Delhi's Patiala House Court on Saturday issued a Non-Bailable Warrant (NBW) against the alleged drug syndicate Kingpin Virender in Rs 5000 crore drug case. NBW has been issued against Virender Singh Baisoya Biru who is an alleged Kingpin of a drug Syndicate investigated by Delhi police special cell. Special Judge (NDPS) Sudhir Kumar Sirohi issued NBW against Virender Singh Baisoya Biru after hearing the application moved by the Investigation Officer (IO). Ravindra Kumar, Additional PP alongwith IO appeared for Delhi police. It was submitted by the State that accused Virender Singh Baisoya Biru is the main kingpin of the whole syndicate and a vehicle was provided to co-accused Jatinder Singh Gill alias Jassi by accused Virender Singh Baisoya Biru to travel to Amritsar from where contra-band has been recovered. Police said that despite visits to the house of the accused, the accused could not be found there, therefore, a notice was affixed at the house of the accused Virender Singh Baisoya Biru. After hearing the submissions, the court allowed the application. The court said that the accused Virender Singh Baisoya Biru is the main kingpin of the whole syndicate. The above said vehicle was provided to co-accused Jatinder Singh Gill aliasJassi by accused Virender Singh Baisoya Biru for supply of contra-band, therefore, NBWs be issued against accused Virender Singh Baisoya Biru for November 25, 2024. An application for judicial custody remand of five accused persons for two days was moved by the IO. Thereafter they were remanded in judicial custody till October 21. Five accused persons namely Vijay Bhesania, Mayur Desale, Ashwin Ramani, Brijesh Kothia and Amit Kumar have been remanded to two-day judicial custody till Monday. They were produced from Police custody. All these accused persons are from Gujarat. The case pertains to the recovery of 518 Kilograms of cocaine worth Rs 5000 crores in a joint operation of Delhi and Gujarat police. Delhi Police Special Cell and Gujarat police on October 13 seized 518 drugs from a drugs company in Ankleshwar, Gujarat. Its value is Rs 5000 crores in the international market. Earlier, on October 1, the Delhi police special cell had recovered and seized 562 Kilogram cocaine and 40 Kilograms of hydroponic marijuana from a godown in Mahipal Delhi. During the investigation, on October 10, Delhi police recovered 208 kilograms of cocaine from a shop in Ramesh Nagar Delhi. During interrogation, it was revealed that all these drugs were sent from Ankleshwar Gujarat to be delivered to another company. As of now a total of 1289 kilograms of cocaine and 40 Kilograms of Hydroponic marijuana have been recovered which is worth Rs 13000 crores. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
19 October,2024 11:17 PM IST | New Delhi | ANIThe BJP on Saturday announced former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai's son as its candidate for Shiggaon by-poll and the party's ST Morcha president Bangaru Hanumanthu for Sandur Assembly segment. The announcement of Bharath Bommai's candidature marks the entry of third generation of Bommai family into electoral politics. His grandfather S R Bommai and father Basavaraj Bommai were former chief ministers of the state. Basavaraj Bommai is now a BJP MP from Haveri Lok Sabha segment. Meanwhile, the BJP-JD(S) alliance is yet to announce the name of the candidate for Channapatna assembly constituency. In its most likelihood, the ticket would be reserved for JD(S). According to the JD(S) sources, chances are high that Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy's son Nikhil Kumaraswamy may be fielded from Channapatna. The Congress has not yet announced its candidates, though party sources said Pathan Ahmed Khan, who was defeated by Basavaraj Bommai in 2023 assembly election may be fielded again from Shiggaon assembly seat. In Sandur, Congress MP E Tukaram's wife or daughter may be given the ticket, they said. Regarding Channapatna, they claimed that Deputy Chief Minister and Congress state president D K Shivakumar's brother D K Suresh may get the ticket. These assembly bypolls were necessitated due to the resignation of three sitting MLAs, H D Kumaraswamy (Channapatna), E Tukaram (Sandur) and Basavaraj Bommai (Shiggaon) resigned from assembly after winning the Lok Sabha elections. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
19 October,2024 11:12 PM IST | Bengaluru | PTIAAP leader Satyendar Jain on Saturday said he was falsely accused of having massage in Tihar jail while he was getting physiotherapy due to "severe" leg pain. A controversy arose in November 2022 when videos of CCTV camera footage from Tihar jail surfaced showing alleged "massage" being given to Jain who was then the Delhi prisons department minister. In a statement issued by AAP, Jain said the video was an "exaggeration". The doctor had prescribed exclusive bed rest for a month and the hospital doctors suggested him to stay in a room with better facilities. He could not bend or lift anything and was restricted from moving, the former Delhi minister said. "During that time, I had severe leg pain. They arranged everything accordingly. "Does anyone ever get a massage fully clothed? The physiotherapist was just doing his job, yet they falsely claimed I was getting a massage," said the AAP leader. Jain