An officer of the Odisha State Police Housing Welfare Corporation, who allegedly amassed ill-gotten wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income, threw away bundles of currency notes worth Rs 10 lakh on a neighbour's terrace here to thwart a raid by the anti-corruption vigilance department on Monday.
For the second time this year, the Enforcement Directorate on Thursday raided the properties and office premises of lottery baron Santiago Martin and his relatives in Chennai and Coimbatore.
The team on Tuesday morning reached the residences of the five officers simultaneously.
The NIA team supported by a significant police force conducted search operation in Useli village under the Aamabeda police station jurisdiction.
As part of the drive to check drug menace, Telangana’s Prohibition and Excise Department conducted raids on several pubs and bars in Hyderabad and adjoining Rangareddy district.
In another raid, the Central paramilitary troopers along with Mizoram police on Thursday recovered three pistols, 174 live rounds, three kg explosives, nine detonators, and other such stores including Improvised Explosive Devices from a jungle at Hmawngbu village.
Bengaluru city police launched a surprise raid and search operation on the houses of rowdies across Bengaluru. Around 400 rowdies have been picked up for questioning.
Raids were also carried out at five locations, in May, as part of the probe under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Maharashtra is facing a massive scarcity of Remdesivir and despite the Centre last week ordering price control on the injection, the supplies remain erratic.
Acting on a tip-off, the Birbhum district police raided an unauthorised godown and seized huge quantities of ammonium nitrate powder…
