Over Rs 6.5 lakh in fake currency seized in Bengal, two arrested
Kolkata: personnel seized Fake Indian Currency Notes of the face value of Rs. 6.5 lakh and arrested two smugglers, including a woman, in West Bengal's Malda district on Sunday, the last day of the year, a BSF official said.
Acting on a tip off, the Border Security Force (BSF) troopers from Malda district headquarter laid a special ambush in Kaliachak and Baliyadanga crossing and apprehended the two smugglers on Sunday morning.
"Two smugglers named Ainul Haque, 39, and Renu Mondal, 40, travelling on a motor cycle, were apprehended at around 5.45 a.m.. The trooper seized 325 fake Rs 2,000 notes of the face value of Rs 6.5 lakh from the arrested woman.
"The apprehended smugglers and the seized FICN have been handed over to Malda's Kaliachak police station for further legal actions," he added.
The BSF's South Bengal frontier has seized FICN of the face value of Rs 62.38 lakh and arrested 11 FICN racketeers so far in 2017.
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BJP LS candidate Madhavi Latha booked for asking Muslim women to reveal faces to check identity
Hyderabad, May 13: A case was registered by election authorities against BJP candidate for Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat K Madhavi Latha on Monday after a video clip in which she was purportedly asking burqa-clad women voters to reveal their faces and check their ID cards surfaced.
In the video, Latha was seen asking the women voters at a polling booth to lift their veil and show their face so that she could verify their identity.
In a post on X, the Hyderabad Collector said, "A case is registered in Malakpet police station against Madhavi Latha, contesting candidate, BJP, under Sections 171C, 186, 505(1)(c) of IPC and Section 132 of the Representation of the People Act."
Section 171C deals with interference or attempts to interfere with the free exercise of any electoral right.
Section 186 is related to voluntarily obstructing any public servant in the discharge of public function, while 505 is applied for inciting or likely to incite, any class or community of persons to commit any offence against any other class or community.
Latha was also seen telling the policemen to allow voters into polling booths only after a thorough check.
She clarified that she only requested the woman to show her ID card, to which the latter obliged.
"Why I had to ask her? Because, the female police officer at the polling booth was not interested in checking (the voters). When questioned, they said that they had not received any such instructions. So, in such a case, one has to do it themselves,” she told PTI videos.
"What can we do? Should we let rigging take place? Then give us instructions that 'we will do rigging, you should let rigging happen'. Legalise rigging. Poverty will remain as it is. Unemployment will continue," she said.
Polling for the total 17 Lok Sabha seats was held in Telangana on Monday.
Madhavi Latha is taking on AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi in the Hyderabad Lok Sabha segment.
BJP's #Hyderabad MP candidate Madhavi Latha ( @Kompella_MLatha ) was seen verifying voters IDs of #Muslim womens voters during #LokSabhaElection2024.
— Mohd Dastagir Ahmed (@Dastagir_Hyd) May 13, 2024
A case is registered in Malakpet Police Station against Madhavi Latha under sections 171C, 186, 505(1)(c) of IPC and Section 132… pic.twitter.com/mu1AGK5dAs
