Delhi government decides against prosecuting Kanhaiya Kumar, others in JNU sedition case
New Delhi: In some relief for former JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar and others, who have been accused of sedition, the Delhi government had decided to reject the request for sanction by Delhi Police to prosecute them.
According to a report in The Indian Express, the Home Department has found that the activities of the accused during an event on February 9, 2016 inside the university campus “do not amount to sedition against the State”.
The Arvind Kejriwal-led government, which consulted its counsel in the matter Rahul Mehra, has concluded that evidence produced in the case were ‘flimsy’.
The case is scheduled to be heard in a local court on September 18. During the last hearing in case on July 23, the court had asked the Delhi Police for a status report on grant of sanction on the next hearing i.e September 18.
Delhi Home Minister Satyendar Jain is yet to officially come out with the government’s stand over the matter.
courtesy: financialexpress.com
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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.
