Mangaluru: Three arrested for assaulting young girl in restaurant
Mangaluru: City police on Monday arrested three people in connection with a case for attacking a young girl in a restaurant in the city’s Bendorwell area, earlier last week.
The arrested accused have been identified as Trishul Salian (19), Santhosh Poojary (19), and Danish Aaron D’Cruz (18).
City Police Commissioner on Monday called a press conference at his office after the arrests of the three accused persons and detailed about the incident and the investigations so far. He added that the primary accused Trishul had met the girl who was attacked on social media and the two were later into a relationship.
The girl reportedly later wanted to break up with Trishul and started distancing him from herself. She then called Trishul near Bunts Hostel in the city to return all his gifts, irked by this, Trishul had attempted to assault the woman.
Trishul on January 30 again barged into a restaurant in the city along with his friends where the girl was celebrating a birthday party with her friends and attacked her.
In the 24-second long CCTV video clip from the restaurant, a group of men can be seen barging into the restaurant and immediately starting to attack those seated around a table. In the group, two men wearing helmets start by throwing another helmet placed on a table near the door. The other men engaged in a fistfight while throwing objects at the four people seated around a table. Two men in the group seated around the table retaliate and take the fight outside, while two women stare at the door.
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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.
