I am a journalist based in Mumbai covering crime and investigation for Hindustan Times, in the capacity of a principal correspondent. I have covered the city for over eight years as a correspondent for print and electronic media after starting my career with a business wire.
Articles by Saurabh M Joshi
Chhota Shakeel’s hitman’s extradition turns into Indo-Pak contest
The Mumbai Police is banking on its evidence of fingerprints and family DNA profile to get gangster Chotta Shakeel’s hitman Sayyad Muzakkir Muddasar Hussain alias Munna Jhingada extradited from Thailand even as Pakistan continues to lay claim on the sharpshooter as its citizen.
Updated on Jan 02, 2017 11:57 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | Saurabh M Joshi
Railway cops to beef up security at stations on New Year’s eve
GRP officials said many people head to Marine Drive and Gateway of India to see fireworks, resulting in CST and Churchgate recording the highest footfalls for years now...
Published on Dec 29, 2016 01:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Saurabh M Joshi, Mumbai
In Mumbai: IRF’s Dongri office gets ban notice
The Mumbai police served a notice that bans IRF, to the legal representative of the organisation on Monday. The notice was issued by the unlawful activities (preventive) tribunal of the Delhi high court.
Published on Dec 27, 2016 12:11 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Saurabh M Joshi, Mumbai
Zakir Naik’s Malaysian citizenship may impede NIA probe
Amid the ongoing investigation against televangelist Zakir Naik and the lack of clarity on his current location, seen as a tactic to stay out of reach of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), it has now come to the fore that Naik has also bagged Malaysian citizenship.
Updated on Nov 27, 2016 01:15 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Saurabh M Joshi, Mumbai
Zakir Naik: IRF ban knee-jerk reaction by the Modi govt
Naik’s now-banned Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) issued the statement-letter on his behalf stating that the religion’s name has been made synonymous with violence, while condoning the reckless behaviour of some majority religious leaders
Updated on Nov 26, 2016 01:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Saurabh M Joshi, Mumbai
26/11: Mumbai’s coastal security still being upgraded 8 years later
Eight years after terrorists attacked Mumbai after entering the city through its coasts, the coastal police wing could finally be getting more equipment to help them function better
Updated on Nov 26, 2016 12:39 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Saurabh M Joshi, Mumbai
Mumbai’s Economic Offences Wing gets additional DCP to probe NSEL scam
The move was announced on Wednesday, during the routine transfers of DCPs, with the EOW having been given an officer for exclusively supervising the alleged Rs5,600-crore National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL) fraud that involves alleged misappropriation and embezzlement of funds.
Updated on Nov 23, 2016 03:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Saurabh M Joshi, Mumbai
Subversive speeches, fund misuse behind ban on Zakir Naik’s IRF
The ban on televangelist Zakir Naik’s NGO, the Islamic Research Foundation, and the charges against him, are based on investigations by two agencies, the special branch (SB) of the Mumbai police and the Economic Offences Wing (EOW).
Updated on Nov 20, 2016 12:24 AM IST
Hidustan Times | Saurabh M Joshi, Mumbai
NIA raids Zakir Naik’s offices and homes, prepares to block access to funds
Federal anti-terrorism investigators searched a dozen offices and homes linked to televangelist Zakir Naik on Saturday, recovering cash and potentially incriminating documents, a day after police charged the controversial preacher with promoting terrorism.
Updated on Nov 20, 2016 12:58 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Saurabh M Joshi and Rajesh Ahuja, Mumbai/new Delhi
Police get high-tech surveillance vehicle
The van was procured as a part of the police modernisation program
Updated on Nov 19, 2016 12:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Saurabh M Joshi, Mumbai
Police send notice on ban to Zakir Naik’s IRF
The IRF said they are seeking legal advice to challenge the ban
Updated on Nov 19, 2016 12:41 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Saurabh M Joshi, Mumbai
Mumbai police serve ban notification to Zakir Naik’s IRF
The Mumbai police on Thursday received the order of the Union government, declaring controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) as unlawful under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
Updated on Nov 18, 2016 03:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Saurabh M Joshi, Mumbai
Cash crisis: 3 held, Mumbai cop suspended for promising new notes totalling Rs3 crore
Three people were on Thursday arrested and an assistant police inspector (API) attached to Santacruz police station was suspended for allegedly duping a contractor by promising him new notes in exchange for the demonetised Rs500s and Rs1,000s with a face value of Rs3 crore.
