Eight injured as private buses collide head-on in BC Road
Bantwal: Eight people, including the drivers, were injured in a head-on collision between two private buses on the Mangaluru-Bengaluru highway near the Nethravathi Bridge in BC Road on Saturday morning.
Buses of the Celiena Contract Carriage and the Sharada bus service of Sajipa route collided on the national highway. The identities of the injured passengers are yet to be confirmed, said sources.
As an impact of the accident, a car that was following one of the buses on the route hit the bus in front, but there was no fatality.
The movement of traffic on the national highway, however, affected for some time, due to the collision.
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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.
