Mangaluru, September 25: CCB and Urwa police on Tuesday arrested three persons on charges of selling banned ganja and MDMA drugs in a public place in front of the Kuntikana Sun Royal Residency in Urwa police station limits in the city.

The arrested are identified as Mohammad Shakir (23) of Gurupura Kaikamba, Nadeem (26) of Panjimogaru and Fakruddin alias Irfan (26) of Kavoor Shantinagar.  

The police arrested the accused while selling ganja and MDMA drugs and recovered 7 gram ganja, 20 gram MDMA drugs, 3 mobile phones, and Rs 74,025 cash worth Rs 2,20,275 from them. On a tip-off, the police raided the accused and arrested them.

Case was registered under NDPS Act and produced the accused before the court.



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Belthangady: A case has been registered at Dharmasthala police station against Girish Mattannavar over a complaint regarding alleged defamatory posts on social media against Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade, Dharmadhikari of Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala.

The complaint was filed by Subrahmanya Prasad, a resident of Dharmasthala.

The complainant stated that Mattannavar posted content on Instagram making allegations against Dr. Heggade and allegedly affecting his reputation.

Based on the complaint, a case was registered under Section 353(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which is related to spreading false information, rumours, or alarming news, on April 18, and the investigation is in progress.

Following information about Mattannavar’s appearance at the SIT office on May 7, a police officer from Dharmasthala police station issued a notice directing him to appear at the station within a week.