Aizawl, May 9 (IANS) Seventeen prisoners, including convicts and undertrial prisoners lodged in Mizoram’s Lunglei district jail, were allegedly illegally released using forged court documents and fake release orders, police said on Saturday. Most of the released inmates have since been traced and re-arrested.According to Mizoram Police, the 17 prisoners — including those convicted or facing trial under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Su…
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Aizawl, May 4 (IANS) The Assam Rifles, in collaboration with Mizoram Police, has seized highly addictive methamphetamine tablets valued at over Rs 38.78 crore in two separate operations and arrested three drug peddlers, including a Myanmar national, officials said on Monday.A defence spokesman said that in the first operation, the Assam Rifles, in a joint effort with Mizoram Police, recovered 3.46 kg of methamphetamine tablets valued at approximately Rs 10.40 crore from Zokhawthar in Champhai di…
Aizawl, April 30 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, before a special court in Aizawl against Jakir Hussain and 13 others in connection with an alleged fraudulent vehicle loan scam, the central probe agency sources said. The Central agency said that the ED, Aizawl Sub Zonal Office, has filed a Prosecution Complaint under Sections 44 and 45 of the PMLA, 2002, before the Special Court in Aizawl, ag…
Aizawl, April 28 (IANS) Mizoram Police have arrested an 18-year-old youth for circulating a fake office circular on social media that falsely declared a public holiday on April 27 due to heavy rainfall in the state, officials said on Tuesday. According to a senior police official, a complaint was received on April 27 at the Cyber Crime Police Station from the Under Secretary of the General Administration Department of the Government of Mizoram.The complaint alleged that a fabricated office circu…
Aizawl, April 1 (IANS) In a series of intensified crackdowns against drug trafficking and illegal activities, Mizoram Police have seized heroin and highly addictive methamphetamine tablets collectively valued at around Rs 25 crore, officials said on Wednesday. In separate operations carried out over the past three days, police arrested seven drug peddlers, including two Myanmar nationals, three individuals from Manipur, and one each from Assam and Mizoram.According to a police official, th…
New Delhi/Aizawl, March 31 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Tuesday that it has filed its first charge sheet before a court in Mizoram’s capital Aizawl in connection with a case involving fraudulent claims of government subsidy. The ED’s Aizawl Sub Zonal Office, has filed a charge sheet on March 30 under Section 45 read with Section 44 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, before the Special Court of the PMLA, 2002 in Aizawl, against Ravi Gulgulia and others for …
Aizawl, March 20 (IANS) The Assam Rifles, in coordination with the Mizoram Police, seized highly addictive methamphetamine tablets valued at over Rs 23.72 crore during a joint operation along the India-Myanmar border, officials said on Friday.A defence spokesperson said the operation was conducted near Hmunhmeltha Road in Champhai district, close to the international border with Myanmar.During the operation, security personnel found an abandoned truck in the border area. Upon conducting a thorou…
Aizawl, March 20 (IANS) Cyber crime is rapidly increasing in India, with more than 86,000 cases registered in 2023, Gauhati High Court Judge Justice Nelson Sailo said here on Friday. Addressing a one-day training programme on cyber crime, Justice Sailo noted that in 2017, the Supreme Court recognised the “Right to Privacy” as a Fundamental Right under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution. He said that following this landmark development, Parliament enacted the Digital Personal Data Protection A…
Aizawl, Feb 11 (IANS) Assam Rifles, in a joint operation with the state Police, seized 3.518 kg of morphine by arresting two drug peddlers in Mizoram, officials said on Wednesday. A defence spokesman said that acting on specific intelligence inputs about narcotics trafficking in the Ngopa area under Saitual district, Assam Rifles troops, along with the state Police and the Subsidiary Intelligence Bureau (SIB), launched a joint operation on Tuesday night.During the operation, the security personn…
Aizawl, Jan 26 (IANS) Mizoram Governor, Gen Vijay Kumar Singh (retd), on Monday said that the state government is firmly committed to enforcing prohibition laws, curbing drug abuse, and safeguarding public health and social order. Addressing the 77th Republic Day celebrations after unfurling the national flag at the main state function held at Lammual Ground here, the Governor said that from April 2025 till date, Mizoram Police have intensified their sustained campaign against illicit drugs and …