Remdesivir: International drug smuggling racket busted

The Special Task Force of West Bengal Police has arrested a Bangladeshi national for allegedly assisting the prime suspects in the murder of Bangladeshi youth activist Sharif Osman Hadi to illegally enter India after the December 12 killing in Dhaka. The accused, Philip Sangma, was apprehended from Nadia district following intelligence inputs. Police said Sangma allegedly arranged the suspects’ illegal border crossing and helped them move through different locations to evade arrest. Investigators believe he was operating as a border tout and facilitating illegal crossings in exchange for money, prompting authorities to widen the probe into the cross-border network involved in the case.