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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Waqf Bill anti-secular, will snatch rights of Muslims: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata (PTI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday described the Waqf (Amendment) Bill as “anti-secular”, claiming that it would snatch the rights of Muslims.
Banerjee, speaking in the assembly, also said the Centre did not consult with states over the matter.
“The bill is anti-federal and anti-secular; it is a deliberate attempt to malign a particular section. It will snatch the rights of Muslims... The Centre did not consult with us on the Waqf Bill,” she said.
The chief minister added that “if any religion was attacked”, she would wholeheartedly condemn it.
Opposition parties have stridently criticised the amendments proposed by the bill in the existing Waqf Act, alleging that they violate the religious rights of Muslims.
The ruling BJP has asserted that the amendments will bring transparency in the functioning of the Waqf boards and make them accountable.
A parliamentary committee has been constituted to scrutinise the contentious bill.
