Boat tragedy: Sanction letters of Rs 6 lakh ex-gratia handed over to each victims families
Mangaluru, Dec 3: Sanction letters of Rs 6 lakh ex-gratia were on Thursday handed over to the families of the five deceased fishermen and one missing fisherman in a boat mishap.
The mishap took place on Tuesday.
At a solemn function, Dakshina Kannada district in- charge Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary said the copies of the sanction letters were given today, but it being a government holiday the ex-gratia would be credited to the accounts of the families by Friday.
The Minister said though as per the provisions, only Rs 6 lakh compensation could be granted, the local MLAs as well as MP would meet the Chief Minister seeking an additional compensation of Rs 4 lakh.
He said the Fisheries Department would be asked to make wearing of life-saving jackets mandatory for fishermen during fishing.
Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, Mangaluru South MLA Vedavyas Kamath and deputy commissioner K V Rajendra were present on the occasion.
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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.
