Overview

• Mira-Bhayandar Vasai-Virar police invoked section 189 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and provisions of the Maharashtra Police Act against 45 people after a July 16 celebration video went viral
• Former jail associates led a convoy from Thane Central Jail to Mira Road, where participants burst firecrackers, played loud music and raised slogans in breach of prohibitory orders
• Authorities have named nine individuals in the FIR and are verifying the identities of the remaining participants
• In Kondhwa, a Pune police anti-narcotics cell working with Army Military Intelligence intercepted two men with 10.21 g of mephedrone, 8.32 g of high-grade marijuana and additional ganja
• These actions highlight intensified multi-agency operations targeting narcotics networks across Maharashtra