UP: Train accident averted after iron pipe found on track in Shamli district
Muzaffarnagar (UP), Jun 1 (PTI): A major train accident was averted on the Delhi–Saharanpur railway line after a 10-foot-long iron pipe was found on the track near Balwa village in Shamli district, officials said on Sunday.
According to Government Railway Police (GRP), SHO Chandravir Singh the incident occurred late Saturday night when the driver of the Saharanpur–Delhi passenger train spotted the pipe and applied emergency brake, bringing the train to a halt just in time.
"Some unidentified miscreants had placed a heavy iron pipe on the railway track. The alertness of the train driver prevented a possible disaster," Singh told PTI.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Shamli, Ramsevak, visited the spot following the incident. A formal inquiry has been ordered, and efforts are underway to identify and apprehend those responsible.
Train movement on the route was briefly disrupted but resumed after the track was cleared and inspected.
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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.
