Mangaluru: COVID reports of couple who committed suicide fearing COVID, return negative
Mangaluru: COVID reports of the couple who committed suicide on Monday night fearing they had contracted COVID-19 have returned negative. Both the husband and wife have tested negative for the virus, Mangaluru DCP Hariram Shankar informed.
The deceased have been identified as Ramesh and Guna R Suvarna, residents of an apartment in the city.
READ: Mangaluru: Couple end lives fearing Covid infection
On Monday night, the couple sent a voice message to City Police Commissioner N Shashi Kumar that they are ending their lives as they cannot bear the anxiety created by news items about the disease in the media. They were later found hanging in their apartment.
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
On Tuesday afternoon their COVID test report returned negative, police informed.
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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.
