Kundapur: 34-year-old woman, minor son drown in river
Kunadapur, Sep 11: A 34-year-old woman and her minor son drowned in a river at Nada village in Kundapur taluk of Udupi district on Saturday, police said.
The incident was reported while the duo was walking beside a river.
The woman jumped into the river to save her son who slipped into the river and both of them drowned in the process, they said.
The deceased have been identified as Rosy Riya Pereira (34), wife of journalist Noel Chungigudde and their 11-year-old son Shawn.
The bodies were recovered after a search by local people with the help of Fire and Emergency service personnel from Kundapur.
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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.
