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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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.
