Odisha: Over Rs 1 crore brown sugar seized, drug peddler arrested
Since 2020, the STF has seized more than 70 kilograms of brown sugar from across the state.
Since 2020, the STF has seized more than 70 kilograms of brown sugar from across the state.
A case was registered at the Goalpokhar Police Station under the Arms Act of 1959, said the officials.
Mohd Asad, son of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad, along with shooter Ghulam, has been shot dead in an encounter by a team of Special Task Force (STF) in Jhansi.
The accused persons identified as Mahadev Mutkia was apprehended near Bijadihi Chhaka under Padampur Police Station jurisdiction.
The accused person has been handed over to Padmapur Forest Officials for further legal action and the live pangolin was handed over to District Forest Officer (DFO) Bargarh for safe custody, said Odisha IG STF.
Police said the arrested accused has been identified as Rajendra Singh, a resident of village Shahjajipur, district Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh.
Police said three bodies of old women were found at different places on July 4, December 17 and December 30 in Ramsanehighat Kotwali area.
74 cattle being illegally transported to slaughterhouses in West Bengal were rescued during a raid at Juriaghati Chowk in Keonjhar district.
The Indian pangolin is a Schedule-I protected animal under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
Since 2020, the STF has seized 61 kilo grams of brown sugar, said Jay Narayan Pankaj, Deputy Inspector General of Police, STF.
