The anti-drugs agency or the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has secured the freezing of immovable properties worth Rs 9.20 crore linked to a major amphetamine trafficking case, coming down heavily on narco-financing.

Avinash Dhodi, the prime accused in the abduction and murder of his brother and Palghar Shiv Sena leader Ashok Dhodi, was apprehended from Silvassa in the early hours of Sunday after evading police for five months, officials said.

The Defence Ministry is going to take up Rs 10,000 crore proposal to buy three sophisticated spy planes to help Indian Air Force get a clear air-to-ground picture to carry out precision strikes against enemy ground targets.