178 fresh COVID-19 cases in Karnataka on Friday; State's toll climbs up to 2711
Bengaluru: Karnataka on Friday recorded 178 fresh cases of Corona Virus, a health bulletin issued by the Health and Family Welfare Department informed on Friday afternoon.
The cases were registered from Thursday evening from 5pm to Friday at 12 pm. Raichur and Yadgiri districts reported the highest number of cases with 62 and 60 new cases respectively. Udupi and Kalaburagi Districts also accounted for 15 new cases each while Bengaluru reported 9 new cases, Chikkaballapur and Davangere reported 4 cases each, Mandya 2, Chitradurga, Shivamogga and Bengaluru Rural reported one case each, according to the bulletin.
The majority of the person who tested positive for the virus on Friday had arrived in the state from Maharashtra.
The total toll of cases in the state has climbed up to 2711. And with the recovery of 35 people of Friday who were discharged from the hospitals, the recoveries in the state has gone up to 896 while 47 patients have succumbed to the virus.
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Drug peddler's property worth Rs 1 crore attached in Srinagar
Srinagar (PTI): Property worth Rs 1 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler was on Saturday attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, police said.
A double-storey house on eight marlas of land situated at Wantpora Eidgah, belonging to Basit Bilal Dar, a notorious drug peddler, valued at approximately Rs 1 crore, a police spokesperson said.
He said Dar is involved in two cases registered under various sections of the NDPS Act.
During investigation, it was established that the accused had acquired the said property through illicit proceeds generated from drug trafficking activities, the spokesperson said.
Consequently, the property was attached under the provisions of the NDPS Act. The attachment proceedings were conducted in the presence of the two independent witnesses, strictly in accordance with the prescribed legal procedures, he said.
As per the attachment order, the owner has been restrained from selling, leasing, transferring, altering, or creating any third-party interest in the property till further orders, the spokesperson added.
