Crime
NIA attaches 2 properties of key accused in heroin smuggling case

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday said they have attached two properties of a key accused in a case related to the smuggling of 102 kg of heroin from Afghanistan via the Attari border.
The properties belong to Razi Haider Zaidi, a notorious heroin smuggler from Okhla Vihar, New Delhi.
The NIA said the immovable properties was attached under section 68(F) of the NDPS Act include a residential plot measuring 121.35 sq.metres in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, which the accused had purchased in his name for Rs 4 lakhs.
The second property is a residential two-stroreyed building in Okhla Vihar, purchased for Rs 24.5 lakhs in the name of Zaidi’s wife.
According to the NIA, Zaidi purchased the two properties from the sale proceeds of heroin.
He was arrested by the NIA on August 24, 2022 and a charge sheet against him, along with three other co-accused persons, was filed on December 16 under various sections of the NDPS Act.
The drug consignment of a total of 102.784 kg heroin was seized by Indian Customs department on April 24 and 26, 2022.
The narcotics, which had reached Attari on April 22 were found concealed in a consignment of licorice roots.
NIA investigations revealed that Zaidi was the receiver of the consignment.
The probe further revealed that on the directions of Zaidi’s Dubai-based absconding co-accused Shahid Ahmed, the heroin consignment was sent Nazir Ahmed Qani, a smuggler from Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan.
It was supposed to be delivered to Zaidi who had handed over Rs 11 lakhs in cash to another accused as advance payment of the said consignment.
Further investigations revealed that Shahid Ahmed had directed Zaidi to collect and deliver heroin consignments from various parts in India from time to time who had delivered them to different associates.
Zaidi had also collected cash around Rs 2.5 crore from various states in India, as sale proceeds of heroin, the NIA said.
From this, he had taken his share and had channelised some of the drug proceeds into Shahid Ahmed’s bank account.
He handed over the rest as cash to Shahid’s brother Azeem Ahmed and other associates.
In February 2022, Zaidi Shahid Ahmed and Qani had smuggled heroin concealed in licorice roots imported from Afghanistan.
The NCB had recovered 50 kg heroin from Zaidi’s possession, following which a charge sheet was filed against him.
“It has come on record that accused Zaidi is a notorious drug smuggler and supplier and in February 2022, he had imported 640 cans of chemicals through Iran for processing heroin at his rented godown in Muzaffarnagar, with the assistance of Afghan nationals sent by the Afghan based accused Shahid Ahmed.
“The said narcotics were later seized by NCB, New Delhi in a joint operation with ATS, Gujarat,” the NIA said.
Investigations have also unearthed that in November 2021, on the instructions of Shahid Ahmed, Zaidi and two of his associates namely Avtar Singh and Mohd. Imran had gone to Ahmedabad twice for collection of narcotics, which they brought to Delhi and supplied to their assaociates.
Apart from the above mentioned instances of drugs smuggling in which accused Zaidi was arrested by different law enforcement agencies, he had successfully smuggled heroin and collected money derived from its sales from various places of Punjab, Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat.
Initially, the case was investigated by Indian Customs, Amritsar and later, under directions of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, NIA took over the prove.
Crime
Kolkata law college rape: Monojit Mishra made 16 calls in 3 hours, police probe details

