Brides get fake jewellery in state-organised mass marriage

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March 2, 2018

Kanpur, Mar 2: A supplier has been booked for providing fake jewellery for a mass marriage programme organised by the Uttar Pradesh government in the state’s Auraiya district, a senior officer said on Thursday.

Auraiya district magistrate Shrikant Mishra said Janseva Khadi Gramodyog Sewa Sansthan of Etawah was given the contract to supply silver jewellery for the 48 women married during the mass marriage programme organised as part of the Mukhyamantri Samuhik Vivah Yojana.

Eight women, married during the programme on February 18 at Bharatiya Balika Vidyalaya, returned the anklets and toe rings gifted to them, saying they were not made of silver.

“District social welfare officer Vineet Tiwari was asked to get the items examined. It was found that the anklets and toe rings were not of silver after which Tiwari lodged an FIR against the supplier. Further investigations are on,” Mishra said.

“All the brides are now being given anklets and toe rings of genuine silver. The payment to the Sansthan has been stopped and it has been charged with cheating,” he added.

Under the scheme, the state government spends Rs 35,000 for each bride. An amount of Rs 20,000 goes into the bride’s bank account, Rs 5,000 is spent on marriage preparations and a set of saree and jewellery are given to them from the remaining amount.

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March 24,2020

Kochi, Mar 24: A 54-year-old domestic passenger was arrested at the airport here for allegedly refusing to follow instructions given by doctorsfor prevention of the spread of novel coronavirus, police said here on Tuesday.

Lami Arackal from Ernakulam, who landed from Chennai at the Cochin International Airport at Nedumbassery on Monday night, was arrested based on a complaint from health officials, they said.

He was, however, later released on bail.

Arackal allegedly refused to wear mask and follow other instructions to be observed by the passengers coming from other states as part of the measures to check COVID-19 spread.

He also allegedly misbehaved with the medical officers, police said.

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April 5,2020

Nagpur, Apr 5: A 23-year-old man allegedly committed suicide in Imambada area in Nagpur on Saturday due to financial distress, police said.

Nikhil Gavhane, who worked in a grocery shop, hanged himself as he had taken money from a person and was stressed over repayment, an official said.

"He was depressed since a week," the Imambada police station official said.

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March 26,2020

Puducherry,Mar 26: Congress legislator from Kamaraj Nagar constituency John Kumar has been booked on charges of violating lock-down rules, Lt Governor Kiran Bedi said on Thursday.

In a Whats app posting she further said that an FIR has been registered under the Disaster management Act.

She stated John Kumar in an irresponsible manner allowed more than 200 people to gather outside his house and distributed doles personally when lock down was enforced in the country.

A criminal case has been registered against him for blatant violation of law despite mass information and media messages.Instead of following the law, he chose to violate it,she further stated.

The LG added that as per the ground report by IGP Surendra Yadav, there was perceptible improvement in enforcement of lock down and public were aware and cooperative.Vehicles carrying essential supplies and personnel were moving and every day is an improvement.

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