Milk booth belonging to disabled man partially destroyed in fire near Kulshekhar Silver Gate
Mangaluru: In an incident of fire that reportedly occurred on Friday night, a Nandini Milk Booth near Kulshekar Silver Gate was destroyed in a fire.
The ‘Vijeth Nandini Milk Parlour’, a Milk Booth that belonged to a disabled individual named Vasanth Kumar was reportedly open till 9.30 pm on Friday. However, late-night around 2.25 am, the Kadri Fire Station received distress to which they responded immediately and found that the Booth had been partially destroyed in the fire.
Almost 500 litres of milk and other products inside the booth were damaged, it is learned. A loss of close to Rs. 2.50 Lakh rupees have been estimated in the aftermath of the fire.
A short circuit inside the parlour could have started the fire, it is being 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.
