Two foreigners among four held for drugs peddling in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: Anti-narcotics wing of the Central Crime Branch (CCB), sleuths from Vidyaranyapura, Konanakunte and V V Puram police stations arrested four individuals for drug peddling and seized narcotic substances worth 18.8 lakhs in separate raids across the city on Tuesday.
Two of the accused, Cyril (23) from Ghana and Immanuel (27) from Nigeria, were arrested in Vidyaranyapura police station limits. A cache of drugs worth 12 lakhs including MDMA crystals, ecstasy pills and cocaine were seized from them along with a two-wheeler and other items.
Primary investigations revealed that the accused, who were in India on student and working visas, purchased the drugs from their countrymen residing in Goa, Mumbai and New Delhi for cheaper rates and sold them in Bengaluru, sources stated.
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Konanakunte police have arrested an individual named Vikas (23) for selling drugs on the road behind Doddakallasandra Lake in Narayana Nagar. Drugs worth 1.8 lakhs including 2.02 kg marijuana and 10.6 kg poppy straw has been confiscated from him.
In a separate raid, V V Puram police arrested Rasik Kumar (22), a resident of West Bengal, for selling marijuana. An electronic weighing machine and 3.9 kg marijuana worth 5 lakhs were seized from him, police stated.
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Jammu: Bus driver brutally beaten by cow vigilante after accidentally hitting stray calf
Jammu: A bus driver was severely beaten by a self-proclaimed cow vigilante after his vehicle accidentally hit and killed a stray calf and bull in the Ghati area of Kathua district on Tuesday night.
The driver, identified as Ramesh Kumar, was pulled out of his bus and assaulted with wooden sticks by Ravinder Singh, the vigilante, leaving him critically injured.
The incident occurred when the bus struck the stray animals on the road, resulting in their deaths. Singh, along with his supporters, confronted Kumar and began the assault despite his desperate pleas for mercy. Singh's relentless attack left the driver in critical condition, necessitating immediate medical treatment at a local hospital.
The attack has incited outrage in the community, leading to widespread protests. Residents took to the streets, demanding Singh's immediate arrest and condemning his actions. Protesters argued that Singh had no right to take the law into his own hands and should have reported the incident to the police instead of resorting to violence.
The community is calling for justice for Ramesh Kumar and is urging for stricter measures to prevent such vigilante actions in the future.
This incident is part of a troubling trend of assaults by cow vigilantes in India. Just two days prior, two lemon traders from Haryana were thrashed by a group of about 20 cow vigilantes in Rajasthan's Churu district under suspicion of transporting cows.
