Five held with drugs, two pistols
Mangaluru, August 22: Mangaluru South Anti-Rowdy Squad police arrested five persons with drugs, two pistols and 22 rounds of bullets here on Tuesday.
When the Rowdy Squad assistant police commissioner and his staff were on rounds in the city on Sunday afternoon, the accused have moved towards Gurupura bridge from Mangaluru in a car with the drugs to sell it. Acting on a tip-off, the squad stopped the car at Parari Junction and arrested the five accused. The police also recovered a car worth Rs 7 lakh, 11 ganja balls worth Rs 5500, 100 gram MDMA Crystal drug worth Rs 1.80 lakh, two pistols, 22 rounds of bullets worth Rs 1.15 lakh, 11 mobile phones. Total value of the seized valuables and drugs is estimated at Rs 11,45,190.
When the arrested were interrogated, they said that they have brought the drugs from Mumbai and were trying to sell it in Kerala and other places.
Arrested were identified as TH Riyaz (38), Abdul Ravoof (30) and Imtiyaz Ahmed of Kasargodu, Usman Rafeeq alias Talki Rafeeq (29) of Salettur in Bantwala, and Hajwar of Vittla.
TH Riyaz was the notorious accused in Kerala and he was facing more than 40 cases. He was bringing drugs from Mumbai and selling it in Kerala. He also has warrants in Payangadi and Bekala police stations in Kerala.
Usman Rafeeq alias Talki Rafeeq is also facing seven cases in Kerala and Karnataka and he was facing a murder case at Manjeshwara police station. He was also facing another case of illegal possession of pistol at Bengaluru Sanjaynagar police station four months ago and he was released on bail. One country made pistol was recovered from Abdul Ravoof. He has actively participated in the selling of drugs with Riyaz. Imtiyaz is also facing three cases at Manjeshwara police station. Hajwar is the associate of Usman Rafeeq, according to a press release from Police Commissioner TR Suresh.
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Women's quota bill would have ensured defeat of democracy, Constitution: Aaditya Thackeray
Mumbai (PTI): Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Saturday said that the passage of the women's quota bill would have ensured a "total defeat of democracy", alleging that the legislation, linked with a delimitation exercise, was a political tool designed to reduce the voice of states.
Thackeray, in a post on X, claimed that the Bill would have amended the Constitution for the political means of the ruling regime to increase seats, reduce the voice of many states and enable the gerrymandering of constituencies to ensure unfair victories.
"The very amendment that would have ensured the total defeat of democracy and the Constitution in India stands rejected by the unity of the Opposition MPs," he wrote.
The legislation should have been called "Delimitation to ensure unfair victory Bill", the former minister said, adding that there was a genuine need to enable 33 per cent reservation for women in the current number of seats.
"Now, it is up to the government to ensure that it is implemented in the 543 seats of the Lok Sabha for the 2029 elections and all elections across India, if that is the real intent of the government," he wrote.
A Constitution Amendment Bill to implement reservation for women in legislatures in 2029 and increase the number of Lok Sabha seats was defeated on Friday in the Lower House.
While 298 members voted in support of the Bill, 230 MPs voted against it. Out of 528 members who voted, the Bill required 352 votes for a two-thirds majority.
According to the Constitution Amendment Bill, Lok Sabha seats were to be increased to a maximum of 850 from the current 543 to "operationalise" the women's reservation law before the 2029 parliamentary polls, following a delimitation exercise based on the 2011 Census.
