Drug smuggler attacks constable with knife in Kalaburagi, arrested after police open fire
Bengaluru, Jan 11: A drug smuggler allegedly attacked a head constable with a knife on Saturday when the officer attempted to apprehend him, police said.
Kalaburagi Commissioner of Police Sharanappa S D briefed the media on the incident, stating that the police managed to corner the accused after shooting at him.
"This morning, inspector Chowk Rajendra received a tip-off about a suspicious person and went to investigate with a crime detection team. The suspect was in his car. When they asked the driver to stop, the suspect exited the car and attacked head constable Gurumurthy with a knife, causing serious injuries," the Commissioner said.
The accused Supreeth Navale, is a resident of Muttampur in Kalaburagi city.
"When we searched Navale's vehicle, we found he was smuggling schedule X drugs, including Nitrovet tablets," the commissioner added.
The commissioner confirmed that both the head constable and the suspect are undergoing treatment and are out of danger.
The accused was already involved in three NDPS cases (drug trafficking), he added.
"We will take him into custody after he recovers to trace his sources and determine who he was supplying drugs to. We also discovered he has cases in Hyderabad. Since his network appears to be extensive, we will conduct a thorough investigation," he said.
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'War no solution, terrorists must be hunted down': Raj Thackeray
Mumbai (PTI): Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray said war was not a solution to the problem of terrorism, and the government should give priority to finding the perpetrators of terror attacks.
On a day Indian armed forces carried out missile strikes on terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, he said the government must be questioned about why a terror attack could take place in Pahalgam in the first place.
"War is no answer to a terrorist attack. In the US, they (terrorists) toppled the Twin Towers, attacked the Pentagon. The US did not wage a war. They killed those terrorists," said the MNS chief, speaking to reporters here.
"You have not found the terrorists who attacked (tourists in Pahalgam). Why there was no security in a place where thousands of tourists are going for the last many years? It is more important to carry out a combing operation inside our country and find them out. The airstrike, distracting people....this, war can not be the solution," he added.
Instead of Wednesday's planned mock drill of Civil Defence, a "combing operation" should be carried out all over the country, Thackeray further said.
Criticizing what he called a misplaced show of strength, Thackeray said, "There seems to be a desire to create a war-like situation in another country. Now we see mock drills and sirens (going off). But we need to ask the fundamental question, why did this (attack in Pahalgam on April 22 in which 26 civilians were killed) happen in the first place?"
He also took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his itinerary in the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack. "The prime minister was in Saudi Arabia when this (terror attack) happened, and he returned early, only to go to Bihar for campaigning. That was not necessary. He went to Kerala for the inauguration of Adani's port and later came to Mumbai for the WAVES function. If the situation was so grave, all this could have been avoided," said the MNS chief who had backed Modi during the 2024 general elections.
The government's failures need to be pointed out, Thackeray said, adding the country does not need a symbolic response. "Find the terrorists, dismantle their networks, and tackle the drug menace that is spreading through our streets," he said.
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