Bengal man held in Haryana for threatening to attack TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee on social media
Kolkata (PTI): A man from West Bengal's Murshidabad district was arrested from Ambala in Haryana for allegedly threatening to attack Trinamool Congress's national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, a senior police officer said on Wednesday.
The accused, identified as Sarijul Sheikh, a resident of Domkal area, allegedly posted a message on Facebook, claiming that an attack on Banerjee would take place within 10 days.
The arrest was made following a complaint lodged at the Cyber Police Station of Murshidabad Police District on August 24, he said.
"Acting on the complaint, we launched a search operation and, with the help of Haryana Police, traced and arrested Sarijul Sheikh from Ambala. During the arrest, firearms and bombs were seized from his possession," he said.
The accused was involved in illegal arms trading using social media platforms, the officer said.
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Mizoram class 12 results out, pass percentage at 87.67
Aizawl (PTI): Mizoram recorded a pass percentage of 87.67 in the class 12 board examinations on Wednesday, with boys scoring marginally higher than girls,
Across the Arts, Science, and Commerce streams, boys secured an 87.7 per cent success rate, while girls followed closely at 87.66 per cent, according to the results published by the Mizoram Board of School Education (MBSE).
Of the 12,243 students who sat for the examinations held between February and March, 10,734 passed, 1,394 could not, and 115 qualified for compartmental examinations.
Academic performance was strongest in the Commerce stream, which saw a 90.51 per cent success rate among 759 candidates.
The Science stream followed with 89.24 per cent pass rate out of 2,770 students who appeared for the exam, while the Arts stream, with 87,14 students, recorded a pass percentage of 86.93.
In terms of institutional performance, the results revealed that deficit schools, which receive regular government grants, maintained their status as top performers with an average 93.80 per cent pass rate across all streams, followed by private schools at 91.55 per cent, while state-run schools recorded a success rate 83.13 per cent.
