Mangaluru Doctors' drug bust: Two more doctors, several medical students arrested
Mangaluru: The local police on Saturday arrested two more doctors and several other medical students in connection with the doctors’ drug bust in the city.
Speaking to the reporters, City Police Commissioner N Shashi Kumar said that Dr. Vidush Kumar (27), a native of North India, and Dr. Sudhindra (34), of Karnataka, as well as medical students Dr. Siddharth Pavaskar (29), Dr. Sharanya (23) of New Delhi, Dr. Suryajeet Dev (20) and Dr. Ayesha Mohammed (23) of Kerala, Dr. Pranay Nataraj (24) and Dr. Chaithanya R Tumuluri (23) of Telangana and Dr. Ish Midda (27) of Uttar Pradesh were arrested and produced before a magistrate.
The nine arrested have been remanded in judicial custody, the top cop said.
The city police have arrested as many as 24 people in connection with the case so far, he added.
The drug racket was busted by the city police on January 7, when doctors and students of a private medical college in the city were found involved in the consumption and sale of narcotics.
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Flagrant injustice to underprivileged: Mehbooba on govt action against Shopian school
Srinagar (PTI): PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said declaring Dar Ul Uloom Jamia Siraj Ul Uloom in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian an unlawful entity under the UAPA was a "flagrant injustice" to the underprivileged sections of society.
She also alleged that banning such "altruistic institutions" without any solid evidence of anti-national activity "shows a deep seated prejudice and ill intention".
The institution allegedly run by individuals affiliated with a banned organisation has been declared an "unlawful entity" under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
In a post on X, Mehbooba said, "Every single day the j&k government acts as a mute bystander & a timid enabler of vicious assaults on J&Ks identity & dignity. Declaring Dar Ul Uloom Jamia Siraj Ul Uloom as an unlawful entity under UAPA is a flagrant injustice to the poor underprivileged sections of society".
The former chief minister said the institution served as a "beacon of quality education" for students unable to afford expensive schooling.
"It has produced reputed doctors and professionals who served this nation with dedication. Banning these altruistic institutions without any solid evidence of anti national activity shows a deep seated prejudice & ill intention," she added.
Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Anshul Garg issued a two-page order based on the dossier presented by Senior Superintendent of Police Shopian pointing towards the alleged illegal activities at Darul Uloom Jamia Sirajul Uloom at Imam Sahib in Shopian district in south Kashmir.
According to the order issued by Garg on April 24, there were "credible inputs and evidence on record, to indicate sustained and covert linkages of the institution with Jamaat-e-Islami, which the Government of India banned in 2019.
