Bengaluru: CCB arrests actress Ragini in connection with Sandalwood drug racket case
Bengaluru: Sandalwood actress, Ragini Dwivedi was arrested by Bengaluru police's Central Crime Branch on Friday in connection with the Sandalwood's Drugs racket. The police has taken the actress into their custody for further investigation.
FIR is registered against one of Ragini’s close aid named Ravi Shankar on Thursday. Shankar in Police custody confessed of having contact with actress Ragini.
Bengaluru Police Commissioner Kamal Pant said, “We learned that the person working in the government office was related to someone in the film industry. While the CCB was investigating Ravi Shankar, we learned that he used to attend parties and provide drugs and also consume them."
Crime Branch obtained a search warrant from the court and raided Ragini's flat in Yelahanka on Friday morning. The search operation was carried for more than four hours.
Officers confiscated a laptop, Hard disk and a computer from Ragini's flat. Subsequently, Ragini was taken to the CCB office in Chamarajapete for further investigation.
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Special prayers offered at mosques across Karnataka for well-being of Indian armed forces
Bengaluru, May 09 (PTI): Special prayers were offered at mosques across Karnataka on Friday for the well-being of the Indian armed forces against the backdrop of the military conflict between India and Pakistan.
Mosques that come under the jurisdiction of the Waqf Board, as well as other mosques offered prayers.
"In these tough times, we stand with our country. We support our Prime Minister (Narendra Modi), our Home Minister (Amit Shah) and stand with the government. We offered special prayers today at all the mosques across the state for the well-being of our Indian armed forces, their families and the people of this country.
"May Allah give success to our armed forces in their mission," Mufti Mohamed Maqsoon Imran, Chief Imam of Jamia Masjid, Bengaluru, told PTI.
The move came a day after Karnataka Waqf and Minority Affairs Minister B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan wrote to the Chief Executive Officer of the Waqf Board to organise special prayers at mosques across the state for the well-being of Indian soldiers who took part in 'Operation Sindoor' carried out to avenge the Pahalgam terror attack.
Recently, special prayers were organised for the armed forces in all temples under the Karnataka Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Department, on the instructions of Endowment Minister Ramalinga Reddy.
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