NIA officer Sanjeev K Singh who led probe into Pathankot attack passes away
New Delhi: Retired IPS officer Sanjeev Kumar Singh, who led the probe into the 2016 terrorist attack on the Pathankot Air Force base while serving in the NIA, has died. He was 61.
Singh, a 1987-batch Indian Police Service officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, died at a hospital in Gurgaon on Friday.
His former colleague in the central probe agency and Assam's Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) G P Singh tweeted about his passing away.
"A sad day. We lost Sri Sanjeev Kumar Singh IPS 1987 batch to Dengue today. My mentor at @NIA_India he would always remain in thoughts. Rest in peace Sir," G P Singh wrote.
The National Investigation Agency also condoled his death.
"NIA Condoles Sad and Untimely Demise of Shri Sanjeev Kumar Singh IPS (1987 MP). Shri S. K. Singh served NIA for 7 years and stood for an indomitable spirit of Professionalism, Honesty, and Commitment. May His Soul Rest in Peace," the central probe agency said on its official Twitter handle.
The officer had retired from service in February. He last served with the Border Security Force as an ADG (eastern command) based in Kolkata, looking after the deployment of the force along the India-Bangladesh international border.
The officer had led the NIA probe in the 2016 terrorist attack on the Indian Air Force base in Punjab's Pathankot and had escorted a joint investigation team of Pakistani officials, in March that year, who visited the airbase as part of their own probe in the case.
The officer was a health enthusiast and his last Twitter post on June 14, 2018, has a video where he can be seen doing pull-ups and push-ups as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's fitness challenge to IPS officers.
He has also served as ADG (Naxal operations) in Madhya Pradesh after his deputation with the NIA ended.
The IPS Association, the Madhya Pradesh DGP, and the BSF also condoled his death on their official Twitter handles.
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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.
