IAF crosses LOC, destroys terror camp: Reports
Pakistan says IAF dropped payload in open not on terror camps
New Delhi: Amidst the ever evolving relations between New Delhi and Islamabad after the dastardly Pulwama attack, IAF in the wee hours of Saturday crossed LOC and attacked terror camps, reports added.
According to the reports IAF jets dropped about 1000 kg of bombs’ payloads on a Jaish terror camp at about 3.30 am on Tuesday. Reports further add that the main ‘control room of Jaish-e-Mohammed’ aka ‘Alpha 3’ has been destroyed in the attack. Reportedly the attack were carried out in Balakot, Chakoti and Muzaffarabad.
However, there is no word out yet from IAF or the Defence Ministry yet, but the Pakistan authority confirmed that the IAF jets crossed LOC. But denied attack on terrorist camps and instead said the IAF jets dropped the bombs in open space, while ‘Hastily escaping’.
Payload of hastily escaping Indian aircrafts fell in open. pic.twitter.com/8drYtNGMsm
— Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR) February 26, 2019
No reports on casualities or injuries is confirmed as yet, but Pakistan again tweeted that there was no casuality or damage in the attack.
Indian aircrafts intruded from Muzafarabad sector. Facing timely and effective response from Pakistan Air Force released payload in haste while escaping which fell near Balakot. No casualties or damage.
— Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR) February 26, 2019
Soon after the reports of the attack was aired on all the media channels, twitter erupted with tweets with #Surgicalstrike2 and #Balakot and #IAF were the top three trends on twitter.
INC President Rahul Gandhi saluted the pilots of IAF in a tweet
?? I salute the pilots of the IAF. ??
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) February 26, 2019
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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.
