Canine leads police to double murder suspect in Rajasthan
Jaipur, July 9 : A police dog helped crack within hours a double murder case in Churu district of Rajasthan by leading investigators to the two dead women's relative who has been arrested, police said on Monday.
Jaanu, an 18-month-old Belgian Shepherd dog trained in Bengaluru, was taken to the house in Khetadi village where Mohnidevi, 80, and her granddaughter Sonu, 18, were found murdered with a sharp-edged weapon on July 8, Churu Superintendent of Police Rahul Barhat said.
The canine soon picked up the scent and led police to the house of accused Laxmanram, 28, the SP added.
The SP said the accused confessed to his crime and claimed he had tried to force himself on his cousin Sonu at her house when the elderly woman arrived at the spot and threatened to tell Sonu's parents about the incident.
Fearing exposure of his misdeed, the SP said, the accused killed both the women.
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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.
