M'luru: Police arrest 7 including engineering student for alleged drug trafficking in separate cases
Mangaluru: Under the Drug-Free Mangaluru campaign, police from various stations under the city commissionerate have carried out multiple operations, arresting seven people, including a Kerala-origin engineering student, for selling ganja in separate incidents.
In one case, Bunder Police on August 8 arrested Abdul Samad alias Chammu, who was selling ganja to college students and the public in the Kandathpalli area of Kudroli. Police seized 1.40 kg of ganja from him.
In another operation, Mulki Police raided a spot in the Lingapayya forest area of Kolnadu, where Dharmlinga from Karnadu village was allegedly selling ganja to college students and daily-wage workers. They recovered 1.90 kg of ganja from him.
In Bajpe Police limits, near Maravoor, Bihar-origin suspects Daulat Kumar Sharma and Muhammad Khushalam were arrested while selling ganja to the public. Police seized 1.189 kg of ganja from them.
Kankanady Police, near Padil, arrested Karthik and Moth while they were attempting to sell ganja, recovering 800 grams.
In another case, Kadri Police arrested Kerala-origin engineering student Pranav K., who was selling ganja to college students and the public, seizing 1.100 kg of the substance.
Police Commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy stated that further information is being gathered about those continuously selling ganja to students, youth, and the public. Details of the customers who purchased ganja from these accused have also been obtained. Teams have already been formed across police station limits to trace and apprehend them.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
