16-09-2022 The Asian Independent

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Drugs valued at Rs 200 crore
seized, SIX ARRESTED
Porbandar : Gujarat Anti
Terrorist Squad and Indian Coast
Guard (ICG) have seized 40 kg
heroin valued at Rs 200 crore from a
Pakistani fishing boat and arrested
six persons in this connection near
the International Maritime Border
Line (IMBL).
During the intervening night of
September 13 and 14, on a specific
intelligence input, the ICG strategically
deployed two fast interceptor
class of ships, C-408 and C-454 for
patrolling in areas close to the
IMBL.
During midnight, the Pakistani
boat was observed moving suspiciously
in Indian waters, 5 nm
TN: History-sheeter
gets police protection
for WEDDING
Chennai :
Tamil Nadu police
have courted controversy
over providing
protection
to history-sheeter
Naresh Babu during
his marriage.
Police were present
in every nook
and corner of the
wedding hall when
Naresh Babu walked up the dias for
the rituals. As per police, he was
given protection as a rival gang had
plans to eliminate him during his
wedding. Apparently, Naresh Babu
(35) of Nadvarupettu has several
criminal cases pending against him
at Somangalam police station and
on his wedding day, a rival gang was
planning to kill him. A large number
of police from Kancheepuram station
were seen frisking the guests
who were arriving at the high-profile
wedding.
Naresh Babu was allegedly
involved in the recent beheading in
the Somangalam police station limits
a month ago and there was a
death threat to him from the rival
gang. He married a woman from
Kodambakkam.
All the vehicles that arrived at the
wedding hall were checked to prevent
any goon entering the hall in
plain clothes and attacking the
groom.
Sources in police told IANS that
Naresh Babu was asked to wind up
the celebrations before 10 p.m. and
that bloodshed be avoided.
However, police said that no
unwanted element was present in
the wedding hall as maximum precautions
were taken to prevent any
untoward incident.
inside notional IMBL and 40 nm
from Jakhau.
On being challenged, the
Pakistani boat over boarded a consignment
and started evasive
maneuvering, the ICG said in a
statement.
The consignment was skillfully
recovered by one of the two ICG
Jakarta : Representatives of
G20 countries have agreed to introduce
an assessment instrument to
measure how far each country's
policies have accommodated the
needs of people with disabilities.
The agreement was concluded at
the Sixth G20 Employment
Working Group (EWG) meeting in
Bali, which mainly discussed inclusive
job opportunities.
"We aim to ensure that workers
with disabilities could have the
ships and found to be a drug haul.
"On visual examination, the drug
is believed to be heroin with quantity
approx. 40 kg and market value of
Rs 200 crore. The other ICG ship,
braving very rough seas in pitch
dark night and marginal weather
conditions, maneuvered and stopped
the boat," the ICG added.
same opportunities as other workers.
Thus, we agree to formulate an
instrument that can evaluate
whether the policies in every country
have been friendly with the disabled
people and how far their realisations
of affirmative actions for
the people with disabilities,"
Secretary General of Indonesia's
Manpower Ministry Anwar Sanusi
said on Tuesday in a written statement
released after the G20 EWG
meeting.
The boat is being brought to
Jakhau for further joint investigation
by all agencies.
This is the fifth such joint operation
by the ICG and ATS, Gujarat in
the last one year in which huge
quantity of narcotics is seized and
those involved in the crime are
arrested.
G20 members to introduce
assessment tool to evaluate
affirmative policies for disabled people
The G20 EWG, he added, also
raised other development issues,
including the development of
capacity of human resources and
social protection in the working
environment.
"Inclusive job creation is one of
the issues raised by Indonesia's G20
Presidency at the EWG meeting
that will later be discussed further at
the Labor and Employment
Ministers Meeting held tomorrow
(Wednesday)," Sanusi said.