PEDDLER HELD WITH DRUGS WORTH RS 40 LAKH
SAHARANPUR: A woman, allegedly a drug peddler, has been arrested with contraband worth Rs 40 Lakh in her possession, police here said on Saturday. “Sonam, a drug peddler, was arrested Friday night by our team from near a graveyard in the Dada Pir area. The police team recovered 395 grams of smack from her possession which is estimated to be worth Rs 40 Lakh,” senior superintendent of police (SSP), Saharanpur, Akash Tomar said.
A case under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act has been lodged against her, he said.
The arrest was made under an ongoing drive against drug smugglers in the district. “A police team is interrogating the woman to ascertain the course from where she got hold of the drug and the people she intended to supply it to,” the SSP said.
LUCKNOW : When Shahil Soni, 23, of Mumbai entered the premises of Indian Institute of Management (IIML), Lucknow, on Thursday to study there, his father’s last words “Tu Khub Padhai Karna” (you study hard) kept ringing in his ears as he took a round of the campus where his classes will start from July 1.
Belonging to a Marwari family, Shahil was about to complete his bachelor’s course in engineering (BE) when his father, who ran a jewellery retail shop in Mumbai, died in April 2019 due to diabetes-related complications. Unable to bear the shock, Shahil’s grandfather also passed away six months later.
“I graduated from an average college. I have been an average student all along. But it all changed when my dad passed away. His last words were the turning point in my career and there was no looking back,” said Shahil who earlier had no plans of cracking a tough competitive exam like Common Admission Test (CAT). It was after the death of his father that Shahil decided to get into the best management college in country.
Shahil, who scored 66.29% in graduation, gave his best in CAT 2021 exam to score 99.62 percentile and got admission at IIM, Lucknow.
Along with CAT, Shahil attempted a few other examinations like MAH-MBA CET in which he scored 99.85% but couldn’t get the college he wanted as he missed the chance by just 3 marks. .