Shillong: A Bangladeshi spy was arrested in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills district when he sneaked into India, an official said yesterday.
“Gorango Hajong, an agent of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) was arrested on Monday night from Nokchi in West Garo Hills bordering Bangladesh,” said Border Security Force (BSF) spokesman Ravi Gandhi.
Hajong, a resident of Jenaighati area in Bangladesh’s Sherpur district, is also a linkman of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), the BSF official said. “Hajong is a prized catch for us and we are still interrogating him to find out his plans and his other activities in the region,” Gandhi said. Gandhi said Hajong has confessed that he was working with the ULFA and facilitating the trans-border movements of ULFA cadres.
Meghalaya shares a 443km border with Bangladesh, part of which is porous, hilly, unfenced and prone to frequent infiltration.
BSF troopers seized Yaba tablets (chemical drugs) worth `30,000 and a mobile phone with two Bangladeshi SIM cards from Hajong’s possession.
Bihar panchayat bans mobile phones in school
Patna: A panchayat in Bihar has banned the use of mobile phones by school students and told girl students not to wear “provocative dresses”.
“Both decisions were taken by panchayat members in view of increasing cases of rape,” panchayat head Sushma Singh of Matpa in Aurangabad district said.
Teachers of government-schools have been asked to strictly implement both orders, she said.
According to her, students from Class 6 to 12 have been banned from taking mobile phones to schools. “The mobile phone is the cause of all evils in our society, including increasing love affairs and incidents of elopement,” she said. The panchayat has asked school girls not to wear “provocative dresses”. A local official said the panchayat orders had no legal basis.
13-year-old Indian held over bomb threat in Singapore
Singapore: A 13-year-old boy, believed to be from India but attending school in Singapore, was arrested here after he allegedly threatened to plant bombs in a local casino resort, a media report said yesterday.
The boy said in a Facebook post that the day he leaves Singapore, he is going to take “a big big revenge” and “spit everywhere” and “plant bombs on Marina Bay Sands”, Xinhua quoted the Straits Times as saying.
Police said they were in touch with the school the student listed on his Facebook page. The boy, who cannot be named as he is a minor, is believed to have posted the threat last week. The offence is punishable with a fine of 100,000 Singapore dollars ($80,000) or imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, or both.
Over 800 booked in Mumbai for drunken driving
Mumbai: Over 800 motorists were booked in Mumbai for drunken driving on the New Year’s eve and early yesterday, police said. According to a traffic police official, as many as 840 revellers were fined and detained for driving under the influence of alcohol while ringing in the New Year.
“Those charged face a punishment of up to six months in jail or `2,000 as penalty or both,” he said.
“Even as the celebrations went off peacefully, this year saw nearly 100 more revellers being fined for drunken driving. Last year we had fined 749 revellers,” the official said.IANS
