Residents of Juhu Save Beach from Encroachment
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THE TIMES OF INDIA, MUMBAI THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2014 TIMES CITY 5 Paedophile finally caught, admits Syedna row: COMMUNITY EVENTS CHANGE OF NAME 8 petitions in Gujarat HC to have abused 25 girls in 6 months TIMES NEWS NETWORK S Ahmed Ali TNN Mumbai: Having already DAMAGED EYE HELPED COPS NAB HIM 7-year-old raped challenged his nephew Syed- Mumbai: Two weeks of chase na Muffadal Saifuddin’s suc- ACCUSED | A resident of a slum pocket at Gilbert ASSAULT ON YOUNGSTERS he Kurla GRP on Wednes- by around 60 policemen finally day lodged a case against cession as the 53rd Dai al-Mut- Hill in Andheri (W), Aiyyaz Ali Ansari’s crime graph T led to the arrest of a serial mo- h On April 7, Ansari was caught on a CCTV an unidentified man for laq (spiritual head of the dates back to 2010 when he was first caught for lester from Gilbert Hill in An- camera in Sion when he abused a Class allegedly raping 7-year-old girl Dawoodi Bohras) in the Bom- dheri (W) on Wednesday. The chain-snatching. He was addicted to drugs VI girl. He took her to a secluded place outside Bhandup station. The bay high court, Khuzaima accused, Aiyyaz Ali Ansari, and alcohol for which he took to thefts on the pretext that her father was incident took place on Monday Qutbuddin has now filed eight has confessed to have sexually writ petitions before the Guja- h Ansari (32) was last arrested in Jan 2013 searching for her and assaulted her when the girl, who had come to assaulted 25 minor girls from the station with her parents, rat high court against assist- across the city in the past six for chain-snatching and released in May h On March 29, Ansari had similarly ant charity commissioners that year. After that, he has reportedly been gained the confidence of a girl at strayed away. On spotting the months. He also had chain-sn- lone girl, the accused lured her and the Gujarat Wakf Board atching and mobile theft cases involved in 25 sexual abuse cases at Andheri, Juhu, Sahar in Andheri by posing as her father’s for permitting Saifuddin to be Malad, Amboli, Kandivli, Wadala and Sion friend and sexually abused her. He was with a chocolate and took her registered against him earlier. to a desolate spot, where he the sole trustee of several Though Ansari had report- caught on CCTV cameras there as well trusts and properties of the h On learning that the police have released his ID allegedly raped her. On Wedn- edly been sexually abusing community in Gujarat. sketch, Ansari fled to Pune but returned to Ansari was caught by an SIT and esday, a social worker saw the several girls—all of them in CASES | Qutbuddin’s son Abdeali Mumbai on Wednesday. He called his brother girl roaming in Bhandup and the age group of eight to 15 the D N Nagar police. He has been Qutbuddin said in a statement from Khar for money. The cops went along with brought her to the GRP, which years—for long, it was only on confessed to have assaulted 25 girls. He that after Syedna Mohammed is trying to trace her kin. TNN April 7 that the police could fi- his brother and nabbed Ansari has been booked under the POCSO Act Burhanuddin’s death on Ja- nally identify him when his nuary 17, the wakf board image was found on a CCTV been registered against him, them to a secluded spot where leased his identity sketch. “But detained but they told us Ansa- passed an order entering Mu- camera at Vallabh Nagar in Ansari has confessed to have he would assault them, he said. he was forced to return to the ri had not visited them for six faddal Saifuddin’s name on Sion where he was caught sex- sexually abused another 12 “Different provisions of the city on Wednesday after he ran months. We remained in touch January 23. ually abusing a Class VI stu- girls in Andheri, Juhu, Kan- stringent Protection of Chil- out of money,” Maria said, add- with his brothers,” said DCP “One day after the wakf dent. The distinguished fea- divli and Malad. We will also dren from Sexual Offences ing that immediately after re- Cherring Dorje. On Wednes- board passed the order, Abdul ture that gave Ansari away probe those cases about which (POCSO) Act will be invoked. turning to the city, he stole an day after he returned to the ci- Qadir Nooruddin, the son-in- was his damaged left eye, a de- we were not aware,” said We will also make him go expensive mobile in Malad. ty, Ansari’s brother got a call law of Shehzada Mufaddal scription provided by several Mumbai police commissioner through some tests to