Belthangady: Local police on Friday arrested two people for allegedly selling ganja drugs. The operation was carried by officials of Belthangady Police Station at Saparabailu here.

The accused duo have been identified as Mohammed Rafiq (35), a resident of Maddadka Chilimbi, and Noufal (25), a resident of Alandila.

Reportedly, under the leadership of Belthangady ASI Nandakumar, the police were screening vehicles passing through the National Highway at Sabarabailu on Friday evening. During the screening process, the police stopped the two-wheeler of the accused duo who were coming from the Maddadka direction and conducted a search on their vehicle, and reportedly uncovered the unlawful transportation of Ganja. The police informed that they recovered 1.5 kgs of Ganja from the vehicle.

A case has been registered at the Belthangady Police Station in this regard.

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Bengaluru (PTI): BJP leader R Ashoka on Friday claimed that the ongoing power struggle between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar has created massive confusion in Karnataka.

He remarked that the proverb “when two people fight, the third one benefits” has come true, as AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge is also now making efforts to become Chief Minister.

Speaking to reporters here, Ashoka said the entire government has turned into a house of confusion due to the alleged power tussle.

Kharge’s new statement has only added to the chaos, he said.

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge had on Friday said that no date has been fixed yet to discuss possible leadership change in Karnataka.

This came a day after Kharge said there was no change of CM in Karnataka "for now" and that the leadership issue in the state would be resolved soon.

The BJP leader said that Kharge too has aspirations and that he was cheated earlier.

"Perhaps he has received a green signal from the Congress high command to become CM. Everyone is already saying Kharge should become CM. Kharge himself has declared, “I am ready to become CM.” Despite many attempts in the past, he never became CM. Now he is trying to seize the opportunity," the Leader of Opposition in the state assembly said.

According to him, the situation in Congress has perfectly become a case of “two people fighting, third one benefits.”