With the inputs of the Odisha Health and Family Welfare Department, the Special Task Force of Uttar Pradesh has busted one of the major spurious drug rackets worth Rs 7.35 crore and arrested one person.
The Rouse Avenue Court on Thursday sent liquor businessman Amandeep Dhal to five days ED remand. He is freshly arrested in connection with an ongoing money laundering investigation into the Delhi excise policy. He is the 10th arrested person in the matter by ED.
The Italian authorities said that the three arrested had taken the illegal immigrants on a boat from the Turkish city of Izmir to the Italian city of Calabria despite bad weather conditions.
A Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) official has been arrested for demanding a bribe in lieu of facilitating hassle-free construction of a house in Delhi's East Shalimar Bagh, Delhi Police said.
The arrest came days after Assam Police on February 25 apprehended two from the Karbi Anglong district and seized 2.013 kg of Morphine, valued at Rs 8 Crores in the international market.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday attacked the BJP-led centre over the arrests of Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain and said that if Manish Sisodia joined BJP today, he will be released tomorrow.
The arrested government employees were identified as Deepjit Sarkar, Health Assistant, Office of the Inspector of Drugs in Goalpara district and Ansar Ali, Grade IV of the same office.