School bus mows down child in Gurugram
Gurugram, July 5 : A school bus on Thursday mowed down a two-year-old boy here, police said. The driver and conductor of the bus have been arrested.
"The bus belonged to Vivek Model School in Vatika Kunj. We are verifying about the driving license and other documents of the accused," a police officer said.
The boy - Aryan - was accompanied by his mother when the accident took place near his house in Rithoj village, close to Bhondsi, here on Sohna road.
Police said both the driver Omprakash and conductor Jaiprakash, were aged below 20, and hailed from Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh.
Aryan was with his mother, who had come to drop her elder son and daughter, studying in Class 2 and Class 3, respectively, in Vivek Model School. The child came under the front wheel of the bus and died on the spot.
"The driver and conductor of the bus fled after the accident living behind the vehicle. Angry people vandalised the bus. Both were later arrested," the police officer added.
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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.
