Pro-terror graffiti case: 2 sent to police custody
Mangaluru, Dec 10: Two persons, arrested in connection with the graffiti on pro-terror that appeared on the walls at two places here recently, have been remanded to 10 days police custody.
The accused Maz Munir Ahamed and Shaarik belong to Thirthahalli in Shimoga district.
They were produced before court on Wednesday after getting the COVID-19 test reports, police sources said.
Police have already seized the mobile phones of the two and also a laptop, which have been handed over to experts for retrieving data.
The information from the laptop is likely to strengthen the case, sources said.
The sources said Shaarik was in touch with a man who was staying abroad on whose behest he scribbled the pro-terror writings on the walls.
Saadat, a relative of Shaarik, who has also been taken into custody, is being questioned.
Police held a high-level meeting on Wednesday headed by city police commissioner Vikash Kumar Vikash to determine the angles in which the probe can be held.
Assistant commissioner of police Jagannath, who is the investigating officer, and other officials involved in the probe took part in the meeting, the sources 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.
