The anti narcotic police busted a Hashish oil smuggling racket in city on Saturday.
Hyderabad: The sleuths of the Hyderabad Narcotic Enforcement Wing (H-NEW) along with Saidabad police arrested five drug peddlers here on Saturday.
According to the police, the five accused – Gemmeli Bandu, Kapu Chander Rao both hailing from Andhra Pradesh, Santhosh Reddy from Hyderabad, Naeni Sai Bharath from Amberpet and Hariteja from R K Puram were caught red-handed selling 2.5 litres of Hashish Oil.
The drug was being sold to E. Santosh Reddy, a notorious drug peddler with as many as five NDPS (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act) cases registered against him.
Police said that Santosh Reddy developed contacts with manufacturers and suppliers of Hashish Oil in the Visakha Agency area in Andhra Pradesh.
He purchased Hashish Oil at the price of Rs 80,000/ per litre and sold it for Rs. 2000/- per 5 ml of a bottle. Reddy sold around 200 such bottles to Bharath and Hariteja
Police said that consumers are mostly doctors, medical students and IT professionals.
Apart from the Hashish Oil, 5 cell phones and 1 Swift car were seized. A case has been registered.
Hyderabad: The Rachakonda police on Saturday arrested two chain snatchers, with a murder history, and a gold magalasutram worth 3 tulas.
Pulimamidi Kurumurthi and Nenavath Ganesh both working as auto drivers and residing at Mallapur, Balapur are named as the accused by the police.
On the night of April 26, Kurumurthi and Ganesh snatched the gold chain from Panga Rajeshwari at Main Road, Jakkidi Ram Reddy Colony.
“On a tip-off, the LB Nagar Special Operations Team (SOT) and Vanasthalipuram police apprehended the two. The stolen mangalasutram gold chain weighing about 3 tulas was recovered, and a bike and two mobile phones were seized,” said a police press release.
Kupwara, Apr 29 (GNS): Jammu and Kashmir Police Saturday arrested five notorious drug-peddlers and recovered 169 grams of heroin from them in separate cases in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
“In its continuous efforts to tighten the noose around drug peddlers in Kupwara district, Police teams of Police Station Sogam and Police Station Kralpora in two separate cases have arrested five persons and recovered 169 grams of heroin like narcotics substance from them”, reads a statement issued to GNS.
“In the first case Adil Ahmad Sheikh son of Ghulam Hassan Sheikh resident of Dever Lalpora and Mohd Yousuf Chopan son of Ghulam Ahmad Chopan resident of Dever Lalpora were arrested by police team of Police Station Sogam during naka-checking at Badibera crossing when the vehicle boarded by the duo was intercepted & upon search of the vehicle, heroin-like narcotics substance was recovered from the vehicle.”
“In the second case, Waseem Ahmad War son of Ali Mohammad resident of Shumnag Trehgam and Irshad Ahmad Nagoo son of Ab Aziz resident of Trehgam Kupwara were arrested by police team of Police Station Kralpora during naka checking at SDH Crossing Kralpora when during search of the accused persons heroin-like narcotics substance was recovered from their possession. Based on their confession, Shabir Ahmad Khan son of Mohd Sabir Khan, resident of Rangward Chowkibal was arrested along with heroin-like narcotics”, reads the statement.
“Two separate FIRs 31/2023 and 34/2023 under relevant sections of NDPS Act have been registered in Police Station Sogam and Police Station Kralpora respectively, and investigation set into motion. “
“Recoveries and arrests in the cases were made by the police team of the concerned Police Stations led by the SHOs under the supervision of the concerned DySPs”, reads the statement.
“General public of the area has hailed the efforts of Kupwara Police in its War against Drugs, and exhibited their willingness and grit determination to support police in order to eradicate the drug-menace”, it concludes. (GNS)
SRINAGAR: Police on Saturday claimed to have apprehended a militant associate of Jaish-e-Mohammad outfit in North Kashmir’s Handwara.
In a handout ,the police said that during routing checking at Ganai Mohalla Pazalpora Magam, a joint party of Handwara Police and Army (15RR) intercepted an individual who attempted to evade the joint party suspiciously but was apprehended by the joint party.
On search, one hand grenade and other incriminating material were recovered from his possession. He has been identified as Khursheed Ahmad Bhat son of Gulzar Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Amargarh Tarathpora.
Police spokesman further said that preliminary investigation reveals that he was working as a militant associate for proscribed militant outfit JeM.
Accordingly, a case FIR No 95/2023 under relevant sections of law has been registered at Police Station Handwara and further investigation has been initiated, reads the statement.
