Mateen Hafeez

Special Correspondent, TOI

Mateen Hafeez, special correspondent at The Times of India in Mumbai, reports on terrorism, underworld, cybercrime and organized crime syndicates. He also writes about the jails in Maharashtra and fo ...

Mateen Hafeez, special correspondent at The Times of India in Mumbai, reports on terrorism, underworld, cybercrime and organized crime syndicates. He also writes about the jails in Maharashtra and focuses on human interest stories. He has covered the Ghatkopar bomb blast, Vile Parle bomb blast, Mulund train blast, train serial blasts in 2006, 26/11 terror attacks and Pune's German Bakery bomb blast. He has a special interest in Urdu fiction written by Ibn-e-Safi.

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Stories by the author

• NSEL scam in Mumbai: 95% of small investors get money back

  
  21 Mar 2022 07:13 AM IST
• ‘Heard Mansukh Hiran talking about Sachin Waze pressure to own up’

  
  28 Mar 2021 09:52 AM IST
• Suspended inspector alleges former CP Param Bir has ‘links to underworld’

  
  22 Mar 2021 10:53 AM IST
• Mumbai: Man held in TRP scam got over Rs 1 crore in account since November

  
  11 Oct 2020 08:37 AM IST
• Kotak Mahindra and Axis Bank allege Rs 1,200 crore fraud by Cox & Kings, probe begins

  
  09 Aug 2020 11:08 AM IST
• Chaos in Mumbai's Bandra: How it all started

  
  15 Apr 2020 01:42 PM IST
• Dr Bomb, involved in over 50 blasts across India, jumps parole

  
  17 Jan 2020 10:37 AM IST
• An insider blew the lid off Rs 6,500-crore PMC scam

  
  27 Dec 2019 10:40 AM IST
• Women's safety concerns: US, UK issue advisories on India travel

  
  04 Dec 2019 11:01 AM IST
• Rs 10.5 crore cash missing from PMC records: Bank's internal investigation team

  
  18 Oct 2019 10:07 AM IST
• Wadhawans didn't repay 4 other banks, three of them PSBs

  
  08 Oct 2019 11:08 AM IST
• Cops wait for victims to claim Rs 15 crore refund in Mumbai Ponzi schemes

  
  21 Jul 2019 10:32 AM IST
• '93 Mumbai serial blasts suspect held in UAE, may be deported soon

  
  15 Feb 2019 10:52 AM IST
• When the lights went out

  
  18 Jan 2019 02:28 PM IST
• In a 1st for Maharashtra, women prison to allow undertrials to learn and earn in factories

  
  11 Nov 2018 10:49 AM IST
• The woman who ran the mother of all scams

  
  07 Nov 2018 10:11 AM IST
• Cyber fraudsters could withdraw only ₹30 crore from State Bank of Mauritius

  
  13 Oct 2018 10:41 AM IST
• Saifee Burhani Upliftment Trust buys Dawood Ibrahim's Masulla building for Rs 3.5 crore

  
  10 Aug 2018 11:06 AM IST
• 50 lakh people duped of Rs 7,000 crore in Mumbai

  
  13 Dec 2017 07:45 PM IST
• More Mumbai homebuyers approach cops over builder delays

  
  07 Dec 2017 10:59 AM IST
• Bohri trust wins three Dawood-properties for Rs 11 crore

  
  15 Nov 2017 10:51 AM IST
• Three Dawood Ibrahim properties up for auction again today

  
  14 Nov 2017 11:03 AM IST
• Babies sold to doctors, techie for up to Rs 4.5 lakh each

  
  09 Oct 2017 11:27 AM IST
• Mumbai jail safe for Vijay Mallya, UK court told

  
  15 Aug 2017 11:48 AM IST
• Held in Libya, Mumbai IS recruit asks kin to contact embassy to free him

  
  12 Dec 2016 10:53 AM IST
• Enforcement Directorate suspects Zakir Naik’s family, trust laundered over Rs 100 crore

  
  23 Nov 2016 10:55 AM IST
• Bank details give agencies clues on IS-leaning youths

  
  16 Aug 2016 01:10 PM IST
• Zakir Naik got Rs 60 cr in 3 years from abroad: Police

  
  11 Aug 2016 12:50 PM IST
• Malegaon blasts: NIA says Maharashtra ATS planted RDX to frame Lt Col Purohit

  
  14 May 2016 10:55 AM IST
• IS bogey now weapon for vengeance

  
  17 Mar 2016 12:00 PM IST
• David Headley deposition: Places he chose as targets still vulnerable

  
  10 Feb 2016 11:07 AM IST
• IS 'chief recruiter' held in Maharashtra

  
  23 Jan 2016 11:07 AM IST
• David Headley’s approver status may nail Abu Jundal

  
  12 Dec 2015 12:06 PM IST
• Maharashtra police stumble upon 'IS module', arrest three

  
  08 Dec 2015 12:23 PM IST
• Who helped Chhota Rajan get Indian passport in Australia?

  
  03 Nov 2015 11:31 AM IST
• Chhota Rajan's arrest: How a mill worker's son became D-gang's big foe

  
  27 Oct 2015 11:48 AM IST
• Extortion business remained untouched by crackdown on Chhota Rajan's construction firm

  
  27 Oct 2015 11:42 AM IST
• Unidentified 7/11 bombers, IM role among questions yet to be answered in 2006 Mumbai blasts case

  
  12 Sep 2015 10:31 AM IST
• Yakub Memon likely to be buried at Marine Lines Muslim cemetery in Mumbai

  
  30 Jul 2015 10:33 AM IST
• ‘Blasts conspiracy had element of revenge as Tiger’s properties were set afire in 1992 riots’

  
  23 Jul 2015 11:22 AM IST
• Islamic State, other terrorist organizations recruiting NRIs: NIA

  
  24 May 2015 10:17 AM IST
• Eye on terror and women safety, Mumbai cops step up security on New Year's Eve

  
  31 Dec 2014 11:51 AM IST
• Radicalized on net chat room, given Mosul contact: Arif Majeed

  
  30 Nov 2014 11:53 AM IST
• Click on Mumbai police website, get information on bridal fashion

  
  02 Feb 2014 10:44 AM IST
• NSEL defaulters diverted funds abroad, say police

  
  09 Nov 2013 10:17 AM IST
• Yasin Bhatkal, face of Indian Mujahideen's, arrested in an operation from Nepal

  
  30 Aug 2013 09:14 AM IST
• How Yasin Bhatkal managed to slip away every time

  
  30 Aug 2013 09:09 AM IST
• Pakistan-trained terrorists planning to attack south India

  
  21 Aug 2013 08:47 AM IST