Interstate robber arrested in Ghaziabad for Rs 56 lakh heist
Ghaziabad, June 15 (IANS): A dreaded interstate gangster who was wanted in a Rs 56-lakh robbery case near Arthala Peer on the Grand Trunk road has been arrested in this Uttar Pradesh city, the police said. A .32 calibre pistol and 3 live cartridges were recovered from him,, the police officer added. In March 2016, Hasan looted Rs 56 lakh from a businessman near Arthala Peer under the Sahibabad police station jurisdiction. While two persons involved in the robbery were arrested, Ahmad managed to escape. During interrogation, Ahmad, a resident of Loni, confessed to the robbery. It was found that he was also involved in robberies and other crimes in Delhi. Three cases were registered against him in Karawal Nagar, Malviya Nagar and South Campus police stations, while three other cases were registered against him in Ghaziabad.
2 suspected ISI spies detained
Jaipur, June 15 (PTI): Two suspected ISI spies were detained by intelligence agencies in the Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan. “The two men are residents of a village located near the Indo-Pak border in Jaisalmer. They were detained following inputs by central intelligence agencies yesterday,” DIG Security, H Raghvendra Suhasa, told PTI today. He said that the two men were being interrogated at Jodhpur by intelligence agencies. They are believed to have passed on strategic information related to military installations to their handlers in Pakistan, an official alleged. Some Pakistani sim cards and documents were recovered from their possession and these are being examined, he added.
Man obstructs Metro run by walking on track
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS): Services on Delhi Metro’s Blue Line (Dwarka-Vaishali/Noida City Centre) were disrupted on Wednesday when a passenger got down and started walking on the tracks between Noida Sector 16 and Sector 15 Stations. The trains remained stationary for more than 15 minutes and then resumed their run at a diminished speed, due to the stray passenger. The Central Industrial Security Force, (CISF) which is responsible for security at metro premises, didn’t comment on the story and failed to confirm whether the man was found. The metro services on the same stretch were thrown out of gear yesterday when it suffered a short circuit by an eagle which flew into the over head wire near Yamuna Bank Metro Station. The services were disrupted for more than three hours, stranding thousands of commuters.
BSF trooper dies under mysterious circumstances
Jammu, June 15 (IANS): A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper posted on the International Border (IB) in Samba district in Jammu and Kashmir died under mysterious circumstances, officials said on Thursday. “A BSF jawan, Parveen Kumar, deployed in Ramgarh sector of Samba district has died under mysteries circumstances,” an official said. Constable Kumar, of 176 battalion posted on Kandral border outpost, vomited blood, he added. He was shifted to hospital where doctors said he had died en route. “An enquiry has been started. The deceased trooper belonged to Gurdaspur (Punjab).”
Two workers were killed in a blast as they were shifting some explosives at the Ordnance Factory Dehu Road (OFDR) here on Thursday morning, police said. The explosion, the cause of which is not yet known, occurred in the Defence Ministry’s ammunition factory in Khadki area of the city at around 9.20 a.m., said investigating official, Dilip Salunkhe of Khadki Police Station. The duo suffered severe burn injuries in the blast and succumbed immediately, he said. The victims have been identified as Ashok Kashinath Dubal, 51 and S. Maria Rokh, 47, both local residents in Khadki. The safety team of the ordnance factory will carry out a detailed probe into the incident to ascertain the technical or human causes behind the tragedy and take remedial actions, officials said.
The Haryana Food and Drugs Administration Department today termed as “rumours” reports of availability of “plastic rice” in the market and said there was nothing to worry as no such case has come to its notice. Commissioner, Food Security, Amneet P Kumar said that no such matter had come to the notice of the Department. She said that in view of the prevailing rumours on the social media, the State Food Laboratory had released five tests that could be conducted easily by any person in the comfort of their home to detect plastic rice. “When dropped into a bowl of water, an ordinary grain of rice will sink whereas plastic rice will float. On boiling, plastic rice will form a thick film on the surface of the water, whereas no such film would be formed in case of genuine rice. “Similarly, when dropped into hot oil, plastic grain will melt and coat the sides or bottom of the utensil,” she added. Also, when plastic rice comes in contact with fire it would burn and release a peculiar odour. If left for about three days, fungus starts growing on the boiled rice while nothing happens on plastic rice, she added.
A policeman was on Thursday shot dead by militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district, police said. “Constable Shabir Ahmad Dar was shot by militants near his home in Boguld village in Kulgam. He was rushed to the district hospital but was declared dead on arrival,” a police officer said. The constable received multiple bullet injuries.
Indian and Pakistan armies on Thursday traded gun fire and mortars on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Naushera sector, officials said. Defence Ministry spokesman Lt. Col. Manish Mehta accused the Pakistan Army of initiating “indiscriminate firing of small arms, heavy automatics and mortars” at 2 p.m. The Indian Army retaliated “strongly and effectively”, he said.
The Pakistan Army violated the 2003 ceasefire at three places on the Line of Control on Wednesday too including at Naushera, after which the Indian Army killed two Pakistani soldiers in Poonch district.
