120 sovereigns of gold jewels seized
The Hindu
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Madurai City Police arrested four persons, including a habitual offender, and recovered 120 sovereigns of gold jewels valued at ₹44 lakh from them on Friday.
In the wake of mounting complaints of chain snatching and robbery offences, Commissioner of Police Prem Anand Sinha issued direction to form special teams to nab the culprits. Two teams comprising ACPs Ravi and Shanmugam, with Inspectors Balamurugan and Ganesan were formed.
Leaders and legislators hailing from Ballari, which is part of the Kalyana Karnataka region, seem to be a source of much political upheaval in Karnataka, going by recent history. This has been the case since the time illegal mining hit national and international headlines in the 2000s and the place gained reputation as “Republic of Ballari”.
The former BJP MLA of Udupi K. Raghupathi Bhat claimed on Saturday that he contesting the Legislative Council elections from South West Graduates’ Constituency as rebel candidate made the saffron party field its party leader C. T. Ravi in the biennial elections to the Legislative Council from the Legislative Assembly.