Mangaluru: Mangaluru teenager, Mohammed Abdul Bashith, secured a silver medal at the National Open Water Swimming Championship 2024, organized by the Swimming Federation of India in Diu on January 7, 2024. Representing Karnataka state, Bashit participated in the 5 km swimming event.

The 17-year-old, son of Zainuddin Munna and Shamshid Shaniyath, is currently a second PUC student at Yenepoya College in Mangaluru.

Bashith's interest in swimming began at the age of eight, and since then, he has actively participated and excelled in various competitions.

Among his achievements, Abdul Bashith clinched a bronze medal at the National Swimming Championship in Malpe in January 2023. Additionally, he secured two silver medals and one bronze medal at the Dasara Championship held in Mysuru in 2023.

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Srinagar (PTI): Property worth Rs 1 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler was on Saturday attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, police said.

A double-storey house on eight marlas of land situated at Wantpora Eidgah, belonging to Basit Bilal Dar, a notorious drug peddler, valued at approximately Rs 1 crore, a police spokesperson said.

He said Dar is involved in two cases registered under various sections of the NDPS Act.

During investigation, it was established that the accused had acquired the said property through illicit proceeds generated from drug trafficking activities, the spokesperson said.

Consequently, the property was attached under the provisions of the NDPS Act. The attachment proceedings were conducted in the presence of the two independent witnesses, strictly in accordance with the prescribed legal procedures, he said.

As per the attachment order, the owner has been restrained from selling, leasing, transferring, altering, or creating any third-party interest in the property till further orders, the spokesperson added.