Nashik: The Nashik Road police are on the lookout for an unidentified suspect who stole Rs 7.5 lakh from the storage compartment of a scooter belonging to a contractor on Friday.The complainant, 41 year-old Bhagat Premji, had withdrawn the money from a bank for making payments to his workers. After withdrawing the money from the bank, Premji had put it in a bag and kept it inside the compartment of his scooter.He then left for a construction site at Saubhagya Nagar along Lam Road, a police officer said.He reached the site at 4.30 pm and parked his two-wheeler in the parking area before going to the third floor to inspect the work being done by his staff, the officer added.Around 30 minutes later, the contractor came to his scooter and opened the compartment to fetch his water bottle when he noticed the bag containing the money was missing. Premji then registered a complaint with the Nashik Road police. We are collecting statements from the workers at the construction site and also checking the footage of the CCTV cameras installed in the area to find if anyone was following Premji from the bank from where he withdrew the money, the officer said.We also published the following articles recentlyTexas mother kills infant, raises money to make jewellery from his ashesA woman in Texas has been charged with murder after allegedly killing her 7-month-old baby. She sought donations on a crowdfunding platform for the babys cremation and funerary jewelry made from his ashes. According to authorities, the infants cause of death was blunt force trauma. The woman confessed to tossing the baby onto the bed and later throwing him onto the floor. She chose to go back to sleep instead of calling 911 when she realized the child had stopped breathing. The GoFundMe page created by the woman has been taken down, and no funds were received by the organizer.Raw material for Nashik MD unit from Thane & Guj: StateThe state prosecution in Pune revealed that the raw materials for Lalit Patils drug unit were sourced from Bhiwandi in Thane district and certain locations in Gujarat. The accused Shivaji Shinde procured and supplied 10 different chemicals as raw materials to the Nashik unit, while another accused, Rohitkumar Chaudhary, played a key role in setting up the unit. The custody of the accused has been extended till November 13, and the police are questioning Shinde to identify the locations of the godowns and trace the source of the chemical purchases.Swindled money invested in bitcoin trading: PoliceCyber police have discovered that fraudsters who stole Rs 2.25 crore from a resident have invested the money in bitcoin trading and other businesses. The police have frozen 26 accounts as part of their investigation and are taking steps to recover the money. Two individuals from Varkala and Malappuram received money from the accounts where the stolen money was transferred, claiming that they sold bitcoins. However, the police have summoned them for further questioning. The fraud involved the swindlers tricking a 72-year-old person into believing he was involved in a drug case and transferring money from his account to various fake accounts.

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