Malpe: Orissa-based youth murdered in fishing boat
Malpe, Dec 17: A skirmish between two labourers ended up in the murder of one in a fishing boat on December 16 at Baputhota Dakke in Malpe Harbour. The victim has been identified as Preetham (24) of Orissa. However, accused Maruti (40) from Koppal is escaped. Both of them were working as labourers at a boat belonging to Dattaraj of Katapadi Kote village.
On December 10, both of them, along with others, have ventured into the sea from Malpe harbour in the boat for fishing and returned to the port on December 16. After unloading the fish, the boat was anchored at Baputhota Dakke. When others have gone home, Preetham and Maruti were sleeping in the boat, it is said.
On December 17 at 5.45am, Dattaraj had brought the boat to the shore to repair it. Noticing the blood stains in the boat, Dattaraj peeped into the engine room where he found the body of Preetham. It is suspected that in an inebriated condition, both of them might have engaged in a clash and Maruti might have attacked Preetham with lethal weapons and locked him inside the engine room and killed. Accused Maruti is absconding and police have been searching for him. A case was registered at Malpe police station.
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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.