was released from Tihar jail, where he spent 18 months, on Saturday after being granted bail by a Delhi court in a money laundering case. He was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the case in March 2022. He said Tihar jail has cameras everywhere and questioned why does not footage of anything else came out and only his was available. "They claimed I was having lavish meals, but all I had were seasonal fruits and vegetables," he said, and claimed for an entire year he did not eat any lavish meal and lost 40 kg of weight in the jail. "There's a canteen where anyone can buy food with money and I have all the bills to prove it. They said I drank bottled water but I bought it from the canteen, which is available to everyone," he said. The former minister also claimed that everyone had a TV in jail but he did not have a separate one. "I was kept in a barrack for months where even notorious criminals are not kept for more than 15 days," he claimed. No immediate reaction was available from Tihar administration over Jain's claims. "I was kept isolated, and even after doctors advised otherwise, they refused to let me be with others as they wanted to torture me," Jain claimed. He lashed out at the BJP alleging "if not for the judiciary, the BJP would have hanged me". Referring to his videos from the jail, Jain said, "If the BJP is making these claims, why did they not release the video earlier? They only started airing it during the Gujarat elections." Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor said Jain's claims and charges were "ridiculous". "The AAP leaders spin fabricated stories after coming out of jail as Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh did earlier, and now Satyendar Jain is doing the same. If Jain was having problems in Tihar, what stopped him from bringing it to the notice of the court?" Kapoor asked. On the first day of his freedom after months of imprisonment, the AAP leader visited a Jain temple along with his family. In the evening he attended a party meeting in which Kejriwal and other senior leaders were present. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
19 October,2024 11:00 PM IST | New Delhi | PTIThe BJP on Saturday announced candidates for six assembly constituencies in West Bengal where bypolls will be held on November 13, with the electoral contest expected to be a litmus test for all political parties amid ongoing doctors' protests over the RG Kar incident. The ruling TMC, along with the opposition Left Front and Congress, were yet to announce their candidates. The constituencies going to polls in November include Madarihat in Alipurduar district, Sitai in Cooch Behar, Naihati and Haroa in North 24 Parganas, Taldangra in Bankura, and Medinipur in Paschim Medinipur district. BJP nominated Rupak Mitra for Naihati, Bimal Das for Haroa, Rahul Lohar for Madarihat, Subhajit Roy for Medinipur, Ananya Roy Chakraborty for Taldangra and Dipak Kumar Roy for Sitai. Because of the resignations of sitting MLAs following their win in this year's Lok Sabha elections, all six constituencies are holding bypolls, with the TMC having won five of these seats in the 2021 assembly polls, except for Madarihat, which was held by the BJP. "We are confident of retaining the Madarihat seat and winning the remaining five seats. The people of the state are fed up with the misrule of the TMC and after the RG Kar incident, the state government stands exposed," BJP leader Rahul Sinha said. The bypolls will be the first litmus test for all the major political parties, especially the TMC, the BJP, and the CPI(M), following the two-month-long protests by doctors seeking justice for their colleague in the RG Kar case. Junior doctors began a 'cease-work' strike on August 9 after the alleged rape and murder of a fellow medic at RG Kar Hospital, transitioning to a hunger strike on October 5 after nearly 50 days of 'cease work' in two phases. They have been on a fast-unto-death for the past 15 days, demanding justice for their deceased colleague and systemic changes in the state's healthcare infrastructure. As of now, six doctors participating in the hunger strike have been hospitalised due to deteriorating health, while eight others remain on an indefinite fast, urging the state government to take constructive action by October 21 to resolve the situation. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
19 October,2024 10:30 PM IST | Kolkata | PTIA well-known jeweller from Maharashtra's Pune received a threat email demanding crores of rupees, with the sender claiming to be a Lawrence Bishnoi gang member, an official said on Saturday, reported the PTI. The Pune Police have started a technical analysis of the email that was sent two days ago, the official said. "An email demanding crores of rupees was received by a renowned jeweller in Pune. The anonymous email was sent using the name of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang," said a senior police official. The claims and technical details concerning the email are being investigated, the official said. "The sender claimed to be a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang. We are also ascertaining whether a fraudster sent it," the official added, according to the PTI. The Lawrence Bishnoi gang had earlier threatened to kill actor