Five more arrested for Azad Maidan violence
24 Aug 2012 3:26 PM IST
Five more alleged rioters have been arrested in connection with the Azad Maidan violence here, taking the total number of arrests in the case so far to 48, police said today.
The five were apprehended from the city after they were clearly seen in the CCTV footages indulging in violence at Azad Maidan, police said, but did not divulge their names.
During the last two days, 19 people were arrested from various parts of the city, police said adding that two of them, identified as Niyazuddin Shaikh (28) and Mohammed Hussain Ansari (21), were produced before a metropolitan magistrate court yesterday which remanded them in police custody till August 28.
Two youths were killed and 52, including 44 policemen, injured on 11 August when a rally called to protest alleged atrocities on Muslims in Assam and Myanmar turned violent.
The protesters went on a rampage, attacking the police, including some women constables, torching media and police vehicles, smashing cameras of photo journalists and damaging buses.
PILOTLESS LAKSHYA-1 TEST FLOWN SUCCESSFULLY
BALASORE (Odisha) India's indigenously developed, micro-light pilot-less target aircraft 'Lakshya-1' was successfully test flown from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur near here on Thursday.
Lakshya-1, fitted with an advanced digitally controlled engine, was test flown from the launch complex-2 of the ITR at about 12.15 pm
successfully, defence sources said.
The test was carried out to check the validity of its engine and duration enhancement, they said, adding that usually the flight duration of the six-foot-long micro light aircraft is 30 to 35 minutes.
Lakshya-1, a sub-sonic, re-usable aerial target system, is remote controlled from the ground and designed to impart training to both air borne and air defence pilots.
It is launched by a solid propellant rocket motor, and sustained by a turbojet engine in flight.
The PTA has been developed by India’s aeronautic development establishment, Bangalore to perform discreet aerial reconnaissance of battle field and target acquisition. Lakshya has been inducted into the Indian Air Force since 2000.
The five were apprehended from the city after they were clearly seen in the CCTV footages indulging in violence at Azad Maidan, police said, but did not divulge their names.
During the last two days, 19 people were arrested from various parts of the city, police said adding that two of them, identified as Niyazuddin Shaikh (28) and Mohammed Hussain Ansari (21), were produced before a metropolitan magistrate court yesterday which remanded them in police custody till August 28.
Two youths were killed and 52, including 44 policemen, injured on 11 August when a rally called to protest alleged atrocities on Muslims in Assam and Myanmar turned violent.
The protesters went on a rampage, attacking the police, including some women constables, torching media and police vehicles, smashing cameras of photo journalists and damaging buses.
PILOTLESS LAKSHYA-1 TEST FLOWN SUCCESSFULLY
BALASORE (Odisha) India's indigenously developed, micro-light pilot-less target aircraft 'Lakshya-1' was successfully test flown from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur near here on Thursday.
Lakshya-1, fitted with an advanced digitally controlled engine, was test flown from the launch complex-2 of the ITR at about 12.15 pm
successfully, defence sources said.
The test was carried out to check the validity of its engine and duration enhancement, they said, adding that usually the flight duration of the six-foot-long micro light aircraft is 30 to 35 minutes.
Lakshya-1, a sub-sonic, re-usable aerial target system, is remote controlled from the ground and designed to impart training to both air borne and air defence pilots.
It is launched by a solid propellant rocket motor, and sustained by a turbojet engine in flight.
The PTA has been developed by India’s aeronautic development establishment, Bangalore to perform discreet aerial reconnaissance of battle field and target acquisition. Lakshya has been inducted into the Indian Air Force since 2000.
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