Mangaluru: 64-year-old woman jumps off 14th floor in apprent suicide
Mangaluru: In a tragic incident that occurred on Thursday morning, a woman jumped from the 14th-floor balcony of her apartment in a building complex, in an apparent suicide in the city’s town square at Kulshekar.
The deceased woman has been identified as Pushpalatha (64). Reportedly, on Thursday morning around 8 am, Pushpalatha jumped to her death from the 14th-floor balcony of an apartment situated in the multi-storeyed building situated in the Kankanady station’s jurisdiction at Kulsheskar chowki. The police have revealed that the deceased had previously made a suicide attempt and had been suffering from pressure that was psychological in nature.
A case has been registered in this regard at the Kankanady City Police Station.
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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.
