Police nab two; 46 kgs of ganja seized

August 31, 2013

Kasargod, Aug 31: Two men were arrested by the police while they were transporting as much as 46 kilograms of cannabis (ganja) in Kasargod on Saturday.

The two arrested have been identified as M G Murali (42) resident of Idukki and Sunil David (34) resident of Ernakulam.

The police arrested the duo at a junction in Kasargod while they were transporting ganja in a Toyota Qualis bearing registration number TN-09-AB-6327. They were suspected to be travelling from Idukki to Kasargod.

Based on reliable information, a police team stopped the vehicle and conducted a search which was futile. Later, the suspects confessed to having hidden ganja in the vehicle after being interrogated. The police team conducted a thorough search again and found the cache of ganja parcels cleverly concealed inside the seats of the vehicle.

Ganja weighing 46 kilograms was found in several parcels, which were to be transported and sold in Kasargod. The arrested men are said to be middlemen of a large deal, and Kasargod police are searching for the main persons involved in the deal.

Both the cache of ganja and the vehicle were seized by the police.

A case has been registered by Kasargod police.

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BJP fields Kishore Kumar Puttur from DK-Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency

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October 1,2024

The BJP has selected Kishore Kumar Puttur as its candidate for the bypoll to Karnataka Legislative Council from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency. The by-election will be held on October 21.

Kishore Kumar is presently serving as the General Secretary of Dakshina Kannada BJP unit. He had served as vice president of State BJP Yuva Morcha from 2014 to 2016.

The by-election will be held to the seat vacated by Kota Srinivas Poojary of the BJP who has been elected as the Lok Sabha member from Udupi-Chikmagaluru Lok Sabha constituency. The vacancy was created on June 15, 2024 following Poojary’s resignation to the Council. His term in the council was till January, 2028.

In the last Council election held for the dual member constituency in December 2021, Poojary had secured 3,672 votes while the Congress candidate Manjunath Bhandary had secured 2079 votes. Poojary and Bhandary had secured required votes from the first preferential votes and had won the election.

There were several aspirants for the BJP ticket including former MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, DK BJP president Satish Kumpala, Mangaluru divisional in-charge Uday Kumar Shetty, former minister Pramod Madhwaraj and former Udupi district BJP president Kuilady Suresh Nayak.

The Congress is yet to announce its candidate for the election. KPCC working president Manjunath Bhandary in a recent press meet in Mangaluru had said that an opportunity will be given to congress leaders from Udupi district to contest by-election.

The Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency has 6037 voters including 3551 from Dakshina Kannada comprising eight MLAs, one MP. The last date for filing nomination is October 3 and the last date for withdrawal of nomination is October 7. The counting will be held on October 24.

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