Authorities in Thane district intercepted a tanker carrying 25,000 litres of diesel, valued at approximately Rs 24.5 lakh, for allegedly being transported illegally. The seizure occurred near Kharigaon toll naka on the Mumbai-Nashik Highway. Police have registered a case against eight individuals, including the tanker's owner and driver, as investigations into a potential black-market supply network are underway.
A Thane court has acquitted MNS chief Raj Thackeray and five others in a 17-year-old case involving attacks on out-of-state railway job aspirants. The court cited insufficient evidence and the prosecution's failure to prove the accused's presence at the 2008 Kalyan station incident. The verdict extended the benefit of doubt to the six individuals.