Kolkata, July 4: Monojit Mishra, one of the three accused and reportedly the main architect in the law college student gang-rape case, made as many as 16 calls in three hours after the crime incident took place on the evening of June 25.
Those call details are currently being examined by the investigating sleuths, and at the same time, the process of interrogation of those with whom Mishra conversed during that period has started.
The tower locations of the mobile phones of the three accused, namely Mishra, Jaib Ahmed and Pramit Mukhopadhyay, during that period are being tracked by the investigating officials to have an idea of the places they went to immediately after the crime.
Sources said that one of the calls that Mishra made from his mobile phone during that period was to a member of the governing body of the same college. Although the governing body member concerned has already been questioned by the investigating officials, the latter are not willing to disclose anything on the interrogation findings for the sake of the investigation.
This week, the investigation into the case was handed over to the Detective Department of the city police, which has started the probe process by adding new sections against the three prime accused persons.
Before Detective Department took over the charge of the investigation, the three accused persons were charged under sections on rape. However, with the Detective Department taking over the investigation sections relating to abduction and causing injuries with weapons were also slapped on the three.
On Friday morning, around 3 a.m., the sleuths of the detective department reached the campus of the law college in Kolkata along with the three accused for reenactment of the incident.
Sources said that the findings of the reenactment process will be cross-checked with the statement given by the victim soon after the event of sexual harassment took place last week. Earlier, a member of the special investigation team, which was initially investigating the matter, had gone to the college campus with the victim for reenactment purposes.
The woman, a student of the South Calcutta Law College, was allegedly raped by two senior students and an alumnus of the institute in the guard’s room on June 25. Apart from the three, the college guard has been arrested in the case so far.
Crime
ED raids eight locations linked to ex-Cong MLA Amba Prasad in Jharkhand

Ranchi, July 4: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday carried out raids at eight locations linked to close associates of former Congress MLA Amba Prasad from Jharkhand’s Barkagaon Assembly constituency.
The raids are part of an ongoing money laundering probe involving a prominent company engaged in coal transportation, infrastructure, and the power sector.
According to sources, simultaneous searches were conducted in Ranchi, Hazaribagh, and Barkagaon.
Among the locations searched are the residence of Amba Prasad’s aide Sanjeet in Kishoreganj (Ranchi) and the homes of her personal assistants — Sanjeev Sao, Manoj Dangi, and Pancham Kumar — in Barkagaon.
Security forces have been deployed in large numbers at all the premises where raids are being conducted.
This move comes months after the ED conducted a similar crackdown between March 12 and March 14 this year, targeting Amba Prasad, her father, and former Minister Yogendra Sao, brother Ankit Raj, and several other relatives and associates.
During those raids, the agency had seized Rs 35 lakh in cash, digital devices, fake stamps of banks and government offices, handwritten receipts, diaries, and other incriminating documents.
Officials believe that the current searches are based on evidence and leads gathered during the earlier raids. The ED is now closely examining documents related to financial transactions, land deals, and mining activities.
Ten companies reportedly registered in the names of Amba Prasad and her family members are under scrutiny.
Earlier, the ED had questioned Amba Prasad, her father Yogendra Sao, and her brother Ankit Raj at its zonal office in Ranchi in connection with the same case.
Amba Prasad was elected to the Jharkhand Assembly from Barkagaon in 2019 on a Congress ticket. Her parents — Yogendra Sao and Nirmala Devi — have also represented the same constituency in the past.
Crime
Delhi Police arrest notorious cyber stalker in Palam

CRIME
New Delhi, July 2: A 21-year-old man was arrested in Delhi’s Palam village for allegedly harassing a college student by creating fake Instagram accounts and using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to generate objectionable content.
The accused was persistently stalking and defaming the victim, a college-going girl, through multiple fake Instagram profiles, Amit Goel, Deputy Commissioner of Police, South West District, said in a statement.
The complainant approached the Cyber Police Station, West District, on June 16, reporting that the accused was daily creating new accounts using her photographs, posting them with derogatory captions, and targeting her and her followers.
Acting on the complaint, the police registered a case under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
“In view of the seriousness of the matter, a dedicated team led by SI Priyanka was formed to identify and apprehend the accused,” the statement added.
A team of PS Cyber, South-West District, arrested the notorious cyber stalker and recovered the smartphone used in the commission of the offence, the statement read.
During the investigation, it came to the fore that the accused was impersonating a female using a profile picture taken from the victim’s public Instagram account, the police said.
The police said the accused further used AI tools to convert the images into sexually explicit content and uploaded these edited pictures through fake Instagram stories.
Despite efforts to mask his identity by not linking any accounts to verifiable mobile numbers or Gmail IDs, the cyber team used advanced technical analysis to track the suspect to the Palam area of South-West Delhi. Multiple raids were conducted before he was successfully arrested.
The accused, whose identity has been withheld, confessed to the crime during interrogation, the police statement read.
Further investigation is underway.
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