Two held with 6.4 kg ganja at Gadag railway station
Bengaluru (PTI): Two persons were arrested for possessing 6.4 kg of ganja worth around Rs 6.46 lakh at Gadag railway station, police said on Monday.
According to the Railway Protection Force (RPF), the arrests were made on October 26 during a special drive under 'operation NARCOS', when RPF personnel at Gadag railway station noticed two men, both around 20 years old, sitting on platform number one with two backpacks in a suspicious manner.
On questioning, the duo revealed that they were residents of Dharwad district. A search of their bags led to the recovery of two bundles wrapped in grey and brown tape, suspected to contain dry ganja, the RPF said in a statement.
"The excise department was informed, and the excise sub-inspector of Gadag Range arrived at the spot. The seized substance, weighing about 6.465 kg and valued at approximately Rs 6.46 lakh, was confiscated after completing legal formalities," the statement added.
Both accused were handed over to the excise department for further legal action, the RPF said.
In another case, Bengaluru Customs earlier in the day said they intercepted a passenger arriving from Bangkok at Kempegowda International Airport and seized 2.2 kg of hydroponic ganja hidden in his luggage.
Officials said the passenger's checked-in luggage had a false bottom on both sides. On inspection, four packets containing 2.2 kg of hydroponic weed (ganja) were found in the concealed compartments.
The contraband was seized, and an investigation is underway to determine the source and destination of the narcotics, they added.
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Screenwriter Salim Khan on ventilator support and stable, say doctors
Mumbai (PTI): Veteran screenwriter Salim Khan suffered a brain haemorrhage which has been tackled, is on ventilator support as a safeguard and stable, doctors treating him said on Wednesday, a day after he was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital here.
The 90-year-old, one half of the celebrated Salim-Javed duo which scripted films such as "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don" with Javed Akhtar, is in the ICU and recovery might take some time given his age.
"His blood pressure was high for which we treated him and we had to put him on a ventilator because we wanted to do certain investigations. Now the ventilator was put as a safeguard so that his situation doesn't get worse. So it is not that he is critical," Dr Jalil Parkar told reporters.
"We did the investigations that were required and today we have done a small procedure on him, I will not go into the details. The procedure done is called DSA (digital subtraction angiography). The procedure has been accomplished, he is fine and stable and shifted back to ICU. By tomorrow, we hope to get him off the ventilator. All in all, he is doing quite well," he added.
Asked whether he suffered a brain haemorrhage, the doctor said, "Unko thoda haemorrhage hua tha, which we’ve tackled. No surgery is required.
As concern over Khan's health mounted, his children, including superstar Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan, daughter Alvira, and sons-in-law Atul Agnihotri and Aayush Sharma, have been seen outside the hospital along with other well-wishers. His long-time partner Akhtar was also seen coming out of the hospital.
Khan, a household name in the 70s and 80s, turned 90 on November 24 last year. It was the day Dharmendra, the star of many of his films, including "Sholay", "Seeta aur Geeta" and "Yaadon Ki Baraat", passed away.
Hailing from an affluent family in Indore, Khan arrived in Mumbai in his 20s with dreams of stardom. He was good looking and confident he would make a mark in the industry as an actor. But that did not happen. And then, after struggling for close to a decade and getting confined to small roles in films, he changed lanes.
He worked as an assistant to Abrar Alvi and soon met Akhtar to form one of Hindi cinema's most formidable writing partnerships. They worked together on two dozen movies with most of them achieving blockbuster status.
Other than "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don", Khan and Akhtar also penned "Trishul", "Zanjeer", "Seeta Aur Geeta", "Haathi Mere Saathi", "Yaadon Ki Baarat" and "Mr India".
