Mangaluru: City’s Economic and Narcotics Police in a joint operation with CCB, arrested a man with 260g of Ganja from Valencia, here on Wednesday.

The accused has been identified as Preetam J (30), a resident of Ujjodi of Valencia in Mangaluru.

The accused was reportedly selling the drugs in a public place on Wednesday, when he was nabbed by the cops.

Police recovered 260 grams of Ganja, a two-wheeler and Mobile Phone which have been estimated to be of worth Rs. 90,220/-.

Economic and Narcotics Police Inspector, Ramkrishna K. R, CCB Inspector Shantaram, CCB PSI Kabbal Raj and personnel of both the police teams were part of the operation.

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Ranchi (PTI): Tribal icon Birsa Munda's great-grandson Mangal Munda, who was undergoing treatment at a hospital here after being injured in a road accident, died of "cardiovascular failure" on Friday, an official of the health facility said.

He was 45.

Mangal Munda breathed his last at 12.30 am at the state's apex health facility - Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences.

Munda sustained severe head injuries after he fell from the roof of a passenger vehicle in Jharkhand's Khunti district on November 25.

"Birsa Munda's kin Mangal Munda died of cardiovascular failure around 12.30 am. He was on a ventilator after being critically injured. We tried our best to save him but failed," RIMS Medical Superintendent Dr Hiren Birua told PTI.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office, Union Health Minister JP Nadda and the Jharkhand Chief Minister's office were in touch with the RIMS authorities in connection with Munda's treatment.