JDS MLA Narayan Gowda returns to Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Feb 13: JDS MLA Narayana Gowda on Wednesday landed in Bengaluru, from Mumbai where he was reportedly camping.
Alleging that BJP government in Maharashtra had kept Narayan Gowda who is a hotelier in Mumbai, under house arrest and when people of his constituency went to Mumbai looking for him, he was not found to be in the city, Congress and JDS MLAs led by Siddaramaiah had planned to go to Mumbai and stage protest against the Maharashtra government, it is said.
"Narayan Gowda has reached Bengaluru. He will attend the Budget Session today. Ask him whether he is in contact with the BJP or not", Tourism Minister SR Mahesh said.
It is also said that four disgruntled Congress MLAs who were camping in Mumbai for the last one and half months, have also reached Bengaluru. But it is not clear whether they would attend the Session or resign from their position. Coalition government coordinator Siddaramaiah has already appealed the Speaker to disqualify the four MLAs.
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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.
