Mangaluru: Seven college students held in two saperate cases for ragging
Mangaluru, Mar 5: Seven students have been arrested in connection with two saperate cases of ragging of a junior at a private institutions here, police said on Friday.
Four students were arrested for ragging junior students at Srinivas college of Engineering in Mukka.
The arrested are K U Shameel (22) from Mukka, Mohammed Bazil (22) from Baikampady, Sambhram Alva (20) from Mulky and Ashwin Johnson (21) from Kulashekara.
In another case, three students were arrested in connection to an incident of ragging from Yenepoya Degree College in Mangaluru.
The arrested are Mohammed Adil (20) and Mohammed Nizammudin (20) from Kannur, and Mohammed Riyaz (20) from Calicut.
Talking to reporters, city Commissioner of Police N Shashi Kumar said the students in the second year reportedly ragged the first year student of the same college at Srinivas college in Mukka.
The accused have been suspended, he added.
Crackdown on Ragging at Mangaluru continues. 7 arrested for indulging in ragging at 2 separate private colleges in Surathkal and Kankanady. We are committed to weed out this menace from campuses. Request all victims to come forward and lodge complaints.
— N. Shashi Kumar CP Mangaluru City (@compolmlr) March 5, 2021
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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.
