‘19 lakh people, including 7 lakh Muslims, out of NRC’, says Assam CM
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has stated that 19 lakh people, including 7 lakh muslims, have been excluded from NRC in Guwahati on Sunday.
In an exclusive interview to ‘News Live’, the chief minister said that “5 lakh Bengali Hindus, 2 lakh other Hindus including Koch-rajbongshi, Kalita and Sarmas, and 1.5 lakh Gurkhas have been excluded from the Register”.
National Register of Citizens (NRC) has been brought into force to identify and deport illegal immigrants. The state of Assam has published NRC on August 31, 2019. Anyone left out, must claim that they or their ancestors entered the state before March 24, 1971 using proper documents. Once proved, their names are added to the Register.
19 lakh people among those who applied to be included in the National Register of Citizens have been excluded from the final list. The figures given by Hemant Biswa Sarma make up 15.5 lakhs. It is still unclear who the rest of 3.5 lakh people excluded are.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
