Mangaluru: A person accused under POCSO Act, committed suicide on Tuesday by jumping from the sixth floor of the court complex here in the city.

The accused who committed suicide has been identified as Raviraj (32) a resident of Talapady.

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According to the reports, the accused jumped from the sixth floor and died on the spot as a result of heavy bleeding from his head.

Police Commissioner N Shashikumar also visited the spot and inspected the scene.

Sources added the accused was being produced before the court in the POCSO case.

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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.