Bengaluru: Two held for illegally selling foreign cigarettes worth Rs 35 lakh
Bengaluru: City police have arrested two persons for allegedly storing and selling banned foreign cigarettes and seized contraband worth Rs 35 lakh, Deccan Herald reported.
Acting on a tip-off, police found that foreign cigarettes of various brands were being stocked and sold from a shop and godown located in Tribhuwan Building, 5th Main Road, Gandhinagar, within the Upparpet police station limits.
A case was registered under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), following which a raid was conducted at the premises. During the operation, police seized 1,026 bundles of foreign cigarettes and arrested the two accused.
During interrogation, the accused confessed that the cigarettes were being supplied by a Delhi-based person, and they sold them to the public for a higher cost.
The duo has been released on station bail after due notice, while efforts are underway to trace the supplier. Further investigation is under way.
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NEET student hangs self in Rajasthan's Sikar
Jaipur (PTI): A student preparing for the NEET examination allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a rented room in Rajasthan's Sikar on Friday, police said.
According to the police, the student allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using his sister's scarf while one sister was attending coaching classes and the other was in the bathroom.
He had appeared in the NEET UG exam 2026, which was cancelled due to paper leak, they said.
Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar said that the deceased, identified as Pradeep Meghwal, was a resident of Kanika ki Dhani village in Jhunjhunu's Gudha Gaudji area.
He had been living in a rented room in Sikar's Jaldhari Nagar area with his two sisters while preparing for NEET over the last three years.
His elder sister later found him hanging and informed the landlord and police after bringing him down, officials said.
The SHO said the body was kept at SK Hospital mortuary, and a postmortem had not been conducted.
The student's father, Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, told police that Pradeep's NEET examination had gone well and the family was expecting him to score around 650 marks.
Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot expressed grief over the incident and linked it to anxiety among students after reports of irregularities and paper leaks in NEET 2026.
Pilot said repeated paper leak incidents and cancellation of examinations were affecting students' mental health and demanded a time-bound investigation and strict action against those responsible.
