New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Wednesday said it has arrested a woman at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here for allegedly trying to smuggle 2.39 kg of amphetamine.
NCB Deputy Director General Gyaneshwar Singh said the woman was identified as Syeeda Abida.
She had plans to travel from Delhi to Doha by a Qatar Airline flight but was apprehended at IGI Airport on March 10.
"During the investigation, it was revealed that said contraband was to be delivered at Doha as per direction of her friend namely one Mushtaqh who is a resident of California. Further direction to hand over the said contraband was supposed to be delivered in Doha by Mushtaqh," said Singh.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday slammed Rahul Gandhi for calling “all Modis” thieves, adding such a language did not behove the Congress chief.
Pakistan and India on Tuesday held a technical meeting to discuss the modalities for the corridor linking Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur to Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Gurdaspur district in Punjab.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Centre and various Muslim bodies, including All India Muslim Personal Law Board, on a petition filed by a Muslim couple from Pune seeking direction to allow Muslim women to offer namaz in all mosques.
Rohit Shekhar Tiwari, son of Uttarakhand’s former Chief Minister late N D Tiwari, was brought dead to a hospital in Delhi’s Saket on Tuesday. He was residing in Defence Colony.