Bhopal: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday said it has found alleged “diversion” of crores of rupees and misappropriation of church assets as part of a money laundering probe against an arrested former bishop of the Church of North India (CNI) in Madhya Pradesh.
The former bishop, P C Singh, was arrested by the ED last month from Jabalpur district of the state and is currently in judicial custody.
The federal agency said it carried out fresh searches in this case on April 22 at five locations in Pune, Pachmarhi and Indore in Madhya Pradesh, Jalandhar and Kolkata.
During the latest searches in this case of “embezzlement” of church funds, “incriminating” documents were seized, the ED said in a statement.
The agency had earlier carried out raids in connection with the case at Jabalpur, Mumbai, Ranchi and Nagpur and seized Rs 5,37,500 from Singh’s residence in March.
“Prima facie, various office-bearers of CNI, including P C Singh and earlier managing director of a trust under CNI, have been found (to be) involved in the gross misappropriation of church properties through sale/renting (them) out at much lower prices by showing the properties as deteriorating and encroached,” the ED claimed.
For example, it said, two one-acre plots with a building each at Satpura National Park and in Pachmarhi were rented out for 15 years at a rental price of Rs 12,500 per month to a private entity — Satpura Resorts Private Limited.
The agency said it has “prima facie found multiple instances of diversion of crores of rupees meant to be paid to the trust under CNI against the sale of properties”.
The money laundering case stems from an FIR lodged by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Madhya Pradesh Police.
The EOW had arrested Singh in September last year after allegedly recovering around Rs 1.60 crore in Indian and foreign currencies from his bungalow in Jabalpur, about 320 km from state capital Bhopal.
The state police’s special unit had raided him on September 8 last year after registering a cheating case against him on a complaint that alleged that the former bishop indulged in financial misconduct in running an educational society wherein Rs 2.70 crore collected as students’ fees by the society’s various institutions between 2004-05 and 2011-12 was misused.
After Singh’s arrest, the CNI sacked him from the bishop’s post.
SRINAGAR: Baramulla police on Friday said to have arrested a ready-made garments shop owner for secretly recording videos in a changing room.
In a statement, a police spokesman said that police Station Chandoosa received a written complaint from one minor girl (name withheld) accompanied by her sister wherein she stated that on April 26th, 2023 she went to a readymade shop at Bandi Payeen belonging to one Aijaz Ahmad Sofi S/O Gh Nabi Sofi R/O Bandi Payeen Chandoosa and selected some clothes and went to changing room for trial. After entering in the changing room she found a hidden mobile phone which was kept there for secretly recording the customer’s videos while changing clothes, he said.
Acting promptly upon the complaint, case FIR under sections of IPC, IT acr & POCSO Act was registered in Police Station Chandoosa and investigation was taken up, the statement said.
He said, during the course of investigation, a team headed by SHO PS Chandoosa, Inspector Irfan Ahmad under the supervision of SDPO Kreeri, Khalid Aahraf was constituted and the accused person namely Aijaz Ahmad Sofi S/O Gh Nabi Sofi R/O Bandi Payeen Chandoosa (owner of the shop) was taken into custody immediately in the instant case. Mobile devices of the accused have also been seized and further investigation is going on.
Community members are requested to be careful while using trail rooms, the spokesman added. (KDC)
Prayagraj: The blood stains found in the Chakia office of slain gangster Atiq Ahmad belong to a thief who had entered the partially demolished building to steal iron.
The police have arrested Shahrukh, who admitted that he had been injured while taking out iron from the debris.
According to DCP Deepak, Shahrukh had entered Atiq’s office with one of his accomplices with the intention of stealing iron, but he got hurt and started bleeding.
Shahrukh told the police that his accomplice was standing outside the office to keep a watch on people moving around.
He said that when he got injured and started bleeding, he ran upstairs to clean himself with whatever cloth he got.
He then went to a nearby shop and bought a bottle of water to clean the blood, but he did not have the money.
According to the police, after verifying the statements of Shahrukh, he has been arrested.
The police also said that he is a drug addict and a search for his other accomplice is on.
Gurugram: A 34-year-old man accused of chopping her wife into pieces was arrested here from Manesar, police said on Thursday.
A half-burnt torso of a woman was found in a village in Manesar on April 21, with police suspecting she was murdered somewhere else. The woman had her head was missing and her hands chopped off.
Gurugram Police Commissioner Kala Ramachandran said that the accused, Jitender, is being interrogated and more details will be shared on Friday.
According to a senior police officer, Jitender is a resident of Gandhi Nagar and was living on rent in Manesar area.
The woman’s body was found from one of the two rooms built on a farm leased by Kukdola village resident Umed Singh.
