Dakshina Kannada: Police constable at Vittal Police Station, tests positive for COVID-19
Vittal, May 24: A police constable in Dakshina Kannada District tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday and it is learnt that he had come in the contact with a man who arrived from Mumbai.
A 42-year-old police constable attached to Vittal police station in Bantwal Taluk of Dakshina Kannada District has been infected with the coronavirus.
On May 14, a man from Raigad, Maharashtra, went to the police station before moving to quarantine center. On the fourth day of his quarantine, he tested positive for the virus on May 18 following which, three policemen from Vittal police station were sent to quarantine. One of them tested positive on Sunday.
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
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.
