Mangaluru: Electric short circuit causes fire incident at SSLC exam center at Ullal
Mangaluru: In an incident reported on Monday morning fire erupted at one of the examination centers for SSLC students here in Ullal. The incident was reported from Hira School, Babbukatte here.
According to the reports, all the students were evacuated from the center on time by the officials of the school and no casualties or injuries were reported during the incident.
The fire is suspected to have caused due to an electric short circuit at the lab of school.
Fire brigade team and local police officials reached the spot and doused the fire. Later, Mangaluru Police Commissioner Shashikumar and senior MESCOM officials visited the spot.
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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.
