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3 held while trying to sell drugs among students; ganja worth Rs 10 lakah seized

CD Network
July 4, 2017

Mangaluru, Jul 4: Three persons have been arrested by the by the sleuths of city crime branch (CCB) of Mangaluru city police on charges of possessing ganja. The police have also recovered a motorbike and three cellphones from the accused.

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The arrested are Ramiz Raja of Naringana, Mohammaed Haneef of Natekal and Iqbal Harris of Belma. A CCB team headed by inspector Sunil Naik picked them from a lodge and recovered 10kg ganja from them. They were making plans to sell it clandestinely to students, police said.

T R Suresh, commissioner of Mangaluru City Police, said the accused had ferried ganja into city from Chittoor for sale to customers especially students. "They were in the process of making smaller packets of ganja for easy sale among potential buyers," he said. Value of the drug and other property seized is Rs 3 lakh.

Among the accused, Ramiz is wanted in a case of vandalism at a hotel in Toudugoli Cross under Konaje PS in 2016 as well an earlier offence of selling ganja. He was out on bail in this second offence.

Suresh said police have credible information about the persons who intended to buy ganja from the accused and suitable action will also be initiated against them. A case has been registered at Mangaluru North police station.

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Mohammed Musta…
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Friday, 7 Jul 2017

Congrats ifti.... He's my class mate at St gerosa jeppu

M M adyar
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Friday, 7 Jul 2017

Far from truth.... Something fishy

VK
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Friday, 7 Jul 2017

Rss not safe in india. should go to Israel.

Fayaz
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Friday, 7 Jul 2017

wasn't this guy a rowdysheeter?

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August 6,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 6: With rains in several parts of Karnataka amid Covid-19 pandemic, state Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar on Thursday asked the people to maintain caution and contact the Health department helpline in case of any symptoms.

"There is heavy rain in several districts of the state's coastal, Malnad and north interior regions. People have to observe utmost caution during these rains amid corona infections. In case of any symptoms like fever, cough and cold immediately call the health department helpline 104," Sudhakar tweeted.

As of August 5 evening, cumulatively 1,51,449 Covid-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 2,804 deaths and 74,679 discharges.

Among the districts where the new cases were reported, Bengaluru urban tops the list accounting for 64,881 cases.

Regarding Bengaluru, Sudhakar said, there are 4,276 beds across 11 Covid care centres in Bengaluru.

"As of today morning, 936 of them i.e., 27.79 percent are vacant. Out of the 3,346 patients, 306 patients are due for discharge today," he said in another tweet.

Aimed at availing beds at Covid-19 hospitals for symptomatic patients and those in need, the government had decided to shift all asymptomatic patients to Covid care centres.

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March 9,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 9: Deputy Commissioner Dakshina Kannada, Sindhu B Rupesh on Monday refuted reports that a passenger who arrived in Mangaluru from Dubai showed coronavirus symptoms had skipped a hospital visit.

While replying to reporters on the issue, Rupesh said: "Passenger who arrived from Dubai has not shown any coronavirus related symptoms. He just had a fever. He was shifted to district hospital last night, but he is not cooperating with us. He is not ready to stay in a hospital. We are convincing him".

"Till now, no positive case of coronavirus has been found in Mangaluru", she added.

Earlier, the Centre had suspended visas and e-visas granted on or before March 3 to people travelling from Italy, Iran, South Korea, and Japan, effective immediately, after a surge in cases of COVID-19 in these countries.

The coronavirus has affected 43 people in India so far and caused the deaths of over 3,800 people globally.

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April 15,2020

Mumbai, Apr 15: A 35-year-old man, who worked as a priest in suburban Kandivali, allegedly committed suicide on Tuesday afternoon, hours after learning that lockdown to contain coronavirus has been extended.

The deceased was identified as Krishna Pujari, native of Udupi in Karnataka, who was attached to Durga Mata temple in Iraniwadi area of Sanjay Nagar.

Pujari, who lived with three other priests, was waiting for the lockdown to end as he wanted to go back to his hometown, a police official said.

When he learnt that the lockdown has been extended till May 3, he was terribly depressed and allegedly hanged himself in kitchen, the official added.

No suicide note has been found, he said.

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