Kalaburagi: Two people booked for circulating fake message against Muslims on WhatsApp
Kalaburagi: Afzalpur Police on Saturday booked two people for allegedly posting provocative and fake content message on social media against Muslims here.
The accused have been identified as Mahesh Shetty and Ramesh of Afzalpur in Kalaburagi District.
According to the reports the accused circulated a picture of a Muslim man on messaging app WhatsApp adding that he had tested positive for COVID-19 and had escaped from a hospital in Mandya asserting that the general public be aware and cautioned about the person as he was a Muslim.
Both the accused have been booked for triggering enmity and hatred between two communities by circulating fake and baseless messages on social media platforms. A senior police official added the department was working towards nabbing the two accused.
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FDA cancels licences of 13 medical stores, suspends 32 over sale of intoxicant tablets in Nanded
Nanded (PTI): The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cancelled the licences of 13 medical stores and suspended those of 32 in Nanded district over alleged sale of intoxicant tablets, officials have said.
As part of a drive, the FDA had issued show-cause notices to 48 medical stores for selling intoxicant tablets without a doctor’s prescription and for violating the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, Assistant Commissioner (Drugs) AT Rathod said in a release on Wednesday.
After the explanations submitted were found unsatisfactory, the licences of 32 medical stores were suspended, while the licences of 13 stores were permanently cancelled. Action has been proposed against the remaining three medical stores, it said.
In some cases, the FDA said, the medical stores have secured stay orders at the government level, and proceedings against them are currently pending before higher authorities.
