
Karipur gold smugglers have inter-State links: Customs
The Hindu
Current case only a tip of the iceberg, says report
The accused in the Karipur gold smuggling case have connections with inter-State smuggling rackets and the current case is “only a tip of the iceberg,” according to Customs authorities. Customs officials came up with these details in the remand extension report of Arjun Ayanki, the second accused in the case. According to the report, it was intriguing that the “channel and destination of the proceeds of smuggling” in Kerala were still unknown. The channel and the destination of the proceeds of the smuggling needs to be thoroughly investigated considering the economic and security impacts of the illegal activities, the Customs submitted.
In , the grape capital of India and host of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela every 12 years, environmental concerns over a plan to cut 1,800 trees for the proposed Sadhugram project in the historic Tapovan area have sharpened political fault lines ahead of local body elections. The issue has pitted both Sena factions against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra. While Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief, and Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena (UBT), remain political rivals, their parties have found rare common ground in Tapovan, where authorities propose clearing trees across 34 acres to build Sadhugram and a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) hub, as part of a ₹300-crore infrastructure push linked to the pilgrimage.












