Three held in Rajasthan with drugs valued at Rs 12 lakh

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Udaipur, Dec 25 (IANS) In a major crackdown ahead of New Year celebrations, the Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) and Sukher police station in Udaipur have arrested three persons and seized 103.71 grams of MDMA from them which is estimated to be valued at Rs12 lakh in the international market.

The accused trio reportedly mortgaged their bike to buy the drugs which they had planned to sell further.

Acting on a tip-off from AGTF, the police arrested the three individuals and confiscated three mobile phones from them.

The Additional Director General of Police, AGTF, Dinesh M.N., said that the operation was carried out under the supervision of Deputy Inspector General of Police Yogesh Yadav and Additional Police Superintendent Asha Ram Chaudhary.

AGTF teams have been deployed across cities to apprehend gangsters, wanted criminals, and smugglers.

On Tuesday, during routine intelligence gathering, the AGTF teams received credible information about three youths in possession of a substantial quantity of drugs in the Sukher area.

The Sukher police were promptly alerted, and a team intercepted three suspicious individuals on Bhairav Gadh Road.

Noticing the police, the youths attempted to flee but were quickly apprehended.

Upon questioning, the suspects were identified as — Aadil Chhipa (22), a private employee from Delhi Gate, Chittorgarh; Sameer Chhipa (22), a teacher from Chhipa Mohalla Aayd, Udaipur; and Abbu Faijan (22), a resident of Ganesh Nagar, Udaipur.

A police search found 39.92 grams of MDMA from Aadil, 33.74 grams from Sameer and 30.05 grams from Abbu Faijan.

The trio admitted to mortgaging a relative’s bullet bike to a local contact, Lucky alias Chhota Farhan of Mukherjee Chowk to purchase the drugs, which they intended to distribute.

The seized MDMA and mobile phones were registered as evidence, and a case was filed under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

The accused are now under questioning to unearth their network and possible involvement in other criminal activities.

This operation, spearheaded by Station House Officer Himanshu Singh and his team from Sukher police station, with contributions from AGTF personnel, has been hailed as a commendable effort in curbing narcotics-related activities in the region.

Meanwhile, the search for the supplier and buyer of the drug continues, officials said.

–IANS

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After several years of tussles and agitations, a quadripartite agreement was signed in January 2020 between the Centre, Tripura, and Mizoram governments and the Reang tribal leaders to resettle the 37,136 tribal immigrants comprising 6,302 families in 12 locations in four of Tripura’s eight districts.

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Shah would also attend the National Cooperative Conference on the same day at Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhavan in Agartala.

Home Minister Amit Shah, Minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Jyotiraditya Scindia, and Governors and Chief Ministers of all eight northeastern states will attend the Plenary Session of the NEC in Agartala on December 21.

The official said that Governors, Chief Ministers, Deputy Chief Ministers, top officials of the Centre and eight NE states would attend the important NEC meeting.

The progress of various ongoing and proposed development projects will be discussed in the two-day vital meeting of the NEC, a regional planning body.

According to the official, a review meeting of the works and planning of the North Eastern Space Application Centre (NESAC) will be held on December 22.

Union Home Minister and ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) Chairman S. Somanath will attend the NESAC meeting.

The Union Home Minister is the President of the NESAC Society while the ISRO chief is the Chairman of the NESAC Governing Council.

Through satellite-based imageries and studies, the NESAC, situated in Meghalaya’s Umiam, helped the northeastern states in planning, preparing and monitoring diverse projects ranging from agriculture to various infrastructures.

The NEC plenary session was supposed to be held on August 31 and September 1 but it was postponed due to the devastating floods in Tripura.

The Union Home Minister, in the previous NEC meeting in Shillong, had said that in the 50 years of its establishment, the NEC has increased the pace of development of the region by providing a policy-related platform to all the states and simplifying the solutions to their problems.

He had said that in these 50 years, more than 12,000 km of roads have been constructed in this region, 700 MW power plants have been established and many institutes of national excellence have also been established under the guidance of NEC.

Highlighting the role and scope of NEC under the Act East Policy, the Home Minister had said that in the last few years, the Modi government has achieved significant success in solving the problems of law and order, insurgency and borders in this region.

With its headquarters in Meghalaya’s capital Shillong, the NEC, a regional planning and statutory advisory body for the eight northeastern states including Sikkim, was constituted under the North Eastern Council Act, 1971, and came into being on November 7, 1972.

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Bhavna called the scheme an election gimmick and alleged that similar promises were made during the Lok Sabha elections, but they were never fulfilled.

“Election promises are made, but once they win, the public is forgotten. They will resurface with new promises before the next elections. It’s a pattern,” she asserted.

Many women also recalled earlier grievances. Vandana shared that AAP representatives asked her questions about how she would use the money.

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