National Award-winning film-maker KV Anand passes away at 54 due to cardiac arrest
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Last Updated: Apr 30, 2021, 12:02 PM IST
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CHENNAI: K V Anand, noted Tamil film director and cinematographer died here early on Friday due to cardiac arrest, sources close to his family said. He passed away in a hospital at 3 AM due to a cardiac arrest, he was 54 years old, Riaz K Ahmed, a film industry publicist and movie buff said.
Anand began his career as a cinematographer in Malayalam movie Thenmavin Kombath in 1994 and following a decade of work as a cinematographer he made his directorial debut in Tamil flick Kana Kanden (2005). Thenmavin Kombath bagged the National Award (Best Cinematography) for Anand.
April 30, 2021
The Magistrate’s Court on Thursday sentenced an Indian citizen to one-year imprisonment for offering bribes to Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officers. Mohammad Faisal Khan, 36, was first produced in court on April 19, to face two charges under Section 6 (b), Chapter 131 of the Prevention of Corruption.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Raihan Nabilah binti Haji Ahmad Ghazali informed the court that at 9.36am on April 17, the defendant was arrested on suspicion of consuming controlled drugs at a tailor shop in Kampong Birau, Tutong District, where he worked as a cobbler.
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NCB officers found that some suspicious material was hidden inside the thigh pads. Extraction and testing of the hidden material revealed that it was amphetamine.
CHENNAI: The Narcotics Control Bureau, Chennai zone, has seized one kg of amphetamine, a very potent stimulant drug banned under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.
Based on specific information, NCB officers seized 0.99 kg of Amphetamine from a courier at Guindy on April 24. The consignment containing four numbers each of cricket batting gloves and thigh pads was destined to Auckland in New Zealand, according to a statement from the NCB.
NCB officers found that some suspicious material was hidden inside the thigh pads. Extraction and testing of the hidden material revealed that it was amphetamine.