Mangaluru: Police arrest main accused in cocaine sales network
Mangaluru, October 31: The CCB police arrested a main accused who supplies cocaine from Goa to the local peddlers.
Hailed from Kasaragod and settled in Goa Candolim Dokle Anavaddo, Ajmal Pulikkal (44) was the accused.
In August, the Mangaluru CCB police arrested five accused on charges of having cocaine at Maroli in Mangaluru city East police station limits and recovered Rs 70,000 worth cocaine, three cars, cash and mobile phones from them. But the main accused Ajmal who has been supplying the drug to these accused was absconding. Acting on a tip off, the CCB police arrested the accused. He was facing a case on having fake passport at Ullala police station in 2008.
CCB inspector Shanthaveera and staff, Mangaluru city East police station inspector Maruti Nayak and staff participated in the operation.
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Nagpur explosives factory blast: Death toll rises to 19
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Nagpur (PTI): The death toll in the Nagpur explosives company blast has gone up to 19 after one more person succumbed, police said on Monday.
Twenty-three other injured workers were undergoing treatment in hospitals here, a police official said.
The toll in the blast at the SBL Energy Limited factory on Sunday has risen to 19 with the death of one more worker, he said.
A high-level meeting chaired by Nagpur Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule was underway at the divisional commissionerate here to deliberate and take stock of the incident that took place on Sunday.
Senior officials from various departments, local legislators and other leaders were present in the meeting.
The police have arrested nine directors of SBL Energy Limited, where the blast took place on Sunday morning, officials said.
The Kalmeshwar police here have registered a case against 21 directors and shareholders of the company under Section 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, they said.
The explosion occurred at the detonator packing unit of SBL Energy Limited, a mining and industrial explosives manufacturer, at Raulgaon in Katol tehsil of Nagpur district.
The bodies were charred beyond recognition, and samples of the family members were being taken for DNA testing to ascertain the identities of the deceased, police said.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has ordered a thorough investigation into the cause of the explosion.
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