Mangaluru: Crowd protests after traffic police personnel object to 'Swami Koragajja' sticker on car
Mangaluru: Huge number of people gathered and reprimanded the traffic police personnel who objected to a sticker of ‘Swami Koragajja’ placed on a number plate of a car beside the registration number of the vehicle.
The incident took place when during a routine checking of vehicles near Thokottu, the traffic police personnel objected to the sticker of ‘Swami Koragajja’ on the number plate. The officials duly asked the owner of the car to get the sticker removed.
Rejecting the request of the officials, the owner of the car protested and soon several locals joined him in reprimanding the traffic police officials.
The situation escalated quickly and police personnel from Ullal Police Station reached the spot and tried to control the crowd. Mangaluru South Traffic Police Station’s inspector Guru Dutt Kamat also reached the spot and tried to pacify the protesters.
The protesters asked Inspector Kamat to suspend officials who were bringing communal angles while on duty.
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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.
