BJP leaders offered me Rs 30 crore: MLA Srinivas Gowda
Kolar: Kolar MLA K. Srinivas Gowda has said that the BJP leaders had offered him Rs 30 crore.
Speaking to reporters in Kolar, he said "BJP MLAs Yogeshwar and Ashwath Narayana forcibly placed Rs 5 crore at my residence in Bengaluru and went off. They asked me to tender my resignation, and in return, another Rs 25 crore will be paid to me.
Rs 5 crore were laying at my Bengaluru residence for two months. Finally, before registering a police complaint, I consulted the Chief Minister. Then, I returned the money to BJP's R. Ashok.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
