Bomb threats at various hotels in Kerala capital; inspections find nothing
Thirivanathapuram, Apr 26 (PTI): Bomb threats were received by email at various hotels in Kerala's capital Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday, prompting police to deploy bomb disposal units and dog squads to carry out inspections. An officer of Cantonment police station said that inspections were being carried out at all the hotels where the bomb threat was received.
"Nothing has been found so far. The inspections are going on," he said.
The officer said that the police were also looking into the origins of the threatening email which claimed that IED explosions will take place at various hotels in the state capital, including the Hilton Hotel in the heart of Thiruvananthapuram city.
In the last couple of months, bomb threats by email were received at district collectorates and offices of Revenue Divisional Officers across the state and also, most recently, at the Kerala High Court.
All of these threats had been ruled out by the police as hoaxes after carrying out extensive inspections.
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Drug peddler's property worth Rs 1 crore attached in Srinagar
Srinagar (PTI): Property worth Rs 1 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler was on Saturday attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, police said.
A double-storey house on eight marlas of land situated at Wantpora Eidgah, belonging to Basit Bilal Dar, a notorious drug peddler, valued at approximately Rs 1 crore, a police spokesperson said.
He said Dar is involved in two cases registered under various sections of the NDPS Act.
During investigation, it was established that the accused had acquired the said property through illicit proceeds generated from drug trafficking activities, the spokesperson said.
Consequently, the property was attached under the provisions of the NDPS Act. The attachment proceedings were conducted in the presence of the two independent witnesses, strictly in accordance with the prescribed legal procedures, he said.
As per the attachment order, the owner has been restrained from selling, leasing, transferring, altering, or creating any third-party interest in the property till further orders, the spokesperson added.
