Mangaluru: Tahsildar office employee caught red-handed taking bribe; arrested
Mangaluru: In a raid carried by Anti-Corruption Bureau, a Second-Degree Assistant (SDA) at Mangaluru Tahsildar Office was on Tuesday caught red-handed taking bribe.
The arrested accused has been identified as Rafiq Abdul (42).
Rafiq is accused of demanding Rs. 40,000 from a person on pretext of giving him job at his office. The victim had reportedly filed a complaint at the ACB office, after which the ACB officials raided and trapped the accused and caught him red-handed while accepting the bribe.
The accused has been arrested and the cash amount was recovered, ACB officials said.
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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.
