Disqualify disgruntled MLAs: Siddaramaiah complains speaker
Bengaluru: Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramiah Monday urged Speaker Ramesh Kumar to disqualify the MLAs, who have been holed up in Mumbai without respecting the whip and notice of the party.
Siddaramaiah, along with minister DK Shivakumar, visited the Speaker and gave the complaint.
Four disgruntled MLAs, Ramesh Jarakiholi, Nagendra, Mahesh Kumatalli and Umesh Jadhav, are staying at a Mumbai's hotel. A whip was issued to all the four MLAs asking them to be present during the Budget session. Notices were issued to them several times. But they did not heed any of these.
"They have violated the party whip and involved in anti-party activities. Initiate action against them under the Anti Defection Act," the Congress leaders urged in the complaint.
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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.
