11 kg of 'ganja' seized at Kolkata airport, two arrested
Kolkata, July 8: The Narcotics Control Bureau on Sunday arrested two persons at the international airport here for carrying 11 kg of 'ganja' or cannabis, a senior NCB official said.
According to the official, the two accused were stopped by the CISF intelligence team after ganja was found in their hand baggage during security check at the city airport's departure gate no. 3.
"Sujit Saha of Port Blair and Alomgit Badshah of Bengal's East Midnapore were arrested with the contraband valued at Rs 5.5 lakh," NCB's Kolkata Zonal unit head Dilip Kumar Srivastava said.
The two accused were detained by CISF personnel at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, from where they were scheduled to board a flight to Port Blair along with the consignment. They were later handed over to the NCB.
The 'ganja' procured from South 24 Parganas district was destined for Port Blair
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Delhi Waqf case: Court refuses to take cognisance of chargesheet against Amanatullah Khan
New Delhi (PTI): A court here on Thursday ordered the release of AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan in a money laundering case related to alleged irregularities in the Delhi Waqf Board case, while refusing to take cognisance of a chargesheet filed against him.
Special Judge Jitendra Singh said while there is sufficient evidence against Khan to proceed against him, there was no sanction to prosecute him.
"Therefore, the cognisance is declined," the judge said.
The court directed that Khan be released from judicial custody forthwith on a bail bond of Rs one lakh and one surety of the like amount.
The ED had on October 29 filed a 110-page first supplementary prosecution complaint (ED's equivalent of a chargesheet), claiming Khan laundered money that was allegedly generated through corruption in the Delhi Waqf Board.
The chargesheet had also named one Mariam Siddiqui, who was not arrested as an accused by the ED in the case.
The court said there was no evidence to proceed against Siddiqui and discharged her.
