The CBI laid a trap and caught the accused red-handed on Thursday while accepting a bribe of Rs. 4.5 lakh. He was arrested and produced before the Special Judge, Mumbai, on Friday.
The two accused, Sukhchain Singh and Jugraj Singh, were intercepted while transporting a weapons consignment allegedly sent by a Pakistan-based smuggler named Noor, officials said.
Law student Sharmistha Panoli, arrested for allegedly hurting religious sentiments through a social media post, has been granted interim bail by the Calcutta High Court on Thursday.
A Revenue inspector, Gaikwad Santhosh Kumar, along with another employee of the Municipal Department, was caught red-handed for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 6000 from the complainant, said the Anti-Corruption Bureau, Hyderabad in a press release.
The team also recovered Gold and silver jewellery worth approximately Rs 22 lakh, Rs 24,000 in cash and two four wheelers from the accused. Additionally, the police have freezed the accounts of the accused.
Law student Sharmistha Panoli, arrested for allegedly hurting religious sentiments through a social media post, has been granted interim bail by the Calcutta High Court on Thursday.
Punjab Police, acting on a tip-off, dismantled a cross-border weapon smuggling module linked to Pakistan. Two individuals, Surajpal Singh and Arshdeep Singh, were arrested, with six sophisticated weapons recovered. The investigation is ongoing to identify all linkages.
The arrested accused, identified as Jasbir Singh alias Jaan Mahal (41), a resident of Mahlan village in Rupnagar district of Punjab, had been operating a YouTube channel 'JaanMahal Video' with over 11 lakh subscribers, ostensibly posting travel and cooking vlogs.
Over 200 inmates escaped from Malir Jail in Karachi, Pakistan on Wednesday, with 111 still on the run. Authorities have arrested 27 more escapees, bringing the total number of recaptured prisoners to 105, with some returning voluntarily.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested an accused on allegations of committing rape and penetrative sexual assault on multiple minor girl victims from Haryana's Hisar district.