Mangaluru: Couple end lives fearing Covid infection
Mangaluru(PTI): A 40-year-old-man and his wife ended their lives apparently worried over symptoms of Covid-19 infection at Baikampady in the city, police sources said on Tuesday.
The deceased have been identified as Ramesh and Guna R Suvarna, residents of an apartment in the city. Sources said the two have been showing symptoms of coronavirus infection for the last few days. The couple sent a voice message to the city police commissioner N Shashi Kumar on Monday that they are ending their lives as they cannot bear the anxiety created by news items about the disease in the media. The commissioner responded immediately asking them not to take any extreme step hastily. He also requested through media groups to trace the couple. However, by the time police reached the apartment, both of them had hanged themselves. Sources said another reason was also cited in the death note prepared by the woman.
She had expressed her pain over being issueless and also about the death of their child earlier within 13 days of birth. The note also mentions that her diabetes is beyond control despite taking two insulin injections a day.
The note also requests that their belongings be distributed to the poor, the sources said. A case has been registered.
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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.
