Mangaluru: Vigil at Karnataka-Kerala border to check cash flow
Mangaluru (PTI): The Dakshina Kannada district administration has stepped up vigil at the border points with Kerala to prevent flow of money and freebies to Karnataka ahead of the assembly elections in May.
Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner M R Ravi Kumar said 10 check posts have been set up at the inter-state border points with Kerala. In all, 27 check points have been set up in DK including inter-district and local check posts.
He said all measures are being taken to ensure the effective implementation of model code of conduct with the help of police and other departments.
The Election Commission has appointed Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat CEO Kumar as the district nodal officer to ensure code of conduct. Nodal officers have also been posted for each of the eight assembly constituencies in the district.
The deputy commissioner directed the owners of malls, halls, auditoriums and theatres not to allow conduct of programmes of political parties without prior permission from the district election office.
Mangaluru City Police Commissioner Kuldeep Kumar R Jain also warned that strict legal action will be taken in cases of violations of the model code of conduct.
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MD drug valued at over Rs 53 lakh seized in Nagpur; two traffickers from Rajasthan held
Nagpur (PTI): Police in Nagpur have seized MD drug valued at over Rs 53 lakh and arrested two men from Rajasthan in connection with the seizure, officials have said.
The action was taken on Tuesday after the MIDC police received inputs that two persons were planning to sell MD, commonly known as ecstasy, near Sangam Road, Wanadongri.
Two men, identified as Ramswaroop Bhairaram Bishnoi (24) and Hariram Jagdish Paliwal (31), both residents of Kalyanpur tehsil of Rajasthan’s Balotra district, were then arrested from the spot, police said.
The duo was carrying 533 grams of MD, valued at over Rs 53 lakh, an official said.
A case has been registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, he added.