Salman Khan. Some of those arrested in the murder of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Baba Siddique have also alleged links with the gang. Mumbai Crime Branch intensifies probe in Baba Siddique murder case, records more statements in case The Mumbai Crime Branch has intensified its probe into the Baba Siddique murder case and recorded more statements, the officials said on Saturday. The crime branch recorded statements of around 20-25 people in the Baba Siddique murder case. The police are yet to record the statements of Zeeshan Siddique and other family members of the former Maharashtra minister and the Ajit Pawar-led NCP leader. According to the police, absconding accused Zeeshan Akhtar and Shubham Lonkar are the main pillars of the conspiracy, and they gathered 9 people to conduct reconnaissance, shoot, and supply arms to commit the crime. According to the crime branch, two of the five accused arrested on October 18 had conducted reconnaissance at Baba Siddiqui’s residence and office. “All these 9 accused were in touch with each other and were part of the same group. The group received Rs 5 lakh to commit the crime,” the police said. On October 18, the police arrested Nitin Gautam Sapre (32), Sambaji Parbi (44), Ram Kanojiya (43), Pradeep Thombar (37), and Chetan Parsi (33). “Somnath Pardhi was killed in 2015. Nitin Sapre and Sambaji Parbi were involved in the killing of Somnath. They were out on bail in 2017. They were launched in Kalyan Jail and knew each other,” Mumbai Police said. The police are also investigating the source of the 3 firearms used by the accused. They have issued a lookout circular against Zeeshan Akhtar and Shivkumar Gautam and have previously issued an LOC against Shubham Lonkar. (with PTI inputs)
19 October,2024 09:24 PM IST | Pune | mid-day online correspondentChief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday said that the seat-sharing pact for Maharashtra Assembly election 2024 of the ruling Mahayuti coalition will be announced in a "day or two" as discussions were in the final stages, reported the PTI. Maharashtra CM Shinde along with deputy chief ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar met Union Home Minister Amit Shah late Friday night to iron out differences among the allies BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP about the seat sharing for the polls. "There are no problems. The talks were constructive and are in the final stages," CM Shinde told reporters in New Delhi, as per the PTI. While Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar returned to Maharashtra early Saturday, CM Shinde stayed back in the national capital for some meetings. The chief minister said a decision on 30-35 seats was yet to be taken and if necessary, consultations will be held with Shah, the key election strategist of the BJP, once again. Shinde sidestepped questions on being projected as the chief ministerial face of the ruling alliance. "We have decided to move ahead with the task at hand. We want to bring the Mahayuti government to power once again and we are confident about it," he said to questions on the chief ministerial face of the ruling coalition, the news agency reported. Shinde made light of the reported plans by Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange to contest the Maharashtra Assembly election 2024. "In a democracy, everybody has the right to contest elections. And everyone exercises that right as per his strength," CM Shinde said about the planned electoral plunge by the Maratha quota activist, according to the PTI. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) are seeking to retain power in state. The polls to the 288-member will be held on November 20 and the results will be declared on November 23. Meanwhile, on reports about his visit to the Kamakhya Devi temple in Guwahati to offer prayers, CM Eknath Shinde said Assam Chief Minister Hemanta Biswa Sarma had invited him and he would like to visit the shrine. (with PTI inputs)
19 October,2024 08:20 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondentThe Samajwadi Party (SP) has asked for 12 seats as part of the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in Maharashtra, party chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Saturday, even as the alliance is yet to declare its seat-sharing arrangement for upcoming Maharashtra Assembly election 2024, reported the PTI. Talking to reporters in north Maharashtra's Dhule district, Akhilesh Yadav said that his party has declared candidates for five seats. Yadav said his party is the one that is satisfied with a few seats. "We have asked for 12 seats (as part of the MVA)," he said, adding that the SP has shared details of the seats where it has a strong presence, according to the PTI. The Samajwadi Party's assertion has come at a time when the MVA constituents are in a stalemate over seat-sharing. On Saturday, the Samajwadi Party declared the candidature of Irshad Jahagirdar from Dhule city, making him the fifth candidate of the party so far. The party on Friday declared sitting MLA Rais Shaikh's candidature from Bhiwandi East, Riyaz Azmi from Bhiwandi West and Shaan-E-Hind from Malegaon Central. The SP's state president, Abu Asim Azmi, is a sitting MLA from the Shivajinagar-Mankhurd seat, as per the PTI. Akhilesh Yadav