Bantwal: Senior RSS leader dies in road accident
Bantwal: The senior leader of the RSS died in a road accident that occurred at dawn on Tuesday. The accident is said to have happened in Polya near Kabakka near the jurisdiction of the Puttur Traffic Police Station.
The deceased has been identified as Venkataramana Holla (60), a resident of Agrabail in BC Road, and a prominent chief of rural development in the RSS Division of Mangaluru.
On Tuesday morning, Venkataramana reportedly finished an RSS sit-in meeting at Puttur and was returning to his home at Agrabail in BC Road on his bike when he met with an accident at Polya. The bike he was traveling in was found to have collided with the barricade.
Recognized as an RSS activist since youth, he attracted the attention of the national leaders of the organization. Venkataramana Holla has been a mentor and guide to the current BJP president Nalin Kumar Kateel. It was at his residence that Nalin received the education about the Sangh.
As the Mangalore Divisional Coordinator of Rural Development Committee, Venkatramana Holla had conducted job training to empower young people to become self-reliant at several places, including BC Road, Sulya, and Puttur, and thus garnered attention recently.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
