Extensive security measures in Karnataka following intelligence input
Mangaluru Police arrests eight gangsters of a gang
Bengaluru, Aug 17: A thick security blanket has been thrown across major towns and cities of Karnataka following intelligence inputs about a possible terror attack, police sources said on Saturday.
With heavy deployment of police personnel at every nook and corner of prominent places in the state,extensive checking was carried out using metal detectors and sniffer dogs.
Police sources said the alert was sounded Friday night asking all police officers to be vigilant and directing police to be present everywhere following intelligence inputs about a possible terror attack.
There was intelligence input that a group of terrorists was planning to create terror and panic in the country, the sources said.
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Security has been strengthened at all important installations and public places such as bus stands, railway stations, temples, markets, malls and government offices.
Besides Bengaluru, vigil has also been tightened in Hubballi-Dharwad, Kalaburagi, Raichur, Chitradurga, Mangaluru, Davangere, Udupi, Mysuru and Tumakuru.
Police personnel were seen searching bags and frisking passengers at the railway stations and bus stands on Saturday.
Multi-layer security arrangements were witnessed at important temples in the state.
Devotees were frisked before being let inside Udupi Krishna, Kukke Subrahmanya and Ranganatha temples at Srirangapatna and Chamundi shrine in Mysuru,
Police said tight security helped them in nabbing an eight-member gang in Mangaluru, which were planning a heist on Friday night.
The gangsters were moving around in a Sports Utility Vehicle and they had stayed at a hotel in Mangaluru.
Police seized two pistols and eight cartridges from them.
Bengaluru police commissioner Bhaskar Rao had on Friday night issued a memo to all the officers to ensure tight security at every important installations.
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Drug peddler's property worth Rs 1 crore attached in Srinagar
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.
