AR Col remanded to judicial custody Aizawl, May 19 (NNN): Suspended Commandant of the the Aizawl-based 39th Assam Rifles Col Jasjit Singh, one of the prime accused in the smuggled gold robbery case, was on Wednesday remanded to judicial custody by a local court. Singh, who was in police custody for 13 days after his arrest on May 5 was sent to the Central Jail in Tanhril near Aizawl after the court order. Meanwhile, a local court also granted anticipatory bail to one accused CS Thanga. The accused CS Thanga had applied for anticipatory bail on May 3 and initially the court granted him interim bail. On Tuesday, the anticipatory bail plea of CS Thanga was re-considered by a court accordingly which District & Session judge Lucy Lalrinthari granted the anticipatory bail. CS Thanga told police that he informed Col. Singh about the gold smuggling which the latter denied saying he received only information about arms smuggling. Thanga also told police that he has given the number of the vehicle used to smuggle the gold bars to Col. Singh after he was informed by one Lalmuanawma Mathipi. Singh however, denied that he received information about the gold smuggling and said that he ordered his men to waylay the vehicle that smuggled arms at Seiling. BSF patrol ambushed in Manipur Imphal, May 19 (IANS): Suspected militants ambushed a BSF patrol party at Heirok in Manipur's Thoubal district along the India-Myanmar border on Thursday. The BSF personnel escaped unhurt. Police sources told IANS that the militants hurled two bombs at the patrol party of the 50 Bn BSF returning from a foot patrol to their camp. Besides, a few shots were also fired from automatic rifles. The patrolling party fired in return but the militants managed to escape. Police have registered a case in Thursday's ambush but no arrests have been made. Sources said that once the identity of the militant outfit is established, it would be conveyed to the union home ministry. Meanwhile, all police stations and camps of the security forces were put on alert.
