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India protests against anti-India posters in Geneva, Swiss ambassador summoned
The Swiss ambassador has clarified his stand on the concerns of the Ministry of External Affairs and has said that he will take up the issue with the Swiss government.
India has lodged a strong protest against the issue of anti-India posters being put up in front of the United Nations building in Geneva. The Ambassador of Switzerland has also been summoned in this matter on Sunday.
According to official sources, the Swiss ambassador has clarified his stand on the concerns of the Ministry of External Affairs and has said that he will take up the issue with the Swiss government.
Officials said the Swiss ambassador, during a conversation with the Ministry of External Affairs, said that he did not in any way endorse the claims made in the posters in Geneva, nor did the posters reflect the position of the Swiss government.
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Uttar Pradesh Police Special Task Force guns down one suspect, arrest two persons for attack on woman police constable
According to senior police officials the woman head constable was posted in Sultanpur. She was going to Ayodhya for her Sawan Mela duty. An argument took place between her and the accused over seats on a train. The accused attacked her with a sharp weapon.
The Uttar Pradesh Police Special Task Force (STF) gunned down one suspect and arrested two others in connection with the August 30 attack on woman police constable. According to a senior STF official the deceased person has been identified as Anish. The two persons arrested received injuries in police firing were identified as Vishwambhar Dayal and Azad.
Special director General of police (law and order) Prashant Kumar said they had received information from field officers, Anish who was the main suspect involved in the attack on a women constable on Saryu Express was injured in an encounter with the police in Pura Kalandar, Ayodhya. He later succumbed to his injuries. Two other suspects Vishambar Dayal Dubey and Azad were arrested by the police in Ayodhya district.
According to senior police officials the woman head constable was posted in Sultanpur. She was going to Ayodhya for her Sawan Mela duty. An argument took place between her and the accused over seats on a train. The accused attacked her with a sharp weapon. Due to the sudden attack she suffered injuries to her face. She also got two fractures in her skull.
She was found unconscious inside the train compartment of Saryu Express at Ayodhya Cannt railway station on August 30. According to the police the constable is getting her treatment at Lucknow’s King George Medical University. According to the STF officials, the accussed were stalking and misbehaving with the lady cop as she was alone in the train compartment.
Police said the lady constable confronted them. She overpowered one of them. The three accused attacked her and then fled from the scene of the crime by jumping off the train. The three accused got down near Ayodhya Cantt Railway station. The Allahabad High Court had ordered the police officials to take the attack on the lady constable seriously. Hence the UP STF took charge of the matter.
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Gujarat Police bust drug racket, arrest four persons for illegal production of synthetic drugs
According to the police the arrested people were involved in the illegal production of synthetic drugs. One of the drugs they were producing was methamphetamine, commonly known as MD.
The Gujarat Police have busted a drug racket and arrested four persons. One of them is identified as Sunil Kaushik Sharma who is currently in the Lajpore Central Jail in Surat. The accused had planned to smuggle raw materials from Rajasthan. They wanted to establish a manufacturing factory for Narcotics Drugs in the outskirts of Surat.
According to the police the arrested people were involved in the illegal production of synthetic drugs. One of the drugs they were producing was methamphetamine, commonly known as MD. About 10.5 kg of raw material has been seized by Surat police which is used to manufacture MD drugs.
10.5 kg raw material is enough to make 8.5-9kg of MD drugs. Two more steps are required in the production of the drug. The total value of the drugs in the illegal market is Rs 8-9 crore in the illegal market. All the four persons arrested including the one in Lajpore jail were previously associated with NDPS (Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances).
Sharad Singhal, Joint commissioner of Police, Surat said they came to know about Sunil Sharm’s involvement in the drugs production after the Rajasthan operation. Based on the information received the Surat Police carried out an operation in Rajasthan. The Police seized large quantities of Narcotics substances in the form of powder and granules from different plastic bags in Pati village of Pali district in Rajasthan. The police arrested Gajanand Sharma, the father of Sunil Sharma, Anna Panduranga and Ghanshyam Mulani.
The three of them were imprisoned at Lajpore jail. They made a plan in collaboration with Sunil Sharma to set up a factory in Umargam, in Valsad district. To make their plan successful, the three of them decided to jump parole. Sunil Sharma who was in jail contacted his father, Gajanand Sharma who lives in Bhiwani, Haryana.
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TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu’s judicial remand extended till September 24
The former Chief Minister’s arrest was prolonged by two days by this location’s special court for the Anti-Corruption Bureau, according to additional attorney general Ponnavolu Sudhakar Reddy.
The judicial custody of TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu in the case involving the AP Skill Development Corporation scams was extended by a court on Friday till September 24.
The former Chief Minister’s arrest was prolonged by two days by this location’s special court for the Anti-Corruption Bureau, according to additional attorney general Ponnavolu Sudhakar Reddy.
The High Court has set today’s 1:30 PM as the hearing time for the FIR quash plea submitted by Naidu.
Meanwhile, the court asked Naidu if he had any problems while in detention during the hearings.
Naidu informed the judge that he had been falsely accused of committing crimes. Regarding this, the judge assured Naidu that he was secure because he was on judicial remand. The judge said that his lawyers could argue and the facts would come out. The court further said, they’ll extend his judicial remand by two more days as there are many petitions pending before the high court.
Invoking his high public image, Naidu told the judge that he had been jailed without a good reason. He was appropriately documented by the judge.
While emphasising the idea of equality before the law, the judge also reminded him that he was the subject of accusations. Do not treat remand as a punishment, he continued, emphasising that it was a necessary step in the legal process, the court said.
He was arrested on September 9 for allegedly stealing money from the Skill Development Corporation, which cost the state exchequer over Rs 300 crore. He is being held in the Rajamahendravaram Central Prison at the moment.
The Indian Penal Code (IPC)’s Sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing surrender of property), and 465 (forgery) are among the sections under which the TDP president is accused of violating. Additionally, the Prevention of Corruption Act has been used against him by the AP CID.
After lodging a new FIR in connection with the Rs 330 crore Fibernet project corruption case earlier this week, the Andhra Pradesh CID requested a fresh warrant against the former chief minister, according to officials on Tuesday.
