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28-YEAR-OLD ARRESTED FOR THEFT AT ACTOR ACTIVISTS UP IN ARMS AGAINST PLAN TO RELOCATE
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Patient Had Consumer forum sides with patient: Court grants bail to supervisor of
building where 6 people died in lift
Pre-Existing
Disease:
Insurance Co
AWARDS `1.1 LAKH
Rebecca Samervel TNN when the complainant actually contract-
ed the condition two to three months ago.
sheet” stated that Dawra had hyperten-
sion since two-three years. Two months
Rebecca Samervel TNN

Mumbai: The Sewri sessions

Mumbai: The Mumbai Suburban Dis- “There is no material on record to
trict Consumer Disputes Redressal Fo- prove that the complainant (Dawra) was
Illustration: Ram rum on Thursday ordered an insur- suffering from Ischemic Heart Disease, a
ance company to pay Rs 1.1 lakh to a heart ailment, before hospitalization.
Khar resident for repudiating his Barring entry in the admission note dat-
claim on the grounds that he was ed January 9, 2006, there is no material on
suffering from hypertension record to show that the he was ever suffer-
and that it was a ‘pre-existing ing from hypertension,” the forum held.
disease’. The Dawra had taken a mediclaim policy from
hospital dis- Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Compa-
charge card ny Ltd in 2004 for an assured sum of Rs 5
incorrectly lakh and renewed it for the period from
mentioned May 2005-2006. The company met his first
that the patient, claim of Rs 50,000 in 2005. But the second
Shewakram time, when he was hospitalized on Janu-
Dawra, had ary 9, 2006 for chest discomfort and
been suffering breathlessness, the insurance repudiated
from hyper- his claim saying had that been suffering
tension for two from hypertension before he signed up.
to three years The company said that the “indoor case-
court on Monday granted bail to
the 23-year-old site supervisor of
La Sonarisa building in Matunga.
January. He was granted bail on a
cash bond of Rs 30,000.
In the bail application, defence
lawyer Laxman Kanal said: “The
incident occurred due to the negli-
gence of the victims themselves as
after his discharge, Dawra sent a letter to Dhanraj Yadav had been arrested they were not allowed to use the
the company stating that he began suffer- on January 13 and booked for caus- said lift.”
ing from hypertension recently. He had a ing death due to negligence, after The court has ordered Yadav to
certificate issued by Dr J P Jadwani, a car- six labourers were killed when the report to the police station on the
diologist who had been treating him. building’s service lift crashed in first and 15th of every month.
In July 2006, Dawra turned to the con-
sumer forum and demanded that the com-
pany pay his medical expenses of Rs
79,680. The company said the hospital’s
discharge card specifically mentioned
that Dawra had been suffering from hy-
pertension for two to three years. It added
that Jadwani had tried to shield the com-
plainant. But the forum observed that hy-
pertension could be attributed to several
factors, particularly Ischemic Heart Dis-
ease, and also related to blood pressure.
The company should not have considered
the entry in the admission note, said the
forum.

Dawood’s daughter
ties knot in Karachi
She Married Pak-Born US National On February 4
S Ahmed Ali TNN

