Mysuru: ZP president Nayeema Sultan resigns
Mysuru, Dec 21: In a sudden development, zilla panchayat president Nayeema Sultan resigned from her post on Friday.
Following pressure from BJP and JDS members, the president has resigned from her post and given her resignation letter to vice president Nataraj. In her resignation letter, she has mentioned that “I am resigning from the post voluntarily and I would request to accept my resignation letter”.
While tendering her resignation, there was a verbal duels between ZP member Beerihundi Basavanna and Rehman, son of Nayeema. As the attitude of the ZP members has created confusion, the Congress members were waiting for the general body meeting. With this, the cold war between the ZP members came to the fore. It is said that vice president Nataraj would also tender his resignation. He would go to Bengaluru and tender his resignation to Rural Development and Panchayati Raj department principal secretary, it is said.
Rehman said that local influential people have put pressure on his mother to tender her resignation. So, she has resigned from her position. If the pressure continued in future, she would resign from her ZP membership, he added.
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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.
