Udupi, Dec 15: Krishna Naik, the husband of former Udupi city municipal council president Shanta Naik, was allegedly attacked in his house at Manipal in Udupi district of Karnataka by a local resident on Thursday, police said.

The assailant, identified as Arjun, was later arrested. He barged into the house in the morning and attacked him with an iron rod, the police said.

Naik (50) with serious injuries was hospitalised.

Personal enmity is said to be the reason behind the attack, according to the police. A case has been registered, they added.

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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.