Dhubri continued to be the worst hit with 7,54,791 affected people, followed by Cachar with 1,77,928 people affected and Barpeta where 1,34,328 people have been hit

Four Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists who were shot dead in an encounter on Saturday night at Chinnigam used to stay in a hideout at Chinnigam Frisal in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district.

“They had created a bunker inside an almirah,” said an official, adding the involvement of locals for sheltering the terrorists is being investigated.

Two soldiers of the Indian Army were killed in action in the operation, while a total of six Hizbul terrorists were shot dead in separate encounters in south Kashmir’s Kulgam.

“In the first encounter in Madergam, a soldier was killed in action. In the second encounter in Chinigam in Kulgam, four terrorists were shot dead. A soldier was also killed in action,” Inspector General of Police VK Birdi told NDTV.

According to him, all the killed terrorists were affiliated to the Hizbul Mujahideen. “One of them was the local commander of the Hizbul,” he said.

The four terrorists shot dead in Chinigam have been identified as Yawar Bashir Dar, Zahid Ahmad Dar, Tawheed Ahmad Rather and Shakeel ah Wani. The two killed in Madergam have been identified as Faisal and Adil.

Para commando and Lance Naik Pradeep Nain was killed in action in Modergam; Havaldar Raj Kumar of 1 Rashtriya Rifles was killed in action in Chanigam village in Frisal area.

Although both encounters were reported from the interiors of Kulgam, security officials have reviewed the situation in view of the Amarnath yatra.

“The encounter sites were in the interiors of Kulgam and were away from the national highway. The police and other agencies are keeping a close watch. This success is a result of that,” an official said.

Twenty-four people who tested positive for narcotic drugs were arrested after searches were conducted on a pub as part of a joint operation by the Raidurgam police, special operations team of Cyberabad police, the Telangana anti-narcotics bureau and the Prohibition and Excise (State Task Force) teams.

The raid on “The Cave Pub”, Khajaguda, under the limits of Raidurgam police station, Cyberabad was carried out based on specific intelligence that an event by the name ‘Psychedelic Party’ was being held that encouraged consumption of narcotics and psychotropic drugs.

The Telangana Anti-Narcotics Bureau (TGANB) has set its target to bring down the large-scale drug abuse happening in pubs, hotels and other areas, and deputed the teams of TGANB and SOT, Cyberabad with newly procured technical equipment and conducted the raid.

As many as 24 drug and ganja consumers including employees of multinational companies, who tested positive for narcotics drugs, were arrested. DJ Sandeep Sharma tested positive for ganja and cocaine and another DJ Sai Gaurang also tested positive for ganja and meth.

As many as 24 people, including MNC employees, who tested positive for narcotic substances like ganja, meth, cocaine, were detained after raids on pub #TheCave where #PsychedelicParty was being held; their parents will be called in, they will be tested 5 times randomly for drugs pic.twitter.com/HEkJbkTP8U

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The managers of the pub, Abaullah Ayub, organiser-cum-DJ operator, and R Shekar Kumar, manager along with partners Rajesh, Abhinav, Sai Krishna and Sunny are suspected to have encouraged and allowed the drug consumers to celebrate the psychedelic party.

“The consumers voluntarily admitted to drug abuse. We have collected information about all the nodes in the entire chain. We will be calling their parents and elders of their families and make sure they join a de-addiction centre. They will be randomly tested five times and they have to test negative and also, we pray that they have not become addicted to weed and drugs,” a police officer said.

Just two days ago, students at Osmania Medical College were arrested while procuring ganja. The authorities say in recent times, the anti-drug forces have found several youth and students getting addicted to drugs, committing crime and involving in other anti-social activities. Several families have become victims of this menace.

The Telangana Anti-Narcotics Bureau, Hyderabad has appealed to youth and students not to fall prey to drugs and has requested parents to keep a watch on the activities of their children. The NCB said people can give information to police on 8712671111 to curtail such anti-social activities and strive for a drugs-free city.