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Mangaluru Autorickshaw Blast Case To Be Handed Over To NIA: Sources

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The Mangaluru autorickshaw blast is likely to be handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), sources said on Monday.

Mangaluru:  The Mangaluru autorickshaw blast is likely to be handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), sources said on Monday.

The police have identified the accused as Sharik, who has been admitted to the Father Muller Hospital in Karnatakaโ€™s Mangaluru after he sustained 40-45 per cent burn injuries due to a low-intensity blast that broke out in an autorickshaw in the Kankanadi police station area in the Mangaluru city at around 5 pm on Saturday.

The auto driver and the passenger sustained burn injuries and have been admitted to the hospital, the Commissioner of Police (CP) of Mangaluru City N Shashi Kumar said on November 19.

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Notably, in a major breakthrough in the Mangaluru autorickshaw blast case on Sunday, Additional Director General of Police Alok Kumar visited the spot and said that the bomb was implanted with an aim to disrupt harmony in the area.

โ€œThere was an attempt to disrupt harmony in the area,โ€ the senior police official said. ADGP Kumar also informed that the blast was a low-intensity explosion.

โ€œIt was a low-intensity IED explosion. There was an attempt to disrupt harmony in the area, and it was averted.

Right now weโ€™ve no info to suggest this blast related to the Coimbatore blast,โ€ he added.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by HW News staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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โ€œSome people say that drinks taken in small quantities can be good for health,โ€ the court remarked and called it a policy matter

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking to frame an effective policy to prohibit the consumption, except for medicinal purposes, of intoxicating drinks and drugs in the national capital.

A bench of Chief Justice of India UU Lalit, Justice S Ravindra Bhat and Justice Indira Banerjee observed that this was a policy matter. As the court was not convinced by the petition, the BJP spokesperson and advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, withdrew his plea.

The court also observed that there are thoughts and counter thoughts.

โ€œSome people say that drinks taken in small quantities can be good for health,โ€ the court remarked and called it a policy matter.

The petitioner has sought to frame an effective policy to prohibit the consumption, except for medicinal purposes, of intoxicating drinks and drugs which are injurious to health, in the spirit of Article 47 read with Article 21, 38, 39, 46 and 51A of the Constitution of India.

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It also sought to introduce an effective health warning covering at least 50 per cent of liquor bottles or containers on both sides and print intoxicating drinks related to health hazards in Hindi and English.

The plea also demanded to ban the advertisement of intoxicating drinks and start a campaign to educate people about the health hazards of consuming intoxicating drinks through electronic, print and social media.
The petitioner also urged to insert a chapter on the health hazards of intoxicating drinks in the syllabus of primary classes in the spirit of the right to health and education guaranteed under Articles 21 and 21A of the Constitution of India.

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