Bantwal: Bantwal Town Police on Friday has registered case against 30 people for allegedly gathering and holding a protest in the sealed down zone, here.

The case was registered based on a complaint filed by Area Commander of the sealed down area and Bantwal Tahsildar Rashmi SR. The accused were reportedly identified and booked using video footages of the incident.

According to the report, the Bantwal Tahsildar was on Thursday afternoon patrolling the sealed down zone when she noticed people’s gathering for a protest, violating the seal down norms and regulation.

After a number of COVID-19 cases came to the forth in the area, Bantwal Pete was declared as containment zone by DK DC and was sealed down on May 9 until further notice.

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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.