Fisheries development board employee dies in bike-jeep collision in Sullia
Sullia: A 52-year-old employee of the Karnataka Fisheries Development Corporation (KFDC), Vinayak Murthy, who was grievously injured after his motorbike collided with a jeep in Ajjavara, died on the way to a hospital.
Murthy is survived by his wife Manjula, a son and a daughter.
He was returning home on his motorbike, with his wife Manjula riding pillion, after the day's work at the KFDC Ajjavara Padambailu office when his bike collided with a jeep.
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Finding Murthy seriously injured as an impact of the collision, an ambulance was called immediately, but the rider reportedly died before they reached the hospital. Manjula is being treated at a hospital in Mangaluru.
Sullia Police have registered a case and are investigating.
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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.
