Mangaluru: Ganja supply from students; Eight accused held
Mangaluru, Jan 13: In a joint operation, CCB police and Economic and Narcotic Crime Police arrested eight students hailed from Kerala here on Sunday, along with ganja on charges of supplying ganja to the students and public in the city.
The arrested have been identified as Akshay Kumar Prasad (22) of Kareepra village in Kollam district in Kerala they stayed in Kadri, Nimil (21), Amith Srivatsan (21), Ashwin (21), Akash S Nayar (23), Akshay (22), Muhammad Amir (22) of Kannur in Kerala and Jaffer (22) of Kannur Borugadde in the outskirt of Mangaluru.
About incident
Acting in a tip off that the accused were selling ganja to students and people, the police conducted raid and arrested them. The police have recovered 500 gram ganja worth Rs 12,000, eight mobile phones, Rs 4,050 cash and two motor bikes. The total value of the recovered materials is estimated at Rs 1,69,050.
CCB unit inspector Shantaram, Economic and Narcotic Crime Police inspector Ramakrishna and CCB PSI HD Kabbalaraj and staff participated in the operation.
Engineering and Physiotherapy students
The accused have been purchasing ganja from Kerala and selling it in Mangaluru. Out of eight students, seven are from an engineer college and one is from physiotherapy college in the city, police said.
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Deepavali inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list
New Delhi (PTI:) India's Deepavali -- the festival of light -- was on Wednesday inscribed on the UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
The decision was taken during a key meeting of UNESCO being hosted at the Red Fort in Delhi.
This is the first time that India is hosting a session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH).
The 20th session of the panel is underway from December 8 to 13 at the Red Fort.
Chants of 'Vande Mataram' and 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' rent the air as UNESCO announced that the Deepavali festival has been added to the coveted list.
India currently has 15 elements inscribed on the UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, and these include the Kumbh Mela, Durga Puja of Kolkata, Garba dance of Gujarat, yoga, the tradition of Vedic chanting and Ramlila - the traditional performance of the epic 'Ramayana'.
