Earthquake of 5.9 magnitude strikes Iran-Turkey border
Tehran: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 on the Richter scale shook the Northwest Iran-Turkey border on Saturday, with at least two people being killed and more than 100 being injured.
Mojtaba Khaledi, the emergency services spokesperson in Iran, told the state television, “There are 122 injured so far in the city of Khoy, and unfortunately two dead.”
The emergency officials said that rescue teams had been dispatched to the province and hospitals put on alert.
Snowfall in some parts of the province, with freezing temperature as well as power cuts has been reported, an official added.
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Drug peddler's property worth Rs 1 crore attached in Srinagar
Srinagar (PTI): Property worth Rs 1 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler was on Saturday attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, police said.
A double-storey house on eight marlas of land situated at Wantpora Eidgah, belonging to Basit Bilal Dar, a notorious drug peddler, valued at approximately Rs 1 crore, a police spokesperson said.
He said Dar is involved in two cases registered under various sections of the NDPS Act.
During investigation, it was established that the accused had acquired the said property through illicit proceeds generated from drug trafficking activities, the spokesperson said.
Consequently, the property was attached under the provisions of the NDPS Act. The attachment proceedings were conducted in the presence of the two independent witnesses, strictly in accordance with the prescribed legal procedures, he said.
As per the attachment order, the owner has been restrained from selling, leasing, transferring, altering, or creating any third-party interest in the property till further orders, the spokesperson added.
