UP: Two men arrested for firing at constable inside police outpost
Bareilly (PTI): Two men were arrested here on Saturday for allegedly firing at a constable inside a police outpost, a police official said.
The incident took place at the Nakatiya outpost, which falls under the Cantt police station, on National Highway 24 on Friday night, he said.
The accused have been identified as Vikas and Yashpal, he said.
On Friday, one of the accused asked constable Vishal Sharma about a sub-inspector and then opened fire at him, the police officials had said earlier.
Sharma was injured in the firing. He is being treated at a hospital and is stable, they said.
Following the firing incident, security was tightened and police saw two youths on a motorcycle and tried to stop them, Superintendent of Police (Crime) Mukesh Kumar said.
The duo did not stop and opened fire at the police. In retaliatory firing, the duo suffered injuries and they were sent to a community health centre for treatment, he said.
A police officer also got injured in the cross firing, the SP said.
Bareilly Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Akhilesh Chaurasia on Friday had said footage captured by a CCTV camera outside the outpost shows two men on a motorcycle and one of them entering the outpost and firing.
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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.
