Mangaluru: SDPI stages massive protest against its cadres' arrest in pro-Pakistan slogan case
Mangaluru: Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) on Friday staged a massive protest against the arrest of its activists in case related to alleged pro-Pakistan slogans at the Panchayath elections result counting day earlier last year.
Thousands of protesters joined the call of the party to SP (Superintendent of Police) Office Chalo protest rally on Friday afternoon. Amidst beefed up security deployment in the city near SP’s office, and with top police officials monitoring the situation, the police barricaded the rally and urged protesters not to head towards the SP.
The protest rally was stopped near Clock Tower as the protesters sat down on dharna and shouted slogans against police, BJP, and Sangh Parivar right-wing groups.
They further slammed BJP and Narendra Modi, targeting them over Modi’s visit to Pakistan wherein he had lunch at former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif’s residence.
SDPI leaders also demanded the arrest of Sangh Parivar and RSS activists who they alleged had shouted pro-Pakistan slogans to disturb the peace and harmony.
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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.