Updated on Nov 18, 2016 01:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Saurabh M Joshi, Mumbai
Day after ban, it was business as usual for Mumbai IRF office
People associated with the IRF said no agency has notified them on ban on any kind of activities
Updated on Nov 17, 2016 12:42 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Saurabh M Joshi, Mumbai
Demonetisation effect? Mumbai railway police reports 50% drop in theft cases
The Government Railway Police (GRP) stated that 12 to 15 such incidents would be reported to railway police stations daily. But ever since the demonetization came into effect, the number of such incidents has slipped to six cases per day.
Updated on Nov 17, 2016 12:48 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Saurabh M Joshi, Mumbai
IRF ban: Mumbai police await notification, clarity before initiating action
The Mumbai police has not received any notification pertaining to the ban on televangelist Zakir Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) and awaits one to initiate further action
Updated on Nov 19, 2016 12:13 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Saurabh M Joshi, Mumbai
Kurla-Mulund rail stretch the deadliest in Mumbai: Survey
The suburban railway stretch from Kurla to Mulund is the most accident prone in Mumbai, according to the statistics collated by Praja Foundation
Published on Nov 16, 2016 12:37 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Saurabh M Joshi, Mumbai
Cops seize school computer of teacher who sent lewd messages to 16-year-old
Police said the incident was brought to the notice of the victim’s mother by one of her friends
Updated on Nov 11, 2016 01:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Saurabh M Joshi, Mumbai
₹10.56L fake currency seized from 19 suspected Bangla nationals this year
Investigators said Bangladeshis cross over to India on foot, bearing small amounts of FICN. It is
Published on Nov 10, 2016 07:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Saurabh M Joshi, Mumbai
Gulshan Kumar murder accused deported; handed over to Mumbai police
Underworld gangster Dawood Ibrahim’s aide was handed over to the Indian authorities in Meghalaya late on Wednesday night and was then taken to the Guwahati airport via road
Updated on Nov 10, 2016 09:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Saurabh M Joshi, Mumbai
Mumbai: 3 more Bombay House guards held for assaulting photojournalists
Three days after a group of security guards stationed outside Tata Group headquarters — Bombay House — attacked several photojournalists, the Mumbai police on Monday arrested three more accused.
Published on Nov 08, 2016 12:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Saurabh M Joshi, Mumbai
Mumbai teen falls off train while doing stunts
The Churchgate GRP officials are now trying to trace the first person who uploaded the video clip, which shows the around 18-year-old, wearing a red t-shirt, denim and a pair of sandals, falling from the train just before Grant Road station.
Updated on Nov 04, 2016 03:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Saurabh M Joshi, Mumbai
Diwali weekend in Mumbai trains: 39 dead in 90 accidents
Diwali witnessed a mad rush in Mumbai local trains and the overcrowding, caused because of the delay in train arrivals and jaywalking across railway tracks led to 90 accidents on the local suburban section between Saturday and Tuesday.
Updated on Nov 02, 2016 01:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Saurabh M Joshi, Mumbai
RPF nab scrap thieves at Mumbai Central, seize material worth lakhs
Tip-off from one of the informers resulted in a raid by senior RPF officials at the Carriage and Foreman Office premises
Updated on Oct 28, 2016 12:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Saurabh M Joshi, Mumbai
Pujari calls restaurant after his henchman slurs, fails to deliver
On Saturday, the hotel’s landline received a phone call that was attended by one of the staffers. It was Pujari who had made the call.
Updated on Oct 26, 2016 01:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Saurabh M Joshi, Mumbai
Mumbai on high alert ahead of Diwali, cops beef up presence
The alert, issued last week, says explosives may be mixed with firecrackers for attacks, but there was no mention of a specific target or time
Updated on Oct 25, 2016 10:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Saurabh M Joshi, Mumbai
Railway cops keep watch on Diwali gangs targeting travellers in Mumbai
The railway crime branch is stepping up its game this Diwali season, a time that sees gangs from across Maharashtra and neighbouring states make their way to Mumbai to target the festive season traveller
Updated on Oct 24, 2016 10:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Saurabh M Joshi, Mumbai
3 held for operating camera-mounted drones in Kandivli
One of the accused is a businessman who rents drone for movie shoots and the other two are his employees
Updated on Oct 20, 2016 12:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Saurabh M Joshi, Mumbai
Diva, Vashi to get railway crime branch units before Diwali
It will start two new units at Diva and Vashi to tackle crimes on two most notorious railway stretches
Published on Oct 19, 2016 01:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Saurabh M Joshi, Mumbai
Robbery cases fall as GRP’s detection rate touches 90 per cent
The number of robberies registered till September this year was 45, as against 501 cases in the same period last year.
Published on Oct 16, 2016 12:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Saurabh M Joshi, Mumbai
