Ambedkar skit row: Bengaluru Police arrest seven students of Jain University
Bengaluru: Police on Monday arrested seven students of the Jain University in connection with the Ambedkar skit row that has triggered nationwide controversy.
The arrested students have reportedly been booked under the SC ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and Sections 153a, 295a, and 149 of the Indian Penal Code.
The students were earlier suspended by the college for allegedly insulting Dr. BR Ambedkar and the SC community on February 8, during a skit.
A video clip of the skit had gone viral on social media, drawing criticism and the registration of many FIRs across the state and other places.
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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.
