Mumbai: Mangaluru Police arrests man who was on run from 16 years
Accused is brother of Chota Rajan's associate
Mangaluru: The Bajpe police were successful in arresting the accused - who had gone into hiding for the last 16 years - in Mumbai.
He was accused in a case of assault and issuing life threats that occurred in Permude village.
Chandrakant Poojary aka Annu (55), who is originally from Mulki but was living in Mumbai’s Saki Naka has been identified as the accused.
Case Details: The accused had illegally entered the house of Vishwanath Amin on the night of January 10, 2005, in the village of Permude in Bajpe jurisdiction. At the time, the homeowners were unabashedly abused and severely assaulted with a bottle. The accused has also issued threats to harm the victim’s life, it is learned. A case had been registered at the Bajpe Police Station.
The PSI of that time, Dharmendra had led the investigation into the case and arrested one of the accused named Yogesh. However, Chandrakant had escaped arrest and gone into hiding.
The police reportedly made headway in the case when they got information that Chandrakant, the accused in the Long Pending Case, is in Mumbai. The police tracked the information and found that the accused had changed his identity and was working as a Vegetable vendor in Andheri, Mumbai. This time around, the police were successful in arresting the accused, it is learned.
He is the brother of Chota Rajan’s Companion: The accused Chandrakant also has cases registered against him for assault in Mumbai. Also, his brother Vasudeva aka Vamana was Chota Rajan’s companion. It is learned from the inquiry that he was killed in an encounter by the Mumbai police in 2004, police said.
Under the direction of Mangaluru Police Commissioner N. Sashikumar, DCPs Hariram Shankar, Dinesh Kumar Barike, the operation was undertaken under the guidance of Mangaluru North Sub Division ACP Mahesh Kumar. Bajpe Station Police Inspector Sandesh P.G, PSI Poovappa, ASI Rama Poojary, Staff Rasheed Sheikh, Laxman Kamble, Santhosh DK, and lawyer N. Lamani, participated in the operation.
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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.
