Puttur: The Karnataka government has announced individual relief package of Rs 2 lakhs to be granted to the family of the 7 deceased individuals, including 5 people from the Puttur Vidhana Sabha constituency, who reportedly died in the private Bus accident that occurred 9 months ago at the Karnataka-Kerala border in Panathur in Kasaragod Taluk. 

On January 3rd, a private bus accommodating a wedding party reportedly got into an accident at Pariyam near Panathur after the driver of the bus lost control of the vehicle as the bus rolled and fell resulting in the death of 7 individuals. A resident of Chanila in Balnadu village in Puttur, Choma Naik’s son, Rajesh (38) and his son Adarsh (14), resident of Kunjuru Panja of Aryapura village, Narayan Naik’s daughter Sumathi (26), resident of Aarlapadavu Ardhamoole in Panaje village, Narayan Naik’s son Shreyas (13), resident of Ajjikallu Kalenjila in Bettampady village, Vasanta Naik’s wife Jayalakshmi (36), resident of Kukkanduru of Jalsur village in Sulya Taluk, Narayan Naik’s son Ravichandra (46) and the operator of the bus, a resident of Narikombu in Bantwal Taluk, Shridhar Poojary’s son Shashidhar have been identified as the deceased.  

They were reportedly going from Puttur’s Balnadu in a private bus to join a wedding party. The private bus did not possess a Kerala license, it is learned. At Panathur region, which falls in the border of Karnataka but is also a part of Kerala, the driver of the private bus reportedly lost control of the vehicle causing the disastrous accident. 

In this regard, the government has reportedly categorized the incident as a special case and announced a relief package of Rs 2 lakhs for the families of the 7 deceased individuals, amounting to a total of 14 lakh rupees relief fund.

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Srinagar (PTI): Property worth Rs 1 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler was on Saturday attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, police said.

A double-storey house on eight marlas of land situated at Wantpora Eidgah, belonging to Basit Bilal Dar, a notorious drug peddler, valued at approximately Rs 1 crore, a police spokesperson said.

He said Dar is involved in two cases registered under various sections of the NDPS Act.

During investigation, it was established that the accused had acquired the said property through illicit proceeds generated from drug trafficking activities, the spokesperson said.

Consequently, the property was attached under the provisions of the NDPS Act. The attachment proceedings were conducted in the presence of the two independent witnesses, strictly in accordance with the prescribed legal procedures, he said.

As per the attachment order, the owner has been restrained from selling, leasing, transferring, altering, or creating any third-party interest in the property till further orders, the spokesperson added.