Kodagu police arrest 3 accused absconding for over a decade in separate cases
Madikeri: Three men, who had been accused in three separate cases filed in police stations of the district but had been absconding for more than a decade, have been arrested by Kodagu police officers and presented before the court.
One of the arrested men, HU Chandrashekhar (49), is a native of Nanjarayapatna village and was facing charges of assaulting Padmavathi, a resident of Kanthuru-Moornadu, and issuing her a death threat. A case had been filed against him 2007 at the Madikeri Rural Police Station and the officers were investigating into the incident. After escaping the law for 16 years, Chandrashekhar was now arrested in the case.
The second arrested, 60-year-old Mani, has been held after 21 years of facing charges of assault as well as murder attempt. In 2002, the Madikeri Rural Police had registered a case against Mani for attacking his wife with a stick and also trying to murder her.
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The third man arrested by the police is identified as Shankar (52), a resident of Dodda Pulikotu village. A case had been filed against him by the Siddapur Police in 2002 for allegedly forcing entry into the house of a woman in Guhya village within the police station jurisdiction and raping her, before issuing her a death threat. Shankar has also been arrested by the police 21 years after committing the crime.
Kodagu Superintendent of Police K Ramarajan has lauded the district police officers and staff members for successfully arresting the absconding accused.
The cases were probed by a special investigation team consisting of Madikeri Deputy SP Mahesh Kumar S, Madikeri Town Circle Inspector Raju PK, Madikeri Rural Inspector Umesh U, Siddapur Sub-inspector Raghavendra as well as the constables of the police stations.
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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.
