Kalasa: Mutilated body of missing person found in Bhadra river
Suspected to be washed away in flood water
Kalasa, October 04: The skeleton of Kantappa Poojary (85) who was missing for the last 60 days, was found on the Bhadra River bank here on Thursday.
Kantappa Poojary of Kalakkodu in Kalasa police station limits had gone to Kalasa town on August 4 at 5 pm. But he did not return to his home. Since then he was missing against which a case was also registered at Kalasa police station.
When Kantappa was missing, there was heavy rainfall in and around Kalasa town and Bhadra river was flowing in full spate. It was suspected that he might have washed away in the flood. Despite the search operation on the bank of the river, he was not found and later, the police and the family members stopped searching for him.
On Thursday, the locals smelt the foul smell at Kodi Betta on the river bank and informed the police, who summoned the family members of Kantappa and inspected. The family members confirmed that it was the body of Kantappa Poojary based on the cloths. After postmortem, the mutilated body was handed over to the family members. A case was registered at the Kalasa police station.
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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.
