Mumbai: College student found murdered in her hostel room
Mumbai (PTI): An 18-year-old college student was found murdered in her hostel room in south Mumbai's Churchgate area on Tuesday evening, police said.
It was suspected that she had been sexually assaulted but it can be ascertained only after autopsy report is available, an official said.
The victim was a student of a government polytechnic in suburban Bandra, he said.
Police were alerted after she became untraceable in the afternoon with her fourth-floor hostel room locked from outside.
A police team which entered the room found her dead with a dupatta (stole) wrapped around her neck.
A security guard of the hostel was also untraceable and police have launched a manhunt for him, the official said.
An FIR for murder was registered at Marine Drive police station, he added.
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Minister Parameshwara says remarks on properties linked to drug peddlers 'misunderstood'
Tumakuru (PTI): Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Saturday said his recent remarks on the demolition of properties linked to those involved in narcotics trade were "misunderstood and misinterpreted".
His clarification follows remarks made two days ago on the government's uncompromising crackdown on the drug menace, including action against properties linked to foreign nationals allegedly involved in drug trafficking.
"It is unfortunate. It is taken in the wrong sense. I didn't mean that tomorrow itself I am going to send bulldozers and demolish the houses. That was not my intention. It was wrongly taken," he told reporters here.
Responding to Congress MLC K Abdul Jabbar's question in the legislative council on the growing drug menace in Bengaluru, Davangere and coastal districts, the minister on Thursday detailed the extensive enforcement measures initiated since the Congress government assumed office.
Pointing to the involvement of some foreign nationals, the minister had said, "Many foreign students from African countries have come to Karnataka. They are into the drug business. We catch them and register cases against them, but they want the case to be registered because once the case is registered, we cannot deport them."
"We have gone to the extent of demolishing the rented building where they stay," he had said.
