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Haryana Police confirms that the ‘masked man’ was forced by farmer union leaders to make false allegations against police

OpIndia Staff - 23 January, 2021

While the masked man had said he was tasked by inspector Pradeep to kill farmer leaders, there is no inspector by that name

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Noida, Ghaziabad, Prayagraj, Kanpur: Hoax bomb threats ahead of Republic Day keep Uttar Pradesh police on tenterhooks

OpIndia Staff - 23 January, 2021

Fear and panic has the state of Uttar Pradesh in its grips after at least six hoax bomb threats were reported from Noida, Ghaziabad, Allahabad and Kanpur

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Photos of 4 ‘farmer’ leaders recovered from ‘masked man’ Yogesh, planted by farmers to make the fake murder plot believable: Details

OpIndia Staff - 23 January, 2021

'Masked man' Yogesh Singh was propped by the 'farmer' leaders claiming that he was part of a plot to murder four farmer leaders

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Kerala: Forest officials arrest 5 accused of killing and eating a leopard cub, were planning to sell nails, teeth skin weighing 50 kgs

OpIndia Staff - 23 January, 2021

While poaching of wild animals is not uncommon, the forest officials were shocked to learn that the miscreants consumed the meat of the leopard.

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Delhi Court convicts AAP MLA for assaulting AIIMS security staff in 2016, could go to jail for up to 2 years: Details

OpIndia Staff - 23 January, 2021

AAP MLA Somnath Bharti was convicted Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi for assaulting security staff at AIIMS Delhi in 2016

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NIA arrests Naxals of CPI (Maoist) for distributing pro-Maoist brochures and radicalising youth, accused was teacher in tuition centre

OpIndia Staff - 23 January, 2021

Vijayan worked with the banned CPI (Maoist) organisation's publication wing and translated radical Maoist literature from English to Malayalam.

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NCB busts drug racket based out of Pakistan and Sri Lanka after seizing heroin worth Rs 1,000 crore from a boat

OpIndia Staff - 22 January, 2021

NCB and the Indian Coast Guard had intercepted a vessel near the Tuticorin Port and found 95.87 kg of heroin in November 2020

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Elephant in viral video where a forest official was seen crying profusely over its death was injured by burning tyre in horrific attack: Details

OpIndia Staff - 22 January, 2021

An elephant has died in Masinagudi in the Nilgiri district of Tamil Nadu after locals attempted to chase it away with fire.

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‘Money earned in drug sale was used to finance anti-India activities’: NCB busts Dawood Ibrahim aide’s drug factory

OpIndia Staff - 22 January, 2021

The arrested Chiku Pathan is said to be a close aide fo Dawood Ibrahim. He is one of the biggest drug lords of Mumbai and manufactures Mephedrone from multiple factories.

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