Karangalpadi: Raid on gambling den; 9 arrested
Mangaluru: The Managaluru East police conducted raid on a gambling den at a commercial complex at Karangalpadi commercial complex. They arrested nine persons and seized valuables worth Rs. 10.93 lakh.
The arrested have been identified as Ashok Shetty (49), a resident of Padukodi village, Anand (49) of Derebail Prashant Nagar, Rajshekhar Bend Raj (46), of Jappinimogaru, Tilak Raj (33) af Mulki Lingappayya forest, Sharat Kumar (37) of Derebail, Nilappa Bhimappa Mate (30), Sajid Ahmed (48) of Kulashekhar, Jivan Kumar (59) of Karangalpadi and Suraj Thimmappa Pujari (42).
The police have seized Rs. 68,140 cash, 11 mobile phones, 1 Baleno car, two Activa scooter, and one bike.
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Fire erupts at plastic factory in Ahmedabad; no casualties
Ahmedabad (PTI): A fire broke out at a plastic granules and mould manufacturing factory in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on Sunday morning, an official said.
No casualties were reported in the incident, he said.
The blaze erupted around 8 am at Processo Plast Enterprise in the Bapunagar area, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation's Additional Chief Officer (fire) Mihir Rana told PTI.
Thick plumes of smoke were seen billowing into the sky, visible from a considerable distance in the area.
"The unit closed after the night shift and the fire broke out in the morning in the ground floor's storage facility section due to unidentified reasons," Rana said.
Nine fire tenders and several other firefighting vehicles were rushed to the spot, and the blaze was brought under control by 11 am, he said.
Firefighters prevented the blaze from spreading to the first floor. However, machinery and plastic materials were damaged on the ground floor, he said, adding that the exact cause of the blaze was under investigation.
