DK administration to turn to Instagram reels to fight drugs menace in district
Mangaluru: In a bid to spread awareness about the ill effects of drug usage, Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Mullai Muhilan on Thursday instructed the Special Officer of the Department of Collegiate Education to take steps to create reels and short films by interested college students about the adverse effects of drug usage.
He was speaking while presiding over the district level committee meeting of the Narco-Coordination Center which was held at the hall of the Deputy Commissioner’s office.
He further informed that the colleges in the city have already formed Drug Eradication Committees and also have appointed its members. Different types of programs should be organized including awareness rallies and others spreading the message of the ill effects of drugs. Devi Prasad, Special Officer of the Department of Collegiate Education, should take steps to ensure that the students are motivated to create a good script on drug eradication in colleges and produce short videos within one minute by the students themselves. The best reels and short films will be awarded on August 15, he added.
Meanwhile, Muhilan has also instructed Dr. Kishore Kumar Welfare Officer of the Health and Family Welfare Department to appoint counsellors identified at the district level for counseling the drug addicts in the district.
Speaking on the occasion, District Superintendent of Police Rishyant C.B instructed the Forest Department Officials to investigate and provide a report on the cultivation of Ganja near Belthangady. He also instructed the department officials to reward those who would be providing information pertaining to illegal cultivation of Ganja.
Law and Order Department DCP Anshu Kumar, Puttur DySP Dr. Gana P. Kumar, Joint Director of the Agriculture Department and others were present at the meeting.
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Six foreign nationals held for alleged prostitution in Bengaluru
Bengaluru (PTI): Six foreign women were arrested after they were found to be allegedly engaged in illegal activities by soliciting men in a public place for prostitution, police said on Tuesday.
The arrests were made by the Women Protection Wing of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) on April 24, they said.
Police, however, have not disclosed the nationalities of the women in the statement.
According to police, the operation was carried out following a tip off that some foreign women were standing near the footpath of the bus stop close to Madiwala Check Post, within the jurisdiction of Koramangala Police Station here and were soliciting men passing by on the road for prostitution.
Based on this information, the officers and staff of the CCB Women Protection Wing immediately visited the spot and conducted a verification, they said.
During the operation, it was found that six foreign women were engaging in illegal activities by soliciting men in a public place for prostitution, a statement issued by the office of the police commissioner stated.
Acting swiftly, the officers and staff conducted a raid and secured all six foreign women. Upon inquiry regarding their passports and visas, they failed to provide valid and satisfactory information, it said.
"Subsequently, all six foreign women were produced before the Koramangala Police Station along with a report for further legal action. In this regard, a case has been registered at Koramangala Police Station, and further investigation is in progress," the police statement added.
