Mangaluru: Hemant Nimbalkar, Commissioner of the Department of Information and Public Relations, has issued an order for the transfer of BA Khader Shah, Senior Assistant Director (Dakshina Kannada) of the Bureau, in the backdrop of the Lok Sabha elections this year.

Nimbalkar has said that Shah will be transferred to Hassan and Meenakshamma, Senior Assistant Director (Hassan) of the Bureau, will take charge of the district unit of the Bureau in Mangaluru.

Stating that the transfer would be applicable for the election period, Nimbalkar has clarified that the senior assistant directors will return to their respective districts after completion of the election process.

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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.