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It was contended on behalf of him that NCB officers, who searched his bag, vitiated the investigation by not telling him that he had a right under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act to be searched in presence of a gazetted officer or a magistrate. A division bench said this contention deserves to be rejected because only when the person of an accused is to be searched is he required to be informed about this right and in this case heroin was found from a bag belonging to the appellant and not from his possession.

13 killed in Rajasthan road mishaps

JAIPUR: Thirteen people were killed and 20 injured in three road accidents in Rajasthan since Sunday.

Six passengers travelling in a stateroadways bus were killed and 14 injured when it overturned near Suket in Jhalawar district. In Bhilwara district, five persons were killed and six injured when the jeep in which they were travelling collided with a truck near Gulabpura. In the third road mishap, a woman and child were crushed to death by a truck near Gujar-ki-Thadi on the outskirts of Jaipur.

Ultras attack Tripura puja pandal

AGARTALA: Suspected militants of the National Liberation Front of Tripura attacked a Durga Puja pandal in Tripura8217;s West district early on Sunday and smashed the images.

Police said about 10 to 15 ultras, dressed in black fatigues, broke into the pandal erected by a local club at Batapora village in West Tripura8217;s Ramchandraghat area and destroyed the Durga pantheon. The puja organisers fled the area after the attack. The rebels carried away the head of goddess Durga.

Naxal couple arrested in Andhra

HYDERABAD: A Naxalite couple and a local village sarpanch, who provided food and shelter to them,were arrested at Bhupalpally in Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh on Sunday. The banned Peoples8217; War Group, Chityala Dalam squad commander G Chokkaiah alias Gattanna and his wife M Shyamala alias Jyotakka, a Dalam member, were arrested while they were returning to the village after medical checkup . The Naredupalli village sarpanch, who had taken them for seeking medical help, was also arrested.

Dead whale washed ashore

HUBLI: A dead whale weighing about 15 tonnes was washed ashore at Mavinakurve near Batlal about 200 km from here.

Directorate of Marine Research Centre sources said that the 40 ft long mammal was normally found in Atlantic and Pacific oceans. This was for the first time such kind of whale was found in Indian coastal area after several decades. Thousands of people from Karwar thronged the Mavinakurve sea shore to see the whale.