School management denies hall ticket: SSLC student commits suicide
Shortage of attendance
Bengaluru, Feb 12: A desperate 10th standard student of a school committed suicide after the school management denied hall ticket citing shortage of attendance, in Byappanahalli police station limits here on Monday.
The student has been identified as Janardhan (15) of Yellamma Temple Street at Nagavarapalya.
As he has shortage of attendance to sit for SSLC board examinations, the teachers denied him the hall ticket and informed his mother Sridevi and convinced her and sent them home.
But desperate over this, Janardhan, who told his mother that he would go for tuition, consumed insecticide and started vomiting. Though he was admitted to the Bowring Hospital, he died on Monday. Byappanahalli police who registered a case, are investigating the case.
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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.