Mumbai: It was Karachi’s

most high-profile wedding,
but one that never made it to
the newspapers or society
magazines. On February 4,
the second daughter of un-
derworld don Dawood Ibra-
him Kaskar, Mahreen, mar-
ried a Pakistan-born US
national, Ayub, in a hush-
hush wedding, followed by a
reception on February 5 at
the gangster’s palatial bunga-
low in the exclusive and up-
scale Karachi neighborhood
of Clifton, aid sources. The
only thing that gave it way
was the fleet of expensive
cars that were lined outside
the bungalow. The husband is
believed to the son of promi-
nent US-based Pakistani
businessman.
TOI has learned that the
guestlist included a few Pa-
kistani army officers, Inter
Service Intelligence (ISI)
agents, and businessmen
from Dubai. The gangster’s
friend and in-law Javed Mian-
dad and his family members
were also allegedly present
for the wedding ceremony.
Miandad’s son Junaid is mar-
ried to Dawood’s daughter
Mahrukh. Their wedding
took place at the Hyatt, Du-
bai, in July 2005. Mahreen’s
wedding, however, was more
low-key, said sources Da-
wood’s brothers and his lieu-
tenant Chhota Shakeel were
present along with the rest of
Dawood’s relatives.
LOW-KEY WEDDING
■ Dawood Ibrahim, son
of former police
constable Ibrahim
Kaskar, has three
daughters and one son.
His fourth daughter
passed away eight to
10 years ago File picture of Dawood Ibrahim and his wife
■ In 2005, his daughter
Mahrukh married Pakistani
cricketer Javed Miandad’s
son Junaid
■ On February 4, 2011, his
File picture of the don’s first second daughter Mahreen
daughter’s wedding to cricketer married the son of a US-
Javed Miandad’s son based Pakistani businessman
The marriage was scheduled to be held in
May, but then a few months ago, Dawood
suffered from a massive heart attack. He
recovered, but after that insisted that Mahreen tie the
knot as soon as possible
“The marriage was sched- ding reception were allegedly
uled to be held in May, but held indoors to avoid the pry-
then a few months ago, Da- ing eyes of the press and the
wood suffered from a massive intelligence agencies.
heart attack. He recovered, The D gang is suspected to
but after that insisted that have performed a recce and
Mahreen tie the knot as soon provided logistical support to
as possible,” a well-connected the 26/11 terror attack exe-
gang member from Mumbai cuted by the Lashkar-e-Taiba
told TOI. He added that the at the instance of the ISI with
groom, too, was keen on re- which Dawood has extremely
turning to the US. “Dawood close links. According to
does not want his son-in-law sources, Dawood has not vis-
to come under the police scan- ited Dubai for many years
ner,” the source said. now, especially after the 9/11
The ceremony and wed- attacks in the US.

Fake ACP held 2008 Malegaon

for blackmail
Told Women Targets That Husbands
Were Being Probed For Phone Sex
Nitin Yeshwantrao TNN
Thane: The Thane police ar-
rested a conman for blackmail-
ing and sexually abusing at
least 50 women and one minor
over the last two months by
pretending to be an assistant
commissioner of police with
the Mahanagar Telephone Ni-
gam Ltd (MTNL)—a non exist-
ent post. Under the guise of a
police official, Bhupendra
Verma (35) allegedly called up
his intended victims, and in-
formed them that a male mem-
ber of their family, a husband
or father, had been caught in-
dulging in phone sex during a
telephone surveillance oper-
ation. He would demand cash,
gold jewellery and even sexual
favours from the women prom-
ising to protect the “guilty hus-
bands”, said the police, who
laid a trap for the conman on
February 10.
Thane police commission-
er K P Raghuvanshi said: “Ver-
ma would pick his targets ran-
domly by calling them on the
phone from different loca-
tions. If the call was answered
by a male he would hang up. If a
women replied he would an-
nounce that he was an ACP
with MTNL and that the resi-
dential phone was under sur-
veillance for obscene calls.’’
Most of the women were from
middleclass families. One of
them, Pamela Dante (name
changed) was a teacher. He told
her that MTNL had recorded
conversations between her
husband and another woman
and that he was liable to be ar-
rested. He warned Dante not to
call her husband as her phone
was tapped. “He asked the
teacher to meet him at a loca-
tion with money and jewellery.
He also abused her sexually,’’
said Dattatrey Karale, deputy
commissioner of police
(crime). Another victim paid
up to protect her father.
A official added: “They
would agree to his demands
thinking they were saving the
family’s honour.” One of his
victims is allegedly a 12-year-
old girl who thought she was
coming to the rescue of her ol-
der brother. “Verma made the
girl pose nude and took pic-
tures of her,” the official said.
The matter came to light last
week, when one victim con-
fronted the police. They laid a
trap for Verma. While Karale
was DCP in Mumbai, he had
arrested Verma on a similar
charge. The conman has been
booked for cheating and under
provisions of the IT Act.
blast: Mutalik’s
police custody
is extended
Mumbai: A special Maha-
rashtra Control of Orga-
nized Crime Act (MCOCA)
court on Monday extended
the police custody of 2008
Malegaon blast suspect Pra-
veen Venkatesh Takalki
alias Praveen Mutalik to
February 21.
Mutalik (32), who holds a
diploma in mechanical engi-
neering, was arrested on Ja-
nuary 31, after being un-
traceable for two years.
Booked under MCOCA, he
was picked up from outside
his sim card shop at Gokak
town in Belgaum district,
Karnataka.
With this, the number of
arrests in the case has gone
up to 12. The others arrested
include key accused Sadhvi
Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt
Colonel Shrikant Prasad Pu-
rohit. Seven people were
killed in the blast on Septem-
ber 29, 2008, in Malegaon. TNN