Shivamogga: In a tragic accident an 18-year-old girl was electrocuted after she accidentally touched a water motor on Monday morning here. The incident took place at Tallikote village in Badravathi Taluk here.

The deceased girl has been identified as Bindu (18). According to the reports, Bindu in the morning was trying to connect the water motor when she was electrocuted. Hearing her calls for help, Bindu’s grandmother and mother immediately disconnected the power and took her to the hospital where was declared brought dead.

Bindu was a student of the second PUC at the Government College in Shivamogga. Her mother is an ASHA worker.

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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.