Three Bangladeshis arrested in city, sent to police custody
Kolkata: Three Bangladeshi nationals, who did not have valid documents for entering the country, have been arrested from the city and remanded to police custody, police said on Sunday. “Acting on a tip-off, three Bangladeshis– Nur Hossein, Zaman and Salim– were last night arrested from the Kaikhali area of Baguihati. They did not have any valid documents,” Deputy Commissioner, Detective Department of Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate, Arnab Ghosh, said. According to the police, the three are dreaded criminals of Bangladesh and have several cases registered against them there. (PTI)
Litchi sales, export hit by encephalitis syndrome
Patna: Lucrative business of ‘shahi-litchi’ has been hit in last three days after experts collected samples of litchi to identify the virus strain that has claimed the lives of over 70 children in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district, officials said. Traders and exporters of ‘shahi-litchi’ are worried as their sale has fallen substantially and export orders are markedly down following reports that there might be some litchi link with the outbreak of suspected acute encephalitis syndrome (AES). “We have witnessed nearly 40 percent decline in sale of litchis in the last three days after it was reported that AES has some connection with this sweet and juicy summer fruit,” K.P. Thakur, managing director of Litchica International, said Saturday. (IANS)
Nine students arrested for anti-Modi remarks in campus magazine
Guruvayur: Nine students of the Sree Krishna college here were on Sunday arrested in the case pertaining to their campus magazine containing unsavoury remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, police said. Those arrested, and let off on bail soon, included Student Editor of the magazine, its sub-editors and editorial advisory committee members, police said. They had been charged under various Sections of the IPC including 153 (wantonly giving provocation, punishment for defamation and printing matter known to be defamatory). (PTI)