Security forces carried out a series of operations across Manipur on Wednesday, recovering a cache of arms and ammunition, arresting two active cadres of proscribed outfits, dismantling illegal bunkers, and destroying poppy cultivation in separate districts.
With these arrests, the total number of drug smugglers apprehended during the 313-day campaign has risen to 43,691, as per an official statement.
A Rajasthan Police Service (RPS) officer of the 2019 batch was arrested here on Wednesday for alleged forgery and intimidation of the complainant to extort money.
According to Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Dr. Krishna Gopal Singh, the arrests were made following a complaint by Drug Inspector Umesh Kumar Bharti.
The Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) , Rajnagar, Shibani MIshra convicted Sheikh Aiuddin (45) and Sheikh Nashiruddin (47) under Section 2 of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971, said prosecution counsel, Nalinikanta Mangaraj.
The accused have been identified as Gurpreet Singh (37), Gurpreet alias Manni (30), and Gurjeet Singh (35), a senior police officer said.
Goswami, who had accompanied Garg on the Singapore trip and was present during the controversial yacht outing linked to the tragedy, has been taken into custody for questioning.
The breakthrough was made on Tuesday with the arrest of Adarsh Singh Behda from Kerakat in Jaunpur, and Suraj Seth from Cholapur in Varanasi, at the Gambhirpur Toll Plaza in Azamgarh.
The Odisha Vigilance apprehended the Tahsildar of Mahakalpada in Kendrapara district, Siba Mallick (OAS) while taking Rs 20,000 bribe from a complainant to remove an illegal structure on government land that obstructed passage to his (complainant's) house
Police said that the arrested men have been identified as Lallu (25), Irfan (21), and Nitesh (30).
