Lookout notice issued against ex-minister's son Aditya Alva in drug case
Bengaluru: The Central Crime Branch, which is probing the drug abuse in the Kannada film industry, has issued a lookout notice against former Minister and late Jeevaraj Alva's son Aditya, who is at large.
The police suspect that Aditya Alva is in India and hiding to evade arrest.
They also fear that he may try to flee the country and accordingly all the airports in the country have been alerted to arrest him, police sources said.
"We have issued a lookout notice for Aditya Alva," an officer in the CCB told PTI on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the Internal Security Division, which is simultaneously probing the case had summoned a few television and film artists besides sports personalities.
However, no one has been arrested yet. According to the ISD officials, notices have been served on 67 people.
Meanwhile, a report from Mangaluru said police have arrested a young woman from Manipur, who was in contact with the dancer-choreographer Kishore Aman Shetty, facing charges of drug peddling and consumption.
The woman identified as Aska was taken into custody from a spa in the city, where she is employed. She is learnt to have partied with Shetty and consumed drugs.
The arrest was recorded after a drug test on her turned out positive. Investigations are on to trace others who had attended Shetty's parties, the sources said.
The state police started investigating drug abuse among bigwigs including those in the film industry after the Narcotics Control Bureau arrested three people from Bengaluru with a drug haul.
They were allegedly supplying drugs to Kannada film actors and singers.
The CCB has arrested 13 people in this connection while it is in lookout for at least seven more people.
Those arrested include film actresses Ragini Dwivedi, Sanjjanaa Galrani, realtor Rahul Thonse and RTO clerk B K Ravishankar.
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SIR rolled out to 'cut' SC, BC, minorities votes; Cong will protect them: K'taka deputy CM
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Friday charged the SIR of electoral rolls was being rolled out to "cut" SC, BC and minorities votes, and said the ruling Congress in the state will ensure that they are "protected".
Shivakumar, also the state Congress chief, said that the party is educating all its leaders regarding Special Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls.
The Election Commission of India on Thursday announced the rollout of phase-3 of the SIR in 16 states and three Union Territories involving 36.73 crore voters in a phased manner beginning May 30. Karnataka was also being covered.
"We know that (SIR being rolled out), we have got all information. We are educating all the party leaders. Across the party line -- let BJP and JD(S) also secure all their votes," Shivakumar said.
Speaking to reporters here, he said, "it's (SIR) aim is to see to that Scheduled Caste, backward class and the minority votes are cut. But we will see that it is protected. Every one born in India should have their right."
"In Karnataka 88 to 90 per cent has been mapped (mapping of electors). But still we will try to educate all of them," he added.
Punjab, Jharkhand, Karnataka and Telangana are the opposition-ruled among the states where the SIR exercise will be held.
The final voters' roll of Karnataka will be out on October 7.
A section of leaders and organisations opposed to SIR had met Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah last week and urged the government to take urgent steps to protect the voting rights of the state's electorate from the process.
They termed the Special Intensive Revision an "undemocratic and unscientific" process that "pushes out" voters.
