Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Gasti's health critical, reports of death false: Karnataka BJP
Bengaluru: Amidst the reports of the death of Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Gasthi, the Karnataka BJP has clarified that the reports were false and that the MP was battling for life in the hospital.
Earlier, the reports of Ashok’s death was carried by several media houses asserting that the MP had succumbed to the COVID-19 in a private hospital in Bengaluru.
The official Twitter handle of the state’s BJP unit clarified that Ashok’s health remains critical and the reports of his death were false.
Ashok was admitted to a private hospital in Bengaluru a few days back. He had tested positive for novel Coronavirus.
ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸಭಾ ಸದಸ್ಯರಾದ ಶ್ರೀ ಅಶೋಕ್ ಗಸ್ತಿ ಅವರ ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಕುರಿತು ಕೆಲವು ವರದಿಗಳು ಪ್ರಸಾರವಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ.
— BJP Karnataka (@BJP4Karnataka) September 17, 2020
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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.
