M'luru moral policing at gold showroom: Police arrests four Hindutva activists over Dec 6 incident
Mangaluru: The city police on Sunday arrested four people linked to the Sangh Parivar in connection with the moral policing incident at a gold shop here in the city.
The four had barged into a gold showroom and created ruckus in the shop.
The arrested accused have been identified as Shibin, Ganesh, Prakash and Chethan. The arrest comes a day after Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra had warned people of legal action if they take law into their hands and threaten law and order situation.
The incident of moral policing by the arrested accused was reported on December 6, when they barged into the gold showroom. They created ruckus at the site claiming that they had information on a male employee’s close relations with a woman employee from the marketing section of the showroom.
The accused while barging into the showroom were accompanied by the parents of woman employee.
A case in this regard was registered at the Kadri Police Station in the city following the four accused were arrested on Sunday.
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Drug peddler's property worth Rs 1 crore attached in Srinagar
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.
