Port Blair, Feb. 17: As part of the drive against sale of illegal CDs and Gambling activities, the A & N Police has solved two case of sale of porn CDs and gambling activities.
In the first case, acting on a secret information a Police team led by SHO PS Pahrgaon SI P.K. Abdul Arif SHO PS Pahargaon alongwith the staff of Anti-Burglary Squad of PS Aberdeen comprising of ASI M.
Abdul Rasheed, HC Sanjay Kujur, HC Surya Narayan, PC Ashish Mallick, PC Rakesh Toppo and PC M. Raja Rao raided a shop on 12th February at Bathubasti and seized a big haul of pornographic Compact Discs and the Computer hardware used for making copies of such CDs & Pen Drives. The person selling pornographic CDs has been identified as one Sita Ram Yadav.
Upon this, a case vide Crime No. 24/13, dated 12/02/2013, u/s 292 IPC has been registered at PS Pahargaon and the accused person (owner of the shop) Sita Ran Yadav, (26) yrs. R/o New Pahargaon has been arrested..
Continuing with its crackdown on gambling activities, Aberdeen police has arrested five persons on 14th February (Thursday) under A&N Islands Gambling Regulation, 1956. Acting on information, the Anti- Burglary squad of PS Aberdeen led by ASI M. Abdul Rasheed raided a gambling den near Cattle Pond at Anarkali in the evening and nabbed five persons, namely Mohd. Hussain (40) yrs, Mohd. Arif (36) yrs r/o Garacharma, Deepak Lall (32) yrs r/o Mohanpura, Roop Singh (43) yrs r/o Prem Nagar, M. Arul (33) r/o Wimberlygunj. 52 Nos. playing cards and Rs. 42,025/- in cash were seized from the spot.
Police is keeping a strict vigil over anti- social and illegal activities in these Islands. The general public has been requested to pass on any credible information on narcotics substances, illegal sale of liquor, gambling or any other illegal activity on the following telephone numbers: 233077, 232400, 232405, 100 and 9434282817. The informant will be rewarded and his/her identity will be kept secret, a communication from the SP South Andaman District said here.