Bengaluru CCB busts international drug racket; drugs worth Rs. 1 crore imported from Canada seized
Bengaluru: CCB Anti-Narcotics Wing of Bengaluru Police on Thursday busted an international drug racket and arrested one person along with drugs worth Rs. one crore in a major breakthrough in crackdown on the drug supply and mafia in the state.
The arrested person has been identified as Atif Salim, a Kolkata resident. The police also seized a Skoda car, a KTM Duke bike, a weighing machine, Rs. one lakh in cash and drugs worth Rs. one crore from Atif Salim.
According to police Atif used to import drugs from Canada and was supplying in the country. The modus operandi of the accused was that he would take orders for Hydro Ganja and E Ciggratte tubes from an online website and would co-ordinate with his main man in Canada detailing about his requirement through an app.
The man in Canada then would courier the drugs using packaging of Amazon.com and that is how the drugs would reach Atif in India. To escape the customs and security checking the drugs would be packed into the milk powder tins made for children.
Costing about Rs 4000 per gram, 2.750 kg of Hydro Ganja was seized from Atif’s house during the raid along with E-cigarette of weed flavors were also seized.
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AIITA welcomes Karnataka’s ban on obscene songs in school events
Bhatkal: The Karnataka unit of the All India Ideal Teachers Association (AIITA) has welcomed the Karnataka government’s decision to strictly ban school children from dancing to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes in government, aided, and private schools across the state.
AIITA Karnataka State President M. R. Manvi congratulated the government for taking what he termed an important step to preserve the sanctity of education.
“Such decisions to safeguard the dignity of school children and uphold the values of education are the need of the hour. This rule should not be limited to government schools alone but must be strictly implemented in all private educational institutions as well,” he said.
He further urged the government to address other concerns within school programmes.
“The government should not only prohibit obscene dances in the name of school anniversaries, but also ensure that plays and dialogues that incite religious hatred are avoided. Schools should be centres of harmony, not platforms for spreading hatred,” he added.
According to a recent circular issued by the Department of School Education and Literacy, obscene dances are adversely affecting the mental health and moral values of students.
In this regard, schools have been advised to use songs that promote nationalism, positive thinking, the greatness of Kannada culture, and value-based traditions instead of inappropriate content during programmes.
The circular also emphasises that students should be dressed in decent attire.
AIITA also backed the department’s warning that disciplinary action would be taken against head teachers if such guidelines are violated. The association has further demanded that district Deputy Directors of Public Instruction strictly monitor the implementation of these rules.
