Rajasthan Police on Friday arrested two accused for drug smuggling in Jhalawar and seized 706 grams of MDMA valued at approximately Rs 3 crore in the international market.

Superintendent of Police (SP) Richa Tomar said that a special campaign is underway across the district to combat drug smuggling and apprehend offenders.

A team led by ASP Chinraji Lal Meena, under the supervision of CO Bhawanimandi Prem Kumar and SHO Ramesh Chand Meena, set up a checkpoint at the Julmi intersection in the Pipaliya area on Thursday night.

During the operation, a suspicious loading auto was stopped. The vehicle was being operated by two individuals, Mohan Bagri (50), a resident of Bagri Mohalla, Thana Dag, and Dilip Singh (43), a resident of Bhavsar Mohalla, Thana Dag.

A Special CBI court in Ahmedabad sentenced two accused, including a surveyor of an insurance company, to five years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) with a fine of Rs 17.2 lakh for fraudulent claims of Rs 9 lakh, an official said on Friday.

Those sentenced to jail included Hasan Abu Soni, a partner in Marks Chemical and S.R.J Associates, and Sanjay Ramesh Chitre, surveyor/loss assessor, said the official in a statement.

The CBI registered the case on January 30, 2003, against the then Senior Divisional Manager of New India Assurance Co. Ltd. (NIACL), Divisional Office, Navsari, along with the convicts.

A jilted lover has been arrested and remanded to judicial custody on the charges of stabbing a paramedical technician who refused to marry him in J. J. Nagar locality of Bengaluru.

DCP (West) S. Girish said that the accused, identified as 29-year-old Ajay, has been booked under Section 109 (attempt to murder) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS).

"Ajay and the 23-year-old woman, who were in a relationship had parted ways. However, Ajay continued pestering the victim to rekindle their relationship," he said.

As the woman ignored his advances and flatly refused his proposal, Ajay stabbed her on January 12, DCP Girish said.

In a dramatic turn of events, two sisters from Hindpiri, Ranchi, were safely rescued from Karnataka after being kidnapped in connection with a love affair. Five individuals involved in the incident have been arrested.

The case came to light when an FIR for the kidnapping of the girls was filed on January 11, causing widespread concern in Ranchi.

At a press conference here on Thursday, Ranchi SSP Chandan Kumar Sinha gave details of the intricacies of the case.

According to SSP Sinha, the main accused, Mohammad Ismail, a resident of Raichur, Karnataka, was in a relationship with Rahnuma Parveen. Ismail manipulated Rahnuma and her younger sister was made into becoming accomplice in his plan.-

Wanted criminal 'Bomb' Saravanan was arrested after a brief encounter with police in Chennai on Thursday.

According to police officials, when asked to stop, Saravanan attacked a Sub-Inspector, which was retaliated.

Saravanan, who suffered a bullet wound, was arrested and admitted to Government Stanley Medical College Hospital for treatment.

Saravanan, classified as an A-category rowdy, has 33 cases registered against him, including six murder cases.

A rape accused, who tried to escape from police custody when he was taken to the crime spot to recreate the scene, was shot in the leg in Torangal town of Karnataka's Ballary district on Thursday.

According to police, the accused attacked the police personnel when he was brought to the crime scene to conduct mahajar (documenting records regarding the details of a crime scene investigation).

The accused was identified as 26-year-old Manjunath, a resident of Kamalapura in Vijayanagara district.

The incident of rape had taken place on Monday. After getting the complaint, the police formed three teams and Manjunath was arrested in Hulagi of Koppal district.

The Central Narcotics Department (CBN) on Tuesday busted a clandestine laboratory manufacturing MDMA, a psychotropic drug, in a deserted area in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur district.

The raid was conducted on a tip-off received by the unit of CBN, following which, a search was carried out at an orange orchard near Kharkheda village under Garoth tehsil and found a clandestine laboratory operating there, the CBN said in a statement.

"The agency has recovered 80.96 kg and 7.5 litres of chemicals, including acetone, toluene, hydrochloric acid, sodium sulphate, sodium carbonate, sulphuric acid, bromine water, ethanol," etc.

One person was arrested in connection with the matter, and he has been booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

The questioning of the arrested person was underway, the statement said.

Police have uncovered 43 kg of illicit drugs in eastern Afghanistan's Khost province and detained an individual on the charge of involvement in drug trafficking from the area, provincial police spokesman Tahir Ehrar said on Tuesday.

The contraband, including 43 kg hashish and a piece of AK-47, was discovered outside the provincial capital, Khost city, on Sunday, the official said, adding police have arrested one drug smuggler.

Police won't allow anyone to produce or smuggle hashish, poppy or the objects used in manufacturing heroin in the province, the official said, news agency reported.

A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered in Bengaluru, police said on Tuesday.

The incident occurred around 7.30 p.m. on Monday when the victim's parents were out for construction work and she was alone at home in the Rammurthynagar police station area.

The accused, identified as 25-year-old man Abhisheik Kumar from Bihar, has been arrested.

When the accused, who also worked as a mason, found the victim alone, he lured her outside.

He took her to an isolated place and raped her.

However, the sources said that the girl died during the sexual assault.

In a shocking incident, a minor girl was allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped by three men while she was on her way to attend a birthday party in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh, police said on Saturday.

Police said the girl was going to her cousin's house to attend the birthday party, when one of the accused known to her, allegedly accosted her and forced her into a car with his two associates.

They drove the car for around two km at an isolated place near a pond and took turns to rape her.

After executing the crime, the trio fled from the spot leaving the victim who was unconscious near the pond, police said.

After regaining consciousness, the 11-year-old girl walked down to her home late Thursday night and narrated the incident to her parents. She was immediately rushed to Damoh District Hospital, where she was admitted to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) ward.