defaulting in attendance as most of the students had medical certificates and reports. Considering the students' careers, we asked the MU to issue them the hall tickets and allow these students to appear for the exams". Yesterday, all these students belonging to the Third Continued on pg 8 «
paper. "The victim provided her residential address and mobile number so that wanting groom can approach her,"
the DCP added.The accused, for suitable match. He said he identifying himself as Manoj was single although he was Wani, contacted her saying Continued on pg 8 « that he had also been looking