Vehicle theft case: Four rowdy-sheeters held in Mangaluru
Mangaluru, Mar 23: Mangaluru city police have arrested four people on charges of looting two-wheeler riders and stealing two-wheelers.
All the four arrested men are rowdy-sheeters, city police Commissioner N Shashi Kumar told reporters here on Tuesday.
The arrested have been identified as Deekshit poojary (32) from Kulashekara, Chandrahasa Poojary (34) from Someshwara, Hemachandra from Kotekar, Santosh Poojary alias Nayi Santu (38) from Chelar in Surathkal.
The Commissioner said eight other men belonging to the gang were absconding and efforts are on to trace them.
Police have recovered two two-wheelers which the accused had stolen, apart from cash, mobile phones and lethal weapons.
The arrested men were also involved in sand and drugs mafia and had links with notorious underworld don Ravi Poojary and other criminals, the Commissioner said.
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Minister Parameshwara says remarks on properties linked to drug peddlers 'misunderstood'
Tumakuru (PTI): Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Saturday said his recent remarks on the demolition of properties linked to those involved in narcotics trade were "misunderstood and misinterpreted".
His clarification follows remarks made two days ago on the government's uncompromising crackdown on the drug menace, including action against properties linked to foreign nationals allegedly involved in drug trafficking.
"It is unfortunate. It is taken in the wrong sense. I didn't mean that tomorrow itself I am going to send bulldozers and demolish the houses. That was not my intention. It was wrongly taken," he told reporters here.
Responding to Congress MLC K Abdul Jabbar's question in the legislative council on the growing drug menace in Bengaluru, Davangere and coastal districts, the minister on Thursday detailed the extensive enforcement measures initiated since the Congress government assumed office.
Pointing to the involvement of some foreign nationals, the minister had said, "Many foreign students from African countries have come to Karnataka. They are into the drug business. We catch them and register cases against them, but they want the case to be registered because once the case is registered, we cannot deport them."
"We have gone to the extent of demolishing the rented building where they stay," he had said.
