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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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
