Two interstate drug peddlers arrested with ganja in Mangaluru
Mangaluru: Bajpe police on Saturday arrested two interstate accused on charges of illegally selling ganja after transporting it by train from Bihar to Mangaluru.
The arrested persons have been identified as Sunil Kumar (40), a native of Khagaria district in Bihar, and Brijesh Shrivastav (42), a resident of Chunar in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh. Both were currently staying at Krishnapura in Katipalla.
According to police, the duo was caught while attempting to sell ganja illegally on the roadside near Shantigudde Cross, within the limits of the Bajpe police station. Acting on specific information, the police conducted a raid and arrested the accused, seizing about one kilogram of ganja from their possession.
During interrogation, the accused reportedly confessed that they had procured the ganja in Bihar, transported it to Mangaluru by train, and were selling it mainly to migrant labourers from northern India.
A case has been registered at the Bajpe police station, and further investigation is underway.
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Chair hurled at Union Minister of State V. Somanna during public event in Koppal
Koppal: Tension prevailed for a brief period at Hitnal village in Koppal taluk on Monday after a chair was allegedly hurled at Union Minister of State for Railways and Jal Shakti, V. Somanna, during a public function.
The incident occurred when Somanna was attending the foundation stone–laying ceremony for a railway flyover near Hitnal village.
According to reports, a group of Congress workers expressed anger over the alleged exclusion of Koppal MP K. Rajashekar Basavaraj Hitnal and District In-charge Minister Shivaraj Tangadagi from the invitation list for the program. During the incident, a chair was reportedly thrown, but the Minister was unharmed as his security personnel intervened in time.
Following the incident, chaos ensued at the venue for some time, with protesters allegedly throwing chairs and staging a demonstration in front of Somanna’s vehicle, accusing the organisers of violating protocol.
The railway flyover project, being taken up for Rs 27 crore, connects the Hitnal–Munirabad–Ginigera stretch.
Reacting to the incident, Somanna said the project was fully funded by the Central government and denied any breach of protocol. “There was no violation of etiquette related to the programme. The disturbance was created intentionally,” he said.
