
Lookout circular against drug case accused
The Hindu
The case pertains to drug seizure from an apartment at Thrikkakara in Kochi in August
The Excise Crime Branch has issued a lookout circular for an absconding accused in the case related to the seizure of a huge cache of drug in excess of 1 kg from an apartment at Thrikkakara in August.
The drug, which was initially suspected to be MDMA, a premium variety, was later confirmed to be Methamphetamine after a chemical analysis at the Regional Chemical Examiner’s Laboratory at Kakkanad.
The circular has been issued in the name of one Hilal, a resident of Kozhikode, who is suspected to have fled to the UAE. He is a relative of the prime accused, and his alleged link to the case was unearthed on examining the bank transactions of the accused, by which time he had left the country.

When reporters brought to her notice the claim by villagers that the late maharaja of Mysore Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar had gifted the land to them, Pramoda Devi Wadiyar said she is not aware of the matter, but sought to assure people that no effort will be made to take back the land that had been gifted by the late maharaja.