Mangaluru: Young lady lecturer injured in road accident passes away in hospital
Mangaluru: A young female lecturer who had sustained critical injuries in a road accident on July 10, succumbed to her injuries in a private hospital here in the city on Monday.
The deceased lecturer has been identified as Priyanka (31), a resident of Vamanjoor in the city.
According to the reports, Priyanka was traveling on her scooter on Saturday when she was hit by a speeding car. She was reportedly on her way from Haripadavu to Vamanjoor when the incident took place.
Immediately after the accident, she was rushed to a private hospital in the city where she breathed her last on Monday. A case in this regard was registered at the local police station.
Priyanka was a lecturer at a nursing college in Ullal.
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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.
