State government has declared war against drugs menace: Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai
Bengaluru: Karnataka Home Minister, Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday asserted that the State government had launched a crackdown against drugs across the State and assured that adequate measures were being initiated to take control over the drugs menace.
Bommai addressed the issue when former minister KJ George asked question over spread of drugs in the State, Bommai replied adding that the state government had declared war against the drugs manace.
Bommai later informed the house that steps were being initiated to cap the spread of the drugs and amendments will be brought into the laws to make it stricter.
The Home Minister also informed that eight new CES Police Stations were made operational in Bengaluru in a bid to control drugs and cybercrime.
He also added that a statewide campaign will be launched next month to raise awareness about drugs abuse and ways of its prevention. He urged government officials, police personnel, teachers, parents and heads of educational institutions to co-operate in the campaign to help the government get rid of drug mafia.
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58-year-old man booked for raping minor girl in Thane
Thane (PTI): Police have registered a case against a 58-year-old man for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl in Maharashtra's Thane district, officials said on Tuesday.
The accused allegedly committed the crime between December 2025 and February this year after luring the victim under some pretext to his house at Nizampura in the Bhiwandi area, an official from Bhoiwada police station said.
Based on a complaint by the victim's family, the police on Sunday registered a case against the accused under sections 64 (rape) and 74 (assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he said.
No reason was specified for the delay in filing the complaint by the victim's family.
