Madikeri: District’s deputy Commissioner Dr, BC Satish on Tuesday issued an order clamping prohibitory order under section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cr.PC) in the wake of public awareness event organized by Sangh Parivar groups on November 10 in the district.

The order has been issued as a precautionary measure in the wake of the event.

The prohibitory orders will be in place from 6:00 am on November 10 to midnight the same day, the order said. Apart from section 144, Karnataka Police Act 1963’s column 35 has also been imposed in the district.

During the period, no events, ceremonies, and processions will be allowed to take place except for the government events and pre-arranged engagement, wedding, naming, house warming ceremonies.

All the protests, political rallies, provocative speech, processions, strikes, rasta-roko will be banned during the period.

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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.