Owaisi hits out at RSS chief's "lynching" comment
Hyderabad, Oct 8: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday slammed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat over his statement that lynching is a "western construct" and should not be used in the Indian context to defame the country.
The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief said "the victims were Indians" and alleged that Bhagwat was not saying to stop lynching.
"The victims were Indians. Who garlanded convicts? Who draped them in (tricolor)? We've a Godse loving BJP MP.
There can't be a bigger defamation of India than ideology that killed Gandhi/Tabrez (Ansari). Bhagwat isnt saying stop lynching, hes saying dont call it that," Owaisi tweeted.
Addressing the RSS's Vijayadashmi rally at Nagpur, Bhagwat said it was wrong to use the term lynching in the Indian context.
The term was being used to defame the country, he claimed.
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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.
