Alleged promotion to use ganja: CCB sleuths issue notice to Swami Nityananda
Bengaluru, November 20: CCB police served a notice to Swami Nityananda of Bidadi Ashram on charges of instigating the people to smoke ganja in a video message saying that they would get salvation if they smoke ganja.
In his video message uploaded in the social media, Nityananda said that one could fly in the sky if he smoked ganja. Alleging that Nityananda has instigated the people to smoke ganja, the people have complained against him. Following this complaint, CCB police who went to Bidadi Ashram, served him the notice directing him to attend the interrogation. Since Nityananda was not in the Ashram, his disciples received the notice, sources said.
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Minister Parameshwara says remarks on properties linked to drug peddlers 'misunderstood'
Tumakuru (PTI): Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Saturday said his recent remarks on the demolition of properties linked to those involved in narcotics trade were "misunderstood and misinterpreted".
His clarification follows remarks made two days ago on the government's uncompromising crackdown on the drug menace, including action against properties linked to foreign nationals allegedly involved in drug trafficking.
"It is unfortunate. It is taken in the wrong sense. I didn't mean that tomorrow itself I am going to send bulldozers and demolish the houses. That was not my intention. It was wrongly taken," he told reporters here.
Responding to Congress MLC K Abdul Jabbar's question in the legislative council on the growing drug menace in Bengaluru, Davangere and coastal districts, the minister on Thursday detailed the extensive enforcement measures initiated since the Congress government assumed office.
Pointing to the involvement of some foreign nationals, the minister had said, "Many foreign students from African countries have come to Karnataka. They are into the drug business. We catch them and register cases against them, but they want the case to be registered because once the case is registered, we cannot deport them."
"We have gone to the extent of demolishing the rented building where they stay," he had said.
