Bengaluru: Two held for illegally selling foreign cigarettes worth Rs 35 lakh
Bengaluru: City police have arrested two persons for allegedly storing and selling banned foreign cigarettes and seized contraband worth Rs 35 lakh, Deccan Herald reported.
Acting on a tip-off, police found that foreign cigarettes of various brands were being stocked and sold from a shop and godown located in Tribhuwan Building, 5th Main Road, Gandhinagar, within the Upparpet police station limits.
A case was registered under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), following which a raid was conducted at the premises. During the operation, police seized 1,026 bundles of foreign cigarettes and arrested the two accused.
During interrogation, the accused confessed that the cigarettes were being supplied by a Delhi-based person, and they sold them to the public for a higher cost.
The duo has been released on station bail after due notice, while efforts are underway to trace the supplier. Further investigation is under way.
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Union Minister Sanjay Kumar's son booked under POCSO, files counter-complaint of extortion
Hyderabad (PTI): A case under POCSO Act was registered against Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar's son here following allegations of sexual harassment of a minor girl, a charge denied by the accused who alleged extortion and criminal intimidation by the teen and her parents.
According to the 17-year-old girl's mother, Sanjay Kumar's son Bhageerath, who was in a relationship with her daughter, sexually harassed her.
The alleged relationship began about seven-eight months ago, police said.
They are yet to examine the girl, who is a student.
Meanwhile, Bhageerath complained to the police in Karimnagar that the girl who got acquainted to him, invited him to her family functions and group gatherings.
An FIR was registered based on the complaint.
Bhageerath said in the complaint that, believing the girl's family to be trustworthy, he accompanied them and visited some holy places, as part of a friends group.
Subsequently, the girl and her parents intimidated him to marry her, but he rejected the proposal, following which the girl's parents demanded money and also threatened him with false complaints if he failed to pay the amount.
Out of fear, he paid Rs 50,000 to the girl's father, but they demanded Rs five crore. If he failed to comply, the girl's mother would commit suicide, Bhageerath alleged in his complaint.