According to police, Umed Singh had leased eight acres of land located by a road leading from Pachgaon Chowk to Kasan village.
“My neighbour called me and told me he saw some smoke coming out of one of the rooms on my farm. When I went to the farm, I found a half-burnt torso in the room and I informed the police,” Umed Singh said in his complaint.
Police in its investigation concluded that the torso belonged to a 30-year-old woman.
They found both the chopped hands of the woman on Sunday, and her head on Wednesday evening, from the Kherki Daula area.
On Umed Singh’s complaint, an FIR was registered under sections 302 (murder) and 201 (hiding evidence) of the IPC at Manesar Police Station.
A source in the police said the accused confessed to killing his wife.
Hyderabad: Six people were arrested by Rachakonda police for illegally printing and selling IPL tickets.
K Govardhan Reddy, Akheel Ahmed, P Mrudul Vamshi, Mohammed Faheem, Sravan Kumar, and Mohammad Aejaz are among those arrested.
Rachakonda commissioner D S Chauhan stated that Govardhan Reddy, a subcontractor for an event management company hired for IPL matches, had appointed Akheel, Vamshi, Sravan, and Aejaz as validators in IPL matches and issued them accreditation cards for entry into the stadium.
“Akheel photographed the barcode on Vamshi’s accreditation card and emailed it to Faheem, who owns a photocopying shop in Chikkadpally. Sravan has provided the blank template for the IPL match ticket. “The gang illegally printed around 200 tickets and sold them to the public,” stated the official.
On the basis of a complaint, the police opened an investigation and detained six people. They are all brought before the court and remanded.
Abu Dhabi: Bollywood actress Chrisann Pereira, who was arrested in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on charges of drug-smuggling case, has been reportedly released from Sharjah Central Jail on bail, her brother Kevin Pereira confirms.
In a Instagram story on Thursday, Chrisann’s brother Kevin Pereira wrote,” While Chrisann is set free, we still don’t have an exact date or how long it take for the legal process, signing of papers etc for her to be back on Indian soil.”
27-year-old actress was detained at Sharjah Airport on Saturday, April 1 after authorities found drugs hidden in a trophy she was carrying.
Chrisann Pereira dug case
As per media reports, Chrisann was allegedly tricked by two men into traveling to the UAE to audition for a ‘Hollywood’ web series being filmed in Dubai.
She was asked to hold the award trophy minutes before the flight from Mumbai to Sharjah took off.
My sister Chrisann (Indian citizen) was scammed and sent to Sharjah after which she got arrested in Sharjah on 2nd April as per the consulate general of India. She is unreachable and our family has not been informed abt her status. HELP #Horroratsharjah
Her distraught family in Mumbai had told IANS on Tuesday that Chrisann is innocent and they have planned to appeal to the PM and MEA for help to secure her early release.
On April 24, the Crime Branch registered a case and the main accused in the case, 35-year-old Anthony Paul, a baker in Borivali, and his associate 34-year-old Rajesh Bubhate alias Ravi, a banker, were arrested.
They have confessed to handing three persons the award trophies with drugs concealed in them and two others with drugs-laced cakes before they flew to Dubai, ostensibly as vendetta against the Pereira family.
While two, including Chrisann, unwittingly walked into the trap, three others managed to evade the authorities in Sharjah.
Paul, said to be the brain behind the revenge con, apparently nursed an old grudge against the Pereira family, especially Premila (Chrisann’s mother), and even got into fisticuffs with her son Kevin.
The police have found that Paul had used the same modus operandi with some other wannabe actors, assuring them of plum roles in global webseries, though one person declined to carry the trophy, which Chrisann later agreed to take with her.
Chrisann Pereira recounts her prison life in Sharjah
On Thursday, Kevin Pereira took to Instagram and shared a letter of Chrisann recounted the harrowing time she went through.
“Dear Warriors, It took me three weeks and five days to find pen and paper in jail. After I washed my hair with Tide and made coffee using toilet water, I watched Bollywood movies, sometimes with tears in my eyes knowing my ambition brought me here. I sometimes smile at our culture, our movies and the familiar faces on TV. I feel proud to be an Indian and belong to the Indian film industry,” the letter read.
The actress thanked her family, friends, the police, churches, the media and everyone who believed in her innocence for giving her hope.
“You are the real warriors while I am just a pawn in this dirty game played by these ‘Mansters’. I am forever grateful to everyone who tweeted and reshared my story to arrest the real criminals facilitating international organised crime. We are a great powerful nation and I cannot wait to return home,” she said in the letter.
“Thank you for saving my life and the lives of other innocent people who fell prey to this scam. May justice always prevail,” she concluded.
