The National Investigation Agency on Tuesday, January 16,2024, filed a chargesheet against five persons, including “designated individual terrorist” Lakhbir Singh Rode, in a case related to cross-border smuggling of arms into Punjab via drones. Among those arraigned are accused Ranjot, Taranjot Singh alias Tanna, and Gurjit Singh of Gurdaspur in Punjab, besides Rehmat Ali, an alleged Pakistan-based smuggler. The case …
The National Investigation Agency probing the Kerala gold smuggling scam grilled Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's former principal secretary M Sivasankar for nine hours on Monday at the NIA office in Kochi. The IAS officer has become a key aspect in the case due to his connections with Swapna Suresh, one of the main accused in the gold smuggling case. On …