addressed rallies in Maharashtra's Malegaon on Friday and Dhule on Saturday. Talking to PTI, Abu Azmi said, "We have declared five candidates so that they (MVA) know that we are strong here, or else they will tell us in the meeting that your candidate is not very strong. We have shown that we are asking for seats where we are strong." Azmi said that the Congress has not won the Bhiwandi East seat since 1999. "Only we will win this seat. They should not regret it like Haryana later (if the MVA fields a candidate from the seat)," he said, the news agency reported on Saturday. Abu Azmi said MVA leaders have spoken to him and assured him about seats. Founded by Mulayam Singh Yadav, the SP is a constituent of the opposition's INDIA bloc at the national level. The Peasants and Workers Party (PWP)and the left parties are also part of the MVA. In Maharashtra, three parties - Shiv Sena (UBT), Congress and NCP (SP) -- which are also part of the INDIA bloc, are contesting the elections as part of the MVA alliance. The assembly elections in Maharashtra will be held on November 20 and the results will be announced on November 23. (with PTI inputs)
19 October,2024 05:30 PM IST | Dhule | mid-day online correspondentHeroin, smuggled from Myanmar, worth over Rs 6.40 crore was seized and three persons were arrested in two separate operations by the police personnel in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh on Friday, officials said. Police officials said that 691 gm of heroin worth over Rs 5.50 crore was seized and two drug peddlers identified as Sandeep Singh and Manoj Deka were arrested in Guwahati city. Acting on secret information, police personnel conducted an operation near Chandmari flyover and apprehended the two drug peddlers travelling on a bike. The heroin, weighing 691 gm hidden in ten soap boxes, was recovered from the duo after a thorough search. Police officials said that the drugs, the value of which was estimated to be over Rs 5.50 crore, might have been smuggled from Myanmar through Mizoram or Manipur. The officials said that after a preliminary interrogation of the two drug peddlers, necessary legal formalities would be done. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in social media posts appreciated the police efforts in seizing the drugs and arresting the drugs peddlers. In Arunachal Pradesh, the police arrested a drug peddler and recovered heroin weighing 48.3 grams, valued at Rs 90 lakh, from him at Ziro under Lower Subansiri district in Arunachal Pradesh. The drugs are contained in 33 plastic vials. The police said that the drug peddler identified as Hano Doley was arrested soon after he reached Ziro from North Lakhimpur in Assam. A case has been registered under appropriate sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. Arunachal Pradesh shares porous 1817 km borders with China (1080 km), Myanmar (520 km) and Bhutan (217 km) and smuggling of drugs mostly takes place from Myanmar. Varied drugs, especially heroin and methamphetamine tablets, are smuggled into northeastern states of India from Myanmar, which shares a 1,643-km unfenced border with four northeastern states – Arunachal Pradesh (520 km), Manipur (398 km), Nagaland (215 km) and Mizoram (510 km). This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
19 October,2024 03:35 PM IST | Guwahati/Itanagar | IANSThree people were killed and 24 sustained injuries after a bus fell into a drain while trying to avoid hitting a cyclist here on Friday evening, police said. The bus, which had 53 people on board, was on its way to Siddharthnagar from Balrampur. They said The incident occurred in the Dhebaruwa area of Siddharthnagar district. According to Superintendent of Police Prachi Singh, the driver lost control of the bus while trying to save a cyclist. However, the bus hit the cycle before falling into the drain near Chargahwa, police said. Two passengers, including a teenager, and the cyclist died in the accident, she said. Information regarding the accident was received at around 6 pm. The local police, with the help of locals, rescued the passengers trapped in the bus. "Three people, including a teenager, died in the accident which occurred when the driver tried to avoid hitting a cyclist," she said. The cyclist was identified as Mangni Ram, 50, a resident of Khurhuria, while the two passengers were Ajay Verma, 14, and Gamma, 65, both residents of Mohankola village, according to the police. Additionally, more than two dozen people were injured and are receiving treatment at CSC Barhni and the district hospital in Siddharthnagar, the SP added. Meanwhile, in another incident reported from Pratapgarh, 20 people were injured when a vehicle overturned in the Baghrai area, 60 km from the Pratapgarh district headquarters. Circle Officer (CO) Amar Nath Gupta said sanitation workers from Kunda Nagar Panchayat were on their way to Baghrai to attend a woman's funeral when the accident occurred near Avatarpur as the driver tried to avoid colliding with an oncoming motorcycle. Gupta added that all the injured were taken to the Community Health Centre in Baghrai. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
