Wife, son arrested for killing husband in Odisha's Nayagarh
Bhubaneswar (PTI): The police arrested a woman and her son for allegedly killing her husband in Odisha's Nayagarh district, an officer said.
The deceased was identified as Sishir Sahu, a forester in Sarankul Pancharida range of Nayagarh district.
A day after recovering the half-burnt body of Sishir, the police arrested the deceased's wife and son after conducting a crime scene recreation, said Jyoti Ranjan Samantaray, sub-divisional police officer (SDPO), Nayagarh on Sunday.
The deceased's wife Namita also sustained minor burn injuries while their son Abhisek was unharmed in the incident at their house in Baramasidanda area of the district on Friday night, he said.
Namita with the help of Abhisek poured petrol on her husband and set him on fire following a heated argument, Samantaray said.
The police said a team of fire service personnel rushed to the spot and doused the flame. They recovered the half-charred body of Sahu who was trapped inside the house and started an investigation by detaining his wife and son.
"During interrogation, Sahu's wife and son confessed to the crime. As per preliminary investigation, the reason behind the crime is family dispute. The forester was not visiting home regularly and not staying for much time at home," the police officer said.
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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.
