Udupi: Congress-backed Devu Poojary jumps to BJP
Udupi, Feb 16: Devu Poojary, who had won last year’s Gram Panchayat election as a Congress-backed candidate and was also elected as the president of the Perdur Gram Panchayat, has now joined the BJP.
After becoming the Perdoor GP president, Poojary joined the BJP today in the presence of district BJP president Kuyilaadi Suresh Naik and BJP MLA Lalaji R Mendon. Naik welcomed Poojary by handing over the party flag.
Kapu Mandal president Shrikant Nayak, general secretary Anil Shetty Onthibettu, party leaders Sudhakar Shetty, Suresh Sarvegaar, Jiyananda Hegde, Satyananda Nayak, taluk panchayat member Subhash Naik and BJP-backed Gram Panchayat members were also present.
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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.
