Eight get Crime Branch notice to join probe into Burari hangings
New Delhi, July 4: Delhi Police Crime Branch on Wednesday sent notices to eight persons to join the probe into the death by hanging of 11 family members in their north Delhi house on June 30.
"As per the Call Details Record of one of the deceased Lalit Bhatia, we have tracked and identified these eight persons who were in regular touch with him on phone. We have sent them notices to join the probe" a senior police officer said.
"We want to know the physiological aspect of Lalit Bhatia and his nature. We want to know what sort of talks he had with them -- whether he talked of advice given to him by his late father, which he penned down on registers seized from the house," the officer added.
The family lived in Sant Nagar in Burari area.
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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.
