Two held in Mangaluru for selling MDMA to students; Drugs worth over Rs 2.4 lakh seized
Mangaluru: The City Crime Branch (CCB) police in Mangaluru have arrested two men for allegedly selling banned narcotic substances, including MDMA, to college students and the general public. The police seized a total of 24.57 grams of MDMA from the accused in two separate operations.
Acting on a tip-off, CCB sleuths raided the port and dock area on November 4 and arrested Abdul Salam (39), a resident of Adyar Kannur, who was allegedly selling MDMA while operating an autorickshaw. The police recovered MDMA worth Rs 1.20 lakh from him, along with an autorickshaw, a mobile phone, and a weighing machine. The total value of the seized property is estimated at Rs 2.30 lakh. A case in this regard has been registered at Pandeshwar Police Station.
In a similar operation on November 6, the CCB team received credible information about drug peddling in the Boliyaru area. The police raided the spot and arrested Mohammed Naseer alias Shakir Chaki (28), a resident of Jaradagudde, Boliyaru. The officers seized MDMA worth Rs 1.20 lakh, a motorbike, and a mobile phone from the accused together valued at around Rs 2.05 lakh. A case has been registered at Konaje Police Station.
Police Commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy said that several others are suspected to be involved in the MDMA supply network, and efforts are on to trace and arrest them.
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Compromised PM didn't sign trade deal with US, but a bargain for Adani's release: Rahul
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of signing a trade deal with the US only to secure the "release" of billionaire businessman Gautam Adani.
"Compromised PM did not strike a trade deal, but a bargain for Adani's release," Gandhi said in a post in Hindi on X, after reports that the US has agreed to settle the lawsuit that accused Adani of hiding alleged bribery.
The US government has agreed to settle the lawsuit filed against Adani, who is accused of duping investors by concealing that his company's huge solar energy project in India was being facilitated by an alleged bribery scheme, according to court filings published Thursday.
Reacting to the reports, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said it was now clear why the PM agreed to the "hopelessly one-sided Indo-US trade deal that was really a steal by the US".
"And it is also clear why he abruptly halted Operation Sindoor on May 10, 2025, acting on President Trump's threats rather than on our national interest. Reportedly, the Trump Administration is about to drop all charges of corruption against Modani," he said on X.
"How much more compromised can the PM get?" Ramesh asked.
In the lawsuit filed in late 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission accused Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani and his nephew Sagar Adani, who is a director at the group's renewable energy unit Adani Green Energy Ltd, of agreeing to pay about USD 265 million in bribes to Indian government officials between approximately 2020 and 2024 to obtain lucrative solar energy supply contracts on terms that expected to yield USD 2 billion of profit over 20 years.
It was alleged in the lawsuit that Adani Group raised USD 2 billion in loans and bonds, including from US firms, on the backs of false and misleading statements related to the firm's anti-bribery practices and policies.
The ports-to-energy conglomerate had denied the allegations.
