Court issues non-bailable warrant against MP Pratap Simha in Prakash Rai defamation suit
Bengaluru: The City Elected Representative’s Special Court has issued a non-bailable warrant against Lok Sabha MP Pratap Simha.
The warrant has been issued in a case pertaining to a post on twitter Simha shared, insulting the actor turned politician Prakash Rai.
Rai had filed a defamation suit against the MP’s post in February 2018, and despite issuing several summons for the hearing, the MP failed to appear before the court.
The court after issuing non-bailable warrant against Simha, has posted the case on March 19 for next hearing.
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Four passengers arrested at BLR airport with hydroponic ganja worth over Rs 21.5 crore
Bengaluru (PTI): Four passengers who arrived from Bangkok at Kempegowda International Airport here were arrested with hydroponic ganja valued at over Rs 21.5 crore in two separate cases, officials said on Saturday.
They were intercepted at Terminal 2 of the airport on May 1, they added.
In the first case, Bengaluru Customs said in a post on ‘X’ that three passengers arriving from Bangkok were intercepted, and 52.68 kg of hydroponic ganja, valued at Rs 18.43 crore, was seized from their baggage.
In a separate case on the same day, another passenger arriving from Bangkok was intercepted, and 9 kg of hydroponic ganja, valued at Rs 3.15 crore, was seized from his baggage.
In both cases, the accused, whose identities have not been disclosed, were arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, officials added.
