CCB uncovers drug factory in Bengaluru: Drugs worth 2 crores recovered, one arrested
Bengaluru: Team of CCB and CCB Anti-Narcotics Division officers uncovered a drugs network that manufactured drugs and sold them from a residence in Bengaluru’s Electronic City. The officers recovered drugs worth rupees 2 crores during the raid. A foreign national has been arrested for his involvement in the illegal drugs network.
CCB Joint Commissioner, Sandeep Patil informed that “The prime accused of the illegal operation, a Nigerian national named John has been arrested. Several others have gone into hiding, and a search operation is underway to capture them”, he said.
The accused was residing in a rented house at Bettadasanapura in the jurisdiction of the Electronic City. He used to buy chemicals from the city’s market and also shop online. He used to create MDMA tablets using the same chemicals. He sold them to customers in the city and also send them abroad hidden inside new shoes”, he said.
“An FIR has been registered in the Electronic City Police Station related to drugs, under the NDPS Act”, he informed.
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K'taka HC denies plea to quash case against man accused of assaulting mentally challenged minor
Bengaluru: The High Court of Karnataka has refused to quash criminal proceedings against a man from Tumakuru accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old mentally challenged girl. Justice M Nagaprasanna observed that dismissing the proceedings would amount to a "travesty of law," given the nature of the allegations.
The incident occurred on December 10, 2023, when the petitioner allegedly lured the victim to his house under the pretext of giving her sugarcane. Although her mother became aware of the incident on the same day, she delayed filing a complaint by 11 days due to social pressures and her daughter's disability. The child later complained of persistent pain, prompting the complaint.
The Tumakuru police charged the petitioner under s. 376(l) of the IPC and s. 4 of the POCSO Act.
The petitioner argued that the delay in registering the complaint and the victim's mental condition warranted quashing the case. He also claimed that the victim's statement under s. 164 of the CrPC lacked credibility. However, Justice Nagaprasanna noted that the victim had identified the petitioner and provided sufficient details about the incident in her statement.
The court held that the allegations were "heinous and horrendous," describing the petitioner's behaviour as prima facie paraphilic. It emphasised that reliance on isolated statements from a mentally challenged child during cross-examination cannot justify quashing the proceedings.
The trial court has been instructed to conclude the case within three months.
