No casualties in airstrike in Pak, hints S S Ahluwalia
New Delhi, Mar 02: A video footage doing the rounds in social media has shown Union Minister S S Ahluwalia indicating that no casualties took place in the air strike by the Indian Air Force (IAF) on terror camps in Pakistan. Ahluwalia also said that the Centre did not want any casualties in the airstrike.
“The reason why no damage was done is because the intention behind it (the airstrike) is to prove that we can destroy their (terrorists’) house by dropping bombs beside it. This was a necessary step,” said Ahluwalia in Bengali. He was speaking to journalists.
He also said that “this was a necessary step to prove that despite all your (Pakistan’s) surveillance we can pinpoint that area and can destroy it. We didn’t want any human casualties.”
As for the difference regarding the number of casualties in reports by the Indian and international media he said that he has gone through them. “I have seen the reports by both Indian and International media. I have also heard Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech. After the incident(airstrike) he gave a speech in Churu (in Rajasthan). Did he say that 300 people died? Has any spokesperson said it? Has Amit Shah said it?” said Ahluwalia.
When contacted, Ahluwalia told DH said, "please try to see the full video and only come to me."
Courtesy: www.deccanherald.com
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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.
