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Evening brief: Indian Army JCO abducted from his Manipur home, ED attaches Rohit Pawar's assets worth ₹50 cr; more news
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A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the Indian Army was abducted from his home in Manipur's Thoubal district on Friday, PTI reported, citing officials. The JCO, identified as Konsam Kheda Singh, was on leave when some people barged into his home in Charangpat Mamang Leikai village at around 9 am and took him in a vehicle. Officials said that while the cause of the abduction is not known, initial reports suggest that the case appears to be of extortion as Singh's family had received such threats in the past. A coordinated search operation has been launched by all security agencies to rescue the JCO, according to PTI. This is the fourth such incident since the commencement of the conflict in Manipur wherein soldiers while on leave, on duty or their relatives have been targeted. Dig Deeper
The Enforcement Directorate on Friday attached assets worth over ₹50 crore of a sugar mill owned by Sharad Pawar's grandnephew Rohit Pawar. Rohit Pawar is a 38-year-old MLA from Karjat-Jamkhed who emerged as a strong leader of Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party after Ajit Pawar's exit. Rohit Pawar was earlier summoned by the ED in connection with a ration scam. A total of 161.30 acres of land, plant, machinery and building of the Kannad Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Limited (Kannad SSK) located in Kannad village of Aurangabad district has been provisionally attached under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the ED said in a statement. Dig Deeper
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