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 CBI registered a case on Tuesday against the said accused persons on allegations of demand and acceptance of bribe of Rs 2 lakh from the complainant for the release of a previously seized amount of Rs 13 lakh and for not initiating any further inquiry against him.
The police recovered two firearms – a PX5 pistol and a .32 bore pistol – from the accused, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab, Gaurav Yadav here on Tuesday.
West Bengal police have arrested another Trinamul Congress (TMC) worker in connection with the recent killing of party leader Rezzaq Khan in Bhangar, South 24-Parganas district, taking the total number of arrests in the case to four.
Four fraudsters, who duped a man of 40 lakh posing as money exchangers, were arrested by the police from South Delhi with bundles of fake currency notes, an official said on Monday.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two men allegedly involved in human trafficking and sending people to the United States of America through the 'dunki' route.
