K'taka: Savarkar's portrait installed at Hindalga prison in presence of Education Minister BC Nagesh
Belagavi: A portrait was installed inside the Hindalga jail in Belagavi on Thursday in the presence of Karnataka Education Minister BC Nagesh.
The move comes in the wake of demands from the right-wing Hindutva groups to install a portrait in the jail as they claimed the RSS ideologue was lodged in the Hindalga prison for 99 adys.
Savarkar was housed in the prison between April 4 to 13 July 1950.
A video showed Education Minister BC Nagesh taking part in the event when the portrait was installed inside the premises of jail. The video also showed a group of men garlanding the photo of Savarkar, showering flowers, and raising slogans.
In the presence of Education Minister @BCNagesh_bjp #savarkar portrait was installed inside Hindalga jail in #Belagavi today. There was demand from #Hindu groups as savarkar was housed in the Hindalaga prison for 99 days between 4 April to 13 July in 1950. #Karnataka pic.twitter.com/LtXNg9FgPT
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Drug peddler's property worth Rs 1 crore attached in Srinagar
Srinagar (PTI): Property worth Rs 1 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler was on Saturday attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, police said.
A double-storey house on eight marlas of land situated at Wantpora Eidgah, belonging to Basit Bilal Dar, a notorious drug peddler, valued at approximately Rs 1 crore, a police spokesperson said.
He said Dar is involved in two cases registered under various sections of the NDPS Act.
During investigation, it was established that the accused had acquired the said property through illicit proceeds generated from drug trafficking activities, the spokesperson said.
Consequently, the property was attached under the provisions of the NDPS Act. The attachment proceedings were conducted in the presence of the two independent witnesses, strictly in accordance with the prescribed legal procedures, he said.
As per the attachment order, the owner has been restrained from selling, leasing, transferring, altering, or creating any third-party interest in the property till further orders, the spokesperson added.
