MediaOne files complaint against CPI(M) workers’ over threatening remark against its MD
Kozhikode: Malayalam news channel MediaOne has filed a police complaint against CPI(M) workers for allegedly issuing threats to the channel’s Managing Director, C. Dawood, during a protest rally held on Thursday in Wandoor, Malappuram district.
The complaint was submitted to the state police chief, Malappuram district police chief and Wandoor SHO.
The complaint demands legal action against CPI(M) Wandoor Area Secretary P. Abdul Razak, former Wandoor MLA N. Kannan, CPI(M) Malappuram District Committee member Adv. P. Sheena Rajan, and CPI(M) Wandoor Area Committee members Zakaria Kalikavu, M.T. Ahmed, V. Arjun, K.T. Sameer, along with 50 other individuals identified by sight.
According to the complaint, threatening slogans were raised against C. Dawood during a demonstration organized by the CPI(M) area committee on July 10 in Wandoor. K.T. Sameer is alleged to have shouted a slogan calling for Dawood’s hand to be cut off.
According to Maktoob media, protesters hurled derogatory abuses at journalist C Dawood, accusing him of “spreading lies” about the party.
Meanwhile, the Kerala Union of Working Journalists called it “highly objectionable,” and unacceptable “for a political party that claims to stand for media freedom and civil rights to openly resort to such threats and violations of rights.”
“There are many ways to express disagreement with media positions or expose misinformation, if any. But publicly declaring that a journalist should be physically eliminated is shameful for a party like CPI(M),” the statement issued by the union added.
C Dawood, who is also a writer, is known for TV show Out of Focus as well as his incisive writings on social, political, and religious issues.
Maktoob media reported that Dawood, in his editorial program, criticised CPI(M)’s alleged Islamophobia, accusing the ruling party in Kerala of spreading hatred against Muslim organisations and their institutions, including MediaOne TV, over their critical stance on government policies.
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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.
