Bengaluru: Police at Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru arrested a youngster for allegedly smoking on flight while travelling to Bengaluru from West Bengal.

The arrested accused has been identified as Santosh Kumar (29) a resident of Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu. According to the reports Kumar was travelling to Bengaluru from Bagdora Airport in West Bengal when he allegedly smoked cigarette in the washroom of the flight.

The smoke triggered fire alarm in the flight after which the crew member checked and found the accused had smoked cigarette in the washroom.

After landing at Kempegowda International Airport the incident was brought to the notice of police who arrested the accused.

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Imphal (PTI): Security forces have destroyed 23 bunkers illegally constructed in Manipur's Ukhrul and seized 18 IEDs in Tengnoupal district in separate operations, a police statement said on Saturday.

The bunkers were destroyed on Thursday in the hill villages of Mongkot Chepu, Shongphel, Mullam, Sirarakhong and Ringue in Litan police station area, it said.

A 12-bore pump action gun, 17 cartridges of different calibres and 111 empty cases of fired bullets were also seized.

At least seven people have been shot dead in different firing incidents and more than 30 houses have been torched since violence broke out between Tangkhul Naga and Kuki communities in Ukhrul district in February this year.

Meanwhile, in a separate operation on Wednesday, security forces seized a cache of arms and explosives in T Bongmol village in Moreh police station area in Tengnoupal district.

Two single-barrel rifles, four 9mm pistols with magazines and 18 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were seized. The explosives were destroyed on the spot, it added.