Agartala: Two persons from UP were sentenced to 12 years of rigorous imprisonment in an NDPS case by a special court in Sepahijala district of Tripura on Friday. A penalty of Rs 1 lakh has also been imposed on them.
The truck was carrying about 300 packets containing 47,984 bottles of a banned cough syrup along with 300 bags of animal fodder. Two individuals from Uttar Pradesh were handed a 12-year prison sentence for drug trafficking in Tripura. The duo was apprehended last June transporting over 47,000 bottles of illegal cough syrup concealed within a truckload of animal feed. Two individuals from Uttar Pradesh, Pintu Shukla and Rajendra Singh, were sentenced to 12 years of rigorous imprisonment by a special court in Tripura.
The contraband was seized and driver Pintu Shukla, along with his helper, Rajendra Singh, were arrested. After a year-long hearing, special judge Debasish Kar found both of them guilty of transportation of contraband items and awarded them rigorous imprisonment. Following a year-long legal process, the court found them guilty and imposed a hefty fine in addition to the prison term. The duo was apprehended in June of the previous year while transporting a significant quantity of banned cough syrup concealed within a truckload of animal fodder.
Acting on a tip off, police had in June last year intercepted a truck coming from UP with animal fodder for the Devipur cattle farm under Madhupur PS of Sepahijala.
Two brothers in North Tripura were sentenced to 20 years in prison for the repeated rape and blackmail of a minor girl. The abuse, which started in 2021, came to light when the victim became pregnant. The court found them guilty under the POCSO Act and other sections of the IPC.