Large-scale drug seizures ahead of Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka
Bengaluru: Anti-Narcotics Squad and CCB team of the City Police seized 2.024 kg of MDMA crystals worth Rs 2.02 crore from Bommanahalli in the Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency.
Additionally, the Income Tax Department confiscated Rs 4.03 crore in cash in the Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency, while the Excise Department seized 37031.33 liters of liquor worth Rs 82.65 lakh in Uttara Kannada district.
Rapid squads, fixed surveillance teams, and police officials have registered 1,290 FIRs related to the seizure of cash, liquor, drugs, precious metals, and free gifts.
The Excise Department has registered 1,427 cases related to heinous crimes, 1,469 cases of license violations, and 95 cases under the NDPS Act. Additionally, 6,454 cases were registered under the Karnataka Excise Act, and 855 vehicles were seized.
Regarding the upcoming elections for 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state, 358 candidates submitted 492 nomination papers, out of which 384 have been accepted. Withdrawal of nomination papers is possible until April 8th, after which the final number of candidates in the fray will be determined.
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Mamata demands PM's resignation over silence on Pak's 'threat' to strike Kolkata in future conflict
Bethuadahari (WB) (PTI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday asked why Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not raise Pakistan's threat to attack Kolkata, during his poll rallies in West Bengal a day earlier.
"You (PM) target Bengal during election rallies; but when Pakistan talks of attacking Bengal, you do not utter a word. You should resign," she said at a poll rally here in Nadia district.
"Why did the prime minister not raise the issue during his rally in Bengal? When Pakistan's defence minister says they will attack Kolkata, why didn't the prime minister say that 'we will take strong action'?" she posed a day after Modi addressed a poll rally in West Bengal's Cooch Behar.
"Just like we do not accept any threat to the country, we will also not take the threat to Kolkata lying down," she said.
Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Saturday warned India that it would respond with a strike in Kolkata to any “future misadventures". “If India tries to stage any false flag operation this time, then God-willingly, we will take it to Kolkata," Asif had said while talking to reporters at his hometown of Sialkot.