under- After zeroing in on Ansa- from a landline in Khar. “It was Saifuddin, signed more than victims from other places such Rakesh Maria. He added that stand his mind. We will ensure ri’s image from CCTV grabs, Ansari, asking for money. His 150 change reports, which as Wadala, Sion, Antop Hill, Ansari was a smooth talker; on his conviction,’’ he said. the police sifted through crimi- brother told him to stay put at came to be filed in the offices Sahar and D N Nagar in Andh- zeroing in on a target, he would Maria told reporters that nals’ records and identified Khar and promised to meet of assistant charity commis- Residents of Juhu eri, as well as a CCTV image in befriend the girl and convince Ansari had fled to Pune on him. They visited his home in him. We went with him and ar- sioners in about 20 districts on a Sahar building. “Besides the her that he was her father’s learning that the police have aslum at Gilbert Hill. “Ansari’s rested him,” said a cop from or about January 27, 2014,” save beach from 13 offences that have already friend. Then he would lure intensified their search and re- mother and two brothers were the D N Nagar police station. Abdeali Qutbuddin said. ‘Cops must tie up with locals ‘Increase security Drive to make encroachment traffic cops to keep neighbourhoods safe’ at Carter Road’ ‘street-smart’ Mumbai: Vijay V Singh TNN ADVISORY FOR THOSE LIVING ALONE ADVISORY FOR Vijay V Singh TNN To acclimatize new- THE INCIDENT ly recruited traffic police per- ➤ Never allow VACATION TIME Mumbai: The attack on a Mumbai: The promenades A couple was attacked by a sonnel to the road restrictions strangers inside the ➤ housewife by a carpenter in Don’t keep along Bandstand and Carter gang of four and robbed of in their jurisdiction, the traffic her flat in an upscale Bandra house valuables at Road in Bandra are favourite department will organize a ➤ valuables at the Carter Road neighbourhood has triggered If your domestic home while you hangouts for an open space- promenade on Monday. The Know Your Area campaign be- help visits at odd panic among residents. To go on vacation starved city and see many police and residents chased tween April 17 and 26. prevent such incidents, social hours, ask the purpose youngsters and couples look- The new recruits will be the accused and nabbed one activists have suggested that of the visit before ➤ Request your ing for privacy, but the latest made aware of official and un- of them the police should tie up with opening the door neighbours to case of robbery again re- official street names and vehic- residents’ associations to ➤ Never open The Mangal Mahal alert you if they minded one of the risk in- ADVISORY FOR PEOPLE ular flow on these streets. keep an eye on their localities. cupboards in the building on Turner notice anything volved. VENTURING INTO SEA “There are several stretch- The columns on the beach that residents said were the handiwork of a Road, Bandra where “The police should con- presence of help or suspicious at Around 8 pm on Monday, ➤ Never venture deep into es which have recently been de- developer; (right) the spot after the BMC carried out demolition a housewife was a young couple was attacked clared a one-way, or where duct meetings with residents’ other strangers attacked by a carpenter your home sea near promenade parking or halting is prohibit- associations to discuss securi- by a gang of four and robbed during low tide Linah Baliga TNN and gas-cutters to remove the ty issues and give out a list of TIMES VIEW: Frequent incidents of crime not only end up of valuables at the Carter ed, or where entry of heavy ve- structure. A JCB had to be de- dos and don’ts. The officers, creating panic among residents, but they can also reduce Road promenade. The vic- ➤ Always stay in a group hicles is prohibited,” an officer Mumbai:For the second time ployed to excavate and re- along with residents, can te- confidence in the policing machinery and embolden criminals. tims, a 24-year-old youth who and keep a tab on said. “Then there are stretches in three months, vigilant resi- move the concrete founda- ach people about the mea- Both the Bandra incidents -one at home and the other outside- works at a private company increasing water levels where auto or taxi stands have dents of Juhu saved a signifi- tions spread over an area of 12 sures that should be taken to may have ended in arrests but cops need to go beyond reacting and his girlfriend who stud- ➤ Never venture towards been newly created or where cant part of their beach from ft by 200 ft,” said Das.