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Mangaluru: Engineering student arrested for growing cannabis in flower pots

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November 9, 2017

Mangaluru, Nov 9: Continuing crackdown on drug peddlers, users and growers, the city police have arrested three more persons in separate incidents.

Joshwa D’Souza (18), an engineering student and resident of Munoor village near Mangaluru was arrested by a team of the Economic and Narcotic Crime sleuths for cultivating cannabis.

Acting on a tip off the team headed by Inspector Mohammed Sharief raided D’Souza’s house and found two flower pots with cannabis plants. These cannabis plants were among the many found on the premises of the house in which D’Souza lived.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime and Traffic) Uma Prashant said that as per the Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances Act cultivation of cannabis was an offence.

The police seized the two flower pots in which eight cannabis plants weighing 200 grams were grown. The police also seized eight grams of cannabis seeds reportedly procured by D’Souza.

Ms. Prashant said that the police were trying to find the place from where D’Souza sourced the seeds.

Kavoor police operation

The Kavoor police on Wednesday arrested Mohammed Haris (42) of Kottara Chowki for allegedly growing cannabis in the land of Vineet Jalan near Kodikal Cross. The Central Sub-Division’s Anti Rowdy Squad on Tuesday had lodged a complaint with Kavoor police to take action against the person who had grown cannabis, which was 12 feet high.

The Kavoor police said that Mohammed Haris had taken on lease the land from Mr. Jalan. The cannabis was grown near a cement shed on the land.

Peddler held

The Central Sub-Division’s Anti Rowdy Squad on Wednesday arrested Dhanush (22) of Hosabettu for allegedly selling cannabis to college students near the KSRTC bus stand.

The police have seized 250 grams of cannabis and a motorcycle. The police are searching for an alleged accomplice of Dhanush, who reportedly managed to escape.

The same squad arrested on Wednesday Anish Amin (24) and Digambar Biswas for being in illegal possession of eight packets of cannabis that weighed 96 grams.

They also seized the mobile phone and the motorcycle used by the accused. A case has been registered with the Urva police, a press release said.

Comments

Unknown
 - 
Thursday, 9 Nov 2017

Where is Nalin Kumar. He blamed cong in drug issue. Police are efficient and they are working fastly. BJP know only to make false allegations

Vignesh
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Thursday, 9 Nov 2017

Cong not doing proper home work to catch drug mafias. This boy just one string in a long chain

George
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Thursday, 9 Nov 2017

Scary. Only just 18 year old boy.  These young boys doing for pocket money

Danish
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Thursday, 9 Nov 2017

If police didn't catch him, he might got young farmer award.. :P

Jinu
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Thursday, 9 Nov 2017

He could grown that somewhere in small forest area. fool

Kumar
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Thursday, 9 Nov 2017

Lol. Support him.The Young farmer

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July 30,2020

Mangaluru, July 30: The Social Democratic Party of India has condemned the move by the state government to drop a lesson on legendary Mysuru rulers Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan from the class 7 textbook.

The Department of Public Instruction has omitted the chapter from the textbooks of Class 7 in their attempt to reduce syllabus for state board schools by 30 per cent.

The department, however, has decided to retain similar chapters on Tipu Sultan in 6th and 10th Classes, though the syllabus in text books for all classes from 1 to 10th has been trimmed. 

In a media release statement, SDPI State President Ilyas Mohammed Thumbe termed the move as communally motivated. “By dropping the lesson, the BJP-led government is engaged in saffronisation of education,” he alleged.

He said that Tipu was the most prominent freedom fighter, who had given priority to irrigation, rocket technology and harmony. The BJP government is also planning to scrap lessons on the Constitution, secularism and democracy. By twisting history, the BJP is trying to mislead the younger generation, he added.

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April 25,2020

Mandya, Apr 25: An FIR was registered against JD(S) MLC KT Srikante Gowda, his son, and three others for protesting against coronavirus testing of journalists in Karnataka's Mandya city on Saturday.

According to the police, JD(S) MLC KT Srikante Gowda, his son Krishik Gowda, Chandrakala Aythu, Jagadish, and Raju have been named as accused in the FIR filed at Mandya West police station.

The FIR has been registered under several sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Disaster Management Act including unlawful assembly, rioting, wrongful restraint, voluntarily causing hurt, negligent act likely to spread infection of a deadly disease, etc.

Gowda, along with a group of locals, had created a ruckus objecting to the coronavirus testing of journalists at Ambedkar Bhawan in Mandya here earlier today.

Police said that a journalists' association had filed a written complaint seeking the registration of an FIR in the matter.

As per an order by the state health department, medical professionals were conducting health tests of journalists at Ambedkar Bhawan in Mandya when Gowda along with some locals started protesting, officials said.

Further actions are being taken, police said.

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March 21,2020

New Delhi, Mar 21: Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Minister B. Sriramulu on Saturday informed that one more person was tested positive for the coronavirus in the state.

He said that a total of 16 persons have been tested positive for COVID-19 in the state so far.

The victim had come from Mecca and was kept in quarantine facility by the state authorities.

"For a 32-year-old man, who had just returned from a trip to Mecca has found COVID-19 positive. The infection has been confirmed. He has already been treated at an isolated ward of the hospital. Citizens must not have any sort of anxiety," tweeted Sriramulu.

Also, the news and public relations department, the Indian Red Cross Society and the Karnataka State Labour Studies Institute have invited volunteers for the programme to provide real-time information to people to avoid spreading rumours and misinformation about coronavirus.

At least four volunteers will work in four shifts per day in each taluk of the state. There are about 120 volunteers in Bengaluru city and about 3,000 Corona Warriors are expected to register from across the state. Over 400 volunteers have registered via online application on the first day.

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