Mumbai: The husband of a 26-year-old sub-inspector who died after a 19-year-old biker who was allegedly stopped for riding without a helmet rammed int.
The city could see up to 100 deaths a day in the coming weeks, warned Dr Avinash Supe, who heads MMR’s Covid death audit committee
MUMBAI: In just 11 days of April, the city has reported 55% more Covid-19 deaths than in all of March, calling into question earlier assessments that the second wave was less severe. The state, too, has seen fatalities jump by 23% in less than two weeks of April compared to the previous month.
Mumbai reported 215 deaths in March, but has crossed 333 by April 11. In January and February, the city had seen 236 and 127 Covid deaths, respectively. Similarly, Maharashtra has crossed 3,059 deaths in April so far as opposed to 2,495 in March.
Ex-home minister Anil Deshmukh
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has asked former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh to appear before it on April 14 (Wednesday).
The CBI team, sources indicated, on Monday quizzed Mumbai police’s ACP Sanjay Patil on some technical details regarding WhatsApp chats which it has collected during the investigation, sources said.
In his complaint, Singh has mentioned WhatsApp chats with Patil who purportedly referred to Deshmukh’s insistence that Mumbai cops raise Rs 100 crore a month for him by extorting money from bars and restaurants in Mumbai.
Deshmukh will be questioned not only about the contents of Singh’s complaint but will also be confronted with claims made by arrested assistant police inspector Sachin Waze. His statement will be taken on record and annexed with the report which the CBI has to present before the Bombay high court next week.