Heavy rain claim two live in Udupi District
Udupi: Heavy rain that has gripped Coastal Karnataka and parts of Kerala since Thursday reportedly claimed two lives in Udupi District in two different incidents reported on Thursday.
In the first incident reported from Karkala Gram Panchayath limits, a 42-year old woman who had been to field to collect grass for the cattle fell into a pond and died of drowning. The woman, identified as Sulochana went into the field to collect grass in the afternoon. When she did not return till evening, her family started looking for Sulochana. However, her dead body was found in a pond in the evening.
In another incident, reported from Kukkehalli an auto-driver who was staying at his friend’s house due to heavy rain, died after he sustianed injuries as a tree fell and hit his head at Dinakar's house due to heavy rain on Thursday night.
An auto rickshaw driver Ravindra Kullal, who was on his way to his home on Thursday night decided to stay at his friend Dinakar Shetty’s house due to heavy rain as it was nearly impossible to ride his auto home. Later in the night a tree fell down due to heavy rain, Ravindra who was sleeping in the sit-out of the house sustained severe injuries and breathed his last.
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Drug peddler's property worth Rs 1 crore attached in Srinagar
Srinagar (PTI): Property worth Rs 1 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler was on Saturday attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, police said.
A double-storey house on eight marlas of land situated at Wantpora Eidgah, belonging to Basit Bilal Dar, a notorious drug peddler, valued at approximately Rs 1 crore, a police spokesperson said.
He said Dar is involved in two cases registered under various sections of the NDPS Act.
During investigation, it was established that the accused had acquired the said property through illicit proceeds generated from drug trafficking activities, the spokesperson said.
Consequently, the property was attached under the provisions of the NDPS Act. The attachment proceedings were conducted in the presence of the two independent witnesses, strictly in accordance with the prescribed legal procedures, he said.
As per the attachment order, the owner has been restrained from selling, leasing, transferring, altering, or creating any third-party interest in the property till further orders, the spokesperson added.