19 October,2024 03:30 PM IST | Siddharthnagar (UP) | PTIThe Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has said it may consider fighting the next month's Maharashtra assembly elections 2024 on a couple of seats, reported news agency PTI. The Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP is part of the opposition's INDIA bloc. In Maharashtra, three constituents of the INDIA bloc - Shiv Sena (UBT), Congress and NCP (SP) - are fighting the elections under the banner of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) against the ruling Mahayuti alliance, reported PTI. Addressing a press conference at Kudal in Maharashtra's coastal Sindhudurg district on Friday, AAP's Goa unit president Amit Palekar said his party is working on strengthening its base in the Konkan belt, particularly in Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri districts, and also in Kolhapur in western Maharashtra, reported PTI. The party has grown substantially in the Konkan belt, as the local population is looking at alternatives to BJP's Union minister Narayan Rane and his "politics of vendetta", he said. "The AAP stands strongly with the INDIA bloc allies for the November 20 Maharashtra elections but if political developments permit, then the party may stake claim on a couple of seats where it is in a winnable position," Palekar said, reported PTI. "There is a lot of pressure from the local party workers in Kolhapur as well as Sindhudurg to field party candidates for the upcoming elections," he said. Palekar, who is the party's Sindhudurg district in-charge, said the residents of Konkan were respectful and could not tolerate the Rane family's "language of arrogance", reported PTI. Clean and honest politics is the need of the hour and only dedicated politicians can do it, he noted. SP has sought 12 seats from MVA to contest in Maharashtra assembly polls: Akhilesh Yadav The Samajwadi Party (SP) has asked for 12 seats from the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in Maharashtra, party chief Akhilesh Singh Yadav said on Saturday. Talking to reporters in north Maharashtra's Dhule district, Yadav said his party has declared candidates on a few seats where it has sitting MLAs and also in constituencies where it feels it is strong, reported PTI. Yadav said his party is the one that is satisfied with a few seats. The Uttar Pradesh-based party founded by Mulayam Singh Yadav is a constituent of the opposition's INDIA bloc at the national level. In Maharashtra, three parties - Shiv Sena (UBT), Congress and NCP (SP) - which are also part of the INDIA bloc, are contesting the elections as part of the MVA alliance. The Maharashtra assembly elections 2024 will be held on November 20. (With inputs from PTI)
19 October,2024 03:26 PM IST | Sindhudurg | mid-day online correspondentMore than 20 flights of various Indian airlines have received bomb threats since Saturday morning, sources told news agency PTI. Flights of Air India, IndiGo, Akasa Air, Vistara, SpiceJet, Star Air and Alliance Air have received the threats, the sources told PTI. Among them are IndiGo's flights from Delhi and Mumbai to Istanbul, and Jodhpur to Delhi as well as Vistara's flight from Udaipur to Mumbai. IndiGo, in two separate statements, said it is cognisant of a situation involving flight 6E 17 from Mumbai to Istanbul, and flight 6E 11 from Delhi to Istanbul, reported PTI. The airline is working closely with the relevant authorities and taking all necessary precautions as per the guidelines, reported PTI. "Flight 6E 184, operating from Jodhpur to Delhi received a security-related alert. The aircraft has landed in Delhi and customers have disembarked the aircraft, we are coordinating with the security agencies as per procedure," the airline said in another statement, reported PTI. Vistara said that shortly before landing, flight UK 624 en route to Mumbai from Udaipur had a security concern and upon landing at the Mumbai airport, the plane was taken to the isolation bay for mandatory checks, reported PTI. The sources told PTI more than 20 flights have received bomb threats since Saturday morning. On Friday, three international flights of Vistara received bomb threats which turned out to be hoaxes and one of the flights was diverted to Frankfurt as a precautionary measure. In the past few days, more than 40 flights operated by the Indian airlines have received bomb threats which later turned out to be hoaxes. Flights receive hoax bomb threat, govt mulls strict action The pattern of domestic airlines receiving bomb threats continued for a fourth day with multiple flights being targeted Thursday, as authorities suspended or blocked about 10 social media handles for posting threats. Among the flights that received threats on Thursday four were of Air India Express, two of Vistara and one Indigo. Air India said "a number of" their flights also received hoax bomb threat, but they did not specify the number. "A number of Air India flights received a security threat on social media today. These have been duly reported to the regulatory bodies and all laid down procedures were strictly followed as per guidance of the regulatory bodies. All flights have made a safe landing. Air India is committed to and accords top priority to the safety and security of its passengers and crew," an Air India official told PTI. (With inputs from PTI)
19 October,2024 02:54 PM IST | New Delhi/Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentADVERTISEMENT
