Man tries to kidnap child standing outside his house in Suratkal; CCTV footage viral
Surathkal: An attempt to kidnap a child standing in front of the residence was captured on the CCTV camera installed on the premises of Chokkabettu Jumma Masjid in the jurisdiction of the Surathkal Police Station on Monday night.
There had been a power outage across Surathkal around 9 pm on Monday. A child was standing outside their residence opposite the Chokkabettu Jumma Masjid, when a person wearing a blue T-shirt approached the child. The man held the child’s hand, saying, “Your elder brother is inside the car. Come”, and attempted to take the child's away.
The child, however, pulled away his hand from the stranger’s hand and, asserting that his brother was inside the house, ran inside. Later, the individual who attempted to kidnap the child fled the scene. The entire episode of the man trying to kidnap the child was captured on the CCTV camera installed on the premises of the opposite Masjid and has since gone viral on social media.
The Surathkal Police visited the site, conducted an inquiry, and acquired the CCTV footage of the occurrence. An investigation is underway.
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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.
