Ten including doctors, medical college students arrested for selling drugs in Mangaluru
Mangaluru: In what comes as a major drug bust in the city, the local police has arrested ten people including doctors and medical students of a private college in the city on charges of the sale of drugs.
The arrested accused have been identified as Neel Kishorilal Ramji Shah (38), an NRI BDS student; Dr. Sameer (32), Dr. Manimaran Muttu (28), Dr. Nadiya Siraj (24), Dr. Varshini Prathi (26), Dr. Riya Chadda (22), Dr. Bhanu Dahiya (27), Dr. Kshithij Gupta (25), Ira Basin (23) and Muhammad Rauf.
The accused were allegedly selling ganja to people, including students, at a flat near Bunts Hostel in the city.
“Mangaluru CCB Inspector Shyam Sundar HM, on receiving a tip-off on the group, raided the flat with an investigation team. Neel Kishorilal Ramji Shah was taken into custody on the occasion. The team also confiscated two kg of ganja worth Rs 50,000, two mobile phones, cash Rs. 7,000, digital equipment and a toy gun, City Police Commissioner Shashikumar said.
The other accused in the case were taken into custody from various hostels, paying guest rooms, and private residences in different parts of the city, he added.
Mangaluru Police (East) has registered a case and are investigating, Shashi Kumar said.
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BMTC collects over Rs 19 lakh as fine from those travelling without tickets, occupying ladies seat
Bengaluru (PTI): The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has collected over Rs 19 lakh as a penalty from 10,069 passengers who were penalised for travelling without tickets and occupying seats exclusively reserved for ladies in the last three months, officials said on Thursday.
The checking staff of BMTC have intensified checking of buses operated in and around Bengaluru City to detect ticketless travelling by passengers, they said.
According to BMTC, during the months of August, September and October, the checking staff checked 57,219 trips and penalised 8,891 ticketless passengers by collecting Rs 17,96,030 as penalty and 5,268 cases were booked against conductors for their dereliction of duty.
During the same period, they have also penalised 1,178 male passengers for occupying seats exclusively reserved for lady passengers and imposed fines by collecting Rs 1,17,800 in accordance with the KMV (Karnataka Motor Vehicle) Rules of the MV Act of 1988.
"In total, during the months of August, September and October, 10,069 passengers were penalised and Rs 19,13,830 was collected," the BTMC officials stated.
