Three held with MDMA in coastal Karnataka
Mangaluru (Karnataka) (PTI): Three persons were arrested for allegedly possessing and attempting to sell banned narcotic substance MDMA in coastal Karnataka, police said on Friday.
Based on specific intelligence that drugs procured from Bengaluru were being supplied to the public and students in Ullal limits, a City Crime Branch team intercepted a car near Talapady on February 12, they said.
The accused -- Mustafa Seediyabba (34), Maiyaddi (28) and Mohammed Shifan (28), all residents of Ullal -- were taken into custody, police said.
Police seized 118.13 grams of MDMA valued at about Rs 11.9 lakh, four mobile phones and the car used for transport, taking the total value of seized property to Rs 17.95 lakh.
A case has been registered at Ullal police station under relevant provisions of narcotics law, police said, adding that an investigation is underway to identify others involved in the suspected supply network.
Police said Mustafa has a prior cattle theft case registered at Kankanady Town police station, while Maiyaddi faces an earlier assault case in Ullal jurisdiction.
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Rahul meets leaders of farm unions, launching of movement against India-US trade deal discussed
New Delhi (PTI): Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday met leaders of farm unions from across the country in Parliament House complex during which the need for a nationwide movement to oppose the India-US interim trade deal as well as safeguarding the livelihoods of farmers and farm labourers was discussed.
During the meeting, the farm union leaders expressed their opposition to the India-US trade deal, and conveyed their deep concern for the livelihoods of farmers of corn, soyabean, cotton, fruits and nuts, the Congress said.
Gandhi said the trade deal has opened the door for agricultural imports and that many other crops would soon follow, according to the party.
The farm leaders and Rahul Gandhi discussed the need for a large-scale national movement to oppose the deal, and safeguard the livelihoods of farmers and farm labourers, it said.
The farm leaders who met Gandhi here included All India Kisan Congress chief Sukhpal S Khaira, Ashok Balhara of the Bharatiye Kisan Mazdor Union, Haryana, Baldev S Zira of the BKU Krantikari, R. NandKumar of the Progressive Farmers Front, Amarjit S Mohri of the BKU Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Guramneet S Mangat of the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha -- India, and Hameed Malik of the J-K Zamidara Forum, among others.
Khaira said a delegation of various Kisan Unions met Gandhi in his Parliament office to discuss the "anti farmer" Indo-US treaty. Khaira alleged that the deal is nothing but a complete surrender before the Americans.
The meeting comes a day after Gandhi asserted that the government can file cases or a privilege motion against him but he will stand strongly with farmers. He had also accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being "anti-farmer" and "selling" the country through the India-US interim trade deal.
The Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha had shared a video statement on X in which he made a scathing attack on the government over the India-US interim trade deal.
In a post in Hindi on X along with the video, Gandhi had said, "FIR is filed, a case is registered, or a privilege motion is brought -- I will fight for the farmers."
"Any trade deal that takes away the farmers' livelihood or weakens the country's food security is anti-farmer. We will not let the anti-farmer Modi government compromise on the interests of the food providers," he had said.
