Selfie stands were installed by NMMC to promote Voting awareness.

The Stands

Prior to the Thane Lok Sabha Constituency elections on May 20, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has placed selfie stands in several of its structures and other well-trafficked areas in an effort to raise voter awareness. This program, spearheaded by Municipal Commissioner Dr. Kailas Shinde, is to motivate people to use their democratic right to vote. Numerous voter education initiatives are being carried out regionally under the SVEEP program, and locals are responding well to them. Selfie stands have been thoughtfully positioned in all eight department offices, municipal headquarters, the Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial in Airoli, Wonders Park, Nisarg Udyan, Municipal Hospitals, and other municipal premises in recognition of the growing popularity of selfie culture in today’s social media-driven world.

In addition, Vishnudas Bhave Auditorium now features a selfie stand, which has performers and theater lovers jumping with joy to use. Many artists have created reels encouraging people to vote during theater rehearsals, using their platform to promote voting.

An Intensive Combing operation was conducted by police in Turbhe division.

The Operation

A thorough combing operation was carried out by the Navi Mumbai Police Commissionerate on Friday night across many police stations in the Turbhe Division as a pre-emptive precaution ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. The program focused on those engaged in a range of illegal actions, including as drug and alcohol abuse, gun ownership, smoking in public places, and moving offenses.

A total of 390 individuals were the focus of enforcement actions throughout the operation. These included enforcement actions taken in relation to 37 KOFTA (Keep Off the Footpath Act) cases, two illegal weapon seizures, 49 prohibition violations, 13 drug-related apprehensions, and two DUI cases. In addition, 255 people were punished for breaking the Motor Vehicle Act, 11 for breaking the Section 283 (hazardous driving), and 21 for breaking Section 285 (reckless driving).

Thirty police officers and one hundred and ninety-nine enforcers were deployed for the operation, which covered the police stations in Turbhe, CBD, NRI, Nerul, and Sanpada. At several points inside the jurisdiction, these individuals carried out targeted combing operations and strategically placed blockades.

Assistant Chief of Police Turbhe Division’s Rahul Gaikwad personally monitored the operation and gave the law enforcement forces vital direction. Senior authorities, such as Deputy Commissioner of Police Circle-1, Commissioner of Police Milind Bharambe, Joint Commissioner of Police Sanjay Yenpure, and Upper Commissioner of Police Deepak Sakore, provided direction and support for the effort.

The Navi Mumbai police have detained a 28-year-old cab driver from Nagpada, Mumbai, on suspicion of killing a 27-year-old lady who had been urging him to get married. On April 25, the decomposing corpse of the deceased was found in a dried-up stream at Talekar along Chirner-Kharpada in Uran, Navi Mumbai. It had been wrapped in a blanket.

A post-mortem was carried out, according to senior inspector Satish Nikam of the Uran police station, and a complaint was filed against unidentified persons under many provisions of the Indian Penal Code, including section 302 (murder). Police in Mumbai’s Mankhurd police station acquired information regarding a lady who had been reported missing on April 18 throughout the course of their inquiry. It was established that the missing woman’s body was the one discovered in Uran.

After more research, it was discovered that the cab driver and the woman were in love, and that she had been urging him to be married. When he refused, this had caused a rift between them. The official stated that the woman was picked up by the male on the evening of April 18 from Mankhurd and driven to Khadavli in Kalyan, Thane district. On April 19, he is said to have killed her at approximately one in the morning and disposed of her corpse in the rivulet. After being taken into prison on Saturday, the accused was brought before a local court, who placed him under police detention until April 29.