Mangaluru: Superintendent of Police of Dakshina Kannada district, Sonawane Rishikesh on Thursday rubbished the media reports linking the missing man from Uppinangady with terror organizations.
Owner of ‘A to Z’ garage Mohammed Rafiq Khan, a resident of Nekkiladi in Puttur Taluk, who went to get some spare parts of a car to Bengaluru on July 12 had reportedly gone missing. His wife had filed a police complaint in this regard on August 6.
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The SP stated that police had carried detailed investigations into the matter and had found Rafiq to be staying in North India. He further added that the police had closed the case after proper investigation.
“Recently reports emerged that Rafiq was a member of a terrorist organization. And these reports were carried by local newspapers, News Channels, and social media platforms. These reports are far from the truth and nothing of this sort was revealed in our investigation” the SP stated.

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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.
