Bomb threat at Jaipur hotel with 3 ministers turns out hoax; security sweep on at another hotel
Jaipur (PTI): Two high-end hotels here were promptly evacuated on Saturday after they received bomb threats through email, an official said. Three Rajasthan ministers were in one of the hotels when the threat was made.
The bomb threat at the Holiday Inn Hotel later turned out to be a hoax while a security sweep at the Raffles Hotel was underway.
Minister of State for Home Jawahar Singh Bedham, Skills, Employment and Entrepreneurship Minister K K Vishnoi, and Minister of State for Cooperatives Gautam Dak were attending an event at Holiday Inn Hotel when it received the threat.
Police officials said Bedham was informed about the threat, and he immediately instructed people to evacuate the hotel. All three ministers left the premises soon after, they said.
Additional DCP (South) Lalit Sharma said that bomb and dog squads conducted a thorough search of the hotel, but no explosives or suspicious materials were found.
Shortly after, the Raffles Hotel on Delhi Road received a similar threat. An Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and bomb squad teams were rushed to the spot and the hotel was evacuated.
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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.
