Caretaker of Salman Khan’s bungalow held in 29-yr-old theft case
Mumbai, Oct 9: A 62-year-old man, who worked as caretaker of a bungalow of Bollywood actor Salman Khan, was arrested on Wednesday in a three-decade-old theft case, a police official said.
Unit-4 of the city police's crime branch arrested Shakti Siddheshwar Rana from Khan's bungalow in Gorai in western suburbs.
Rana and some others were allegedly involved in a theft and arrested by the crime branch in 1990, said senior police inspector Ninad Sawant.
He was released on bail and then became untraceable, the police officer said.
A court had issued a non-bailable warrant against him but the police could not track him down.
Recently the crime branch officials received a tip-off that Rana was living in a house in Gorai beach area for the last 20 years, he said.
Probe revealed that Rana was working as a caretaker at Salman Khan's bungalow, following which the arrest was made.
Further probe is on.
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Avian flu outbreak at Ranchi's state-run poultry farm, 2196 birds culled
Ranchi, Apr 24: The Jharkhand government sounded an alert after bird flu cases were reported in a state-run poultry farm in Ranchi, an official said on Wednesday.
As many as 2,196 birds including 1,745 chickens were culled at the Regional Poultry Farm, Hotwar, an official told PTI.
A total of 1697 eggs were also destroyed.
The presence of H5N1, a type of avian influenza A virus that causes disease in birds, was confirmed in the samples, the official said.
