From accident on Mumbai-Pune Eway to Vijay Mallya’s ‘money laundering’: Top 5 stories from Mumbai

Mumbai city news: Here are the top five stories from Mumbai you shouldn’t miss.

While 20 Poddar International School students had a harrowing commute after the school bus they were travelling in veered out of control, rammed into a SUV and collided head-on with two autorickshaws in Santacruz, the Mumbai-Pune expressway saw heavy traffic congestions after a trailer toppled near Khandala. According to the Enforcement Directorate in the complaint filed before the special court for Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), liquor baron Vijay Mallya has laundered Rs1301.67 crore though various shell companies in India and abroad. The Bombay high court struck down criminal proceedings against a 20-year-old who was held for allegedly stalking and sexually harassing a woman, after he promised to clean, sweep and mop a children’s home at Mohol in Solapur. Also, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) sent notices to 1,250 bulk waste generators that include five star hotels, housing societies, government institutes, and movie-theatres among others to segregate and process waste or their waste will not get picked up.

Here are today’s top five picks:

1. Bus ferrying 20 school students rams into SUV, 2 autorickshaws, no one hurt, FIR against driver

About 20 Poddar International School students had a harrowing commute after the school bus they were travelling in veered out of control, rammed into a SUV and collided head-on with two autorickshaws in Santacruz (West) at 6.50 am on Thursday. No one was hurt, said police. Santacruz police said the speeding bus rammed into a black Fortuner car in front of Milan mall, before hitting two autorickshaws.

2. Mumbai man sexually harasses woman, court quashes case after he agrees to mop children’s home

The Bombay high court struck down criminal proceedings against a 20-year-old who was held for allegedly stalking and sexually harassing a woman, after he promised to clean, sweep and mop Padmavati Balkashram — a children’s home at Mohol in Solapur — every Sunday for the next three months. The bench said it took Dnyneshwar Pawar’s age and willingness to perform community service into consideration while granting him conditional relief.

Liquor baron Vijay Mallya has laundered Rs1301.67 crore though various shell companies in India and abroad, claims the Enforcement Directorate in the complaint filed before the special court for Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The agency suspects that Mallya has around 13 such shell companies in the United States, Ireland, Mauritius and France.

4. Trailer topples on Mumbai-Pune Expressway, holds up traffic for two hours

The Mumbai-Pune expressway saw heavy traffic congestions after a trailer toppled near Khandala on Thursday morning. According to the police, the trailer was coming towards Mumbai from Pune when the driver lost control of the vehicle and it hit the railings along the road. The vehicle then went off the highway and toppled in a pit.

5. Treat your wet waste or your garbage wont be picked: BMC tells 5-star hotels, housing societies in Mumbai

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) sent notices to 1,250 bulk waste generators that include five star hotels, housing societies, government institutes, and movie-theatres among others to segregate and process waste or their waste will not get picked up. Between January and May this year, the civic body had also sent notices to over 23,000 housing societies for failing to segregate waste.