32 years after FIR, ex-IAS gets 5-year jail for possessing weapons
New Delhi, Sep 6: A former IAS officer has been convicted by a special CBI court 32 years after being booked by the agency in a case of recovery of arms and ammunition from his possession.
Surender Singh Ahluwalia, 81, has been sentenced to five years of imprisonment with a fine of Rs 1.50 lakh in the case by Rouse Avenue court "after prolonged trial", officials said on Friday.
The CBI had filed a case on August 31, 1987 against Ahluwalia, then posted as Secretary and Commissioner, Labour and Employment, Nagaland, for the possession of arms and ammunition beyond permission limits.
Five guns including a carbine and a Czechoslovakian rifle besides 328 bullets were recovered from his homes in Delhi and Kohima during a search carried out by the agency in connection with a case of disproportionate assets against him.
The agency completed its probe within five years and filed a charge sheet on April 10, 1992 but the case dragged on in various courts, officials said.
It took nearly 18 years for charges to be framed against Ahluwalia on February 10, 2010 by a special court, they said.
"The Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Rouse Avenue, District Court Complex, New Delhi has sentenced S S Ahluwalia, IAS (Retd.)...to undergo five years Rigorous Imprisonment with total fine of Rs 1.50 lakh," CBI's spokesperson said here.
Ahluwalia joined the army on May 3, 1964 as an Emergency Commission officer as a Captain.
He joined the Indian Administrative Services in 1971 and was allocated Nagaland cadre.
Ahluwalia came under probe for allegedly amassing disproportionate assets which including air-conditioned cinema house, property in posh areas of Delhi, Gwalior and Chandigarh.
The CBI had filed a separate case in the recovery of weapons, the officials said.
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Bengaluru man arrested for sharing misleading ‘zombie drug’ video
Bengaluru (PTI): A day after a video of a man seen in a disoriented state went viral on social media with claims that he was under the influence of a so-called “zombie drug”, police on Friday arrested a 29-year-old employee of a private firm here for uploading the “misleading” video.
Hemanth, a resident of Vidyaranyapura, was issued a notice to join the inquiry, police said.
Learning that the police were looking for him, he posted an apology on social media. He was later taken into custody, a senior police officer said.
A case has been registered against him under Sections 353(2), relating to statements conducing to public mischief, including spreading false information or rumours that could incite public disorder, and Section 352, dealing with intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace, among others, under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, police added.
After Hemanth uploaded the video, it quickly went viral on Thursday.
Later, police clarified that the man shown in a disoriented state in the video had not consumed any narcotic or psychotropic substance.
He was subjected to a medical examination, and the report confirmed that there was no trace of narcotic substances, Bengaluru police said.
The police also urged the public not to spread unverified or misleading information on social media platforms, as such content can create unnecessary panic and harm individuals’ reputations.
The footage, which circulated widely on social media, showed the man standing motionless. People claimed he might be under the influence of a synthetic “zombie drug” and raised concerns about its availability in the city.
An inquiry revealed that the individual seen in the video had come to Bengaluru in search of a livelihood and had been residing there for the past three months, police said, adding that further investigation is ongoing.
The police warned that strict action will be taken against persons found spreading false information or rumours.
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