Kerala police laughed, says beheaded tourist Liga Skromene's kin

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April 24, 2018

Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 24: The family of a Lithuanian tourist, whose highly decomposed body was recovered from near Kovalam, on Monday demanded a high-level probe into the circumstances leading to her death.

"We demand a special crime investigation team formed to find out what happened to Liga Skromene," her sister Ilze, told reporters here.

"We want justice for Liga," an emotional Ilze said.

ANI also reported Ilze accusing the Kerala police of trivializing her sister's disappearance when she had gone to file a missing person's report, claiming that the police laughed at her and told her that Liga will be found. 

Kerala Police had set up a special investigation team to probe into her disappearance, 10 days after the family had filed a missing complaint, she claimed.

"Only 10 days after Liga disappeared had police begun a serious probe to trace her," she said adding her sister was murdered.

A highly decomposed body, with a severed head, was recovered from Thiruvallam near Kovalam on April 21 from a bushy isolated area near a mangrove forest on the banks of Karmana river.

Police had suspected that the body was that of Liga and are awaiting DNA test reports.

Family members had recognised her by her hair and clothes.

Liga's husband, Andrews, said she could not have been where she was found on her own.

He also appealed to the local people to give any information to police if they had seen anything fishy.

"There have been 'serious lapses' in the inquiry by Kerala police," they alleged.

The state government had yesterday promised all help to the family to transport Liga's body to their native place for last rites.

The government had also promised to provide Rs five lakh as immediate relief.

Thirty-three-year-old Liga who had come for Ayurvedic treatment for depression went missing from Kovalam on March 14.

Police had formed an SIT and launched a massive search to trace Liga.They had also announced a reward of Rs two lakh for anyone providing information about the missing woman.

IG, Thiruvananthapuram range, Manoj Abraham would supervise the investigation relating to Liga's death.

DGP Loknath Behara told reporters that the truth should come out.

A woman foreign tourist had come to Kerala and died. A proper investigation will be held to bring out the truth.It is a challenge to the state police, he said.

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Well Wisher
 - 
Tuesday, 24 Apr 2018

Dear tourists,

India is becoming dangerous for its own people. Then how could you imagine yourself safe here. Please stay away and choose other country.

Shahir
 - 
Tuesday, 24 Apr 2018

Most of the politicians and police officers are same. Arrogant

Kumar
 - 
Tuesday, 24 Apr 2018

It's the time for putting one more hashtag in social media... #JusticeForLiga

Farooq
 - 
Tuesday, 24 Apr 2018

Police custodial death also reported 2-3 within 6 months. Police became too arrogant. They are treating help-seeking people as criminals

Sandesh
 - 
Tuesday, 24 Apr 2018

Kerala police were good but now acting like goons

Sooraj
 - 
Tuesday, 24 Apr 2018

Who told you this lie. Dont politicise the issue and dont try to give political gain to BJP

Durgaprasad
 - 
Tuesday, 24 Apr 2018

Though its a shameful act.. but there will be no sensation as its not BJP rule state...what level of hypocrisy

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May 5,2020

The Department of Preuniversity Education, Karnataka has declared the board exams or pre university I exam results. To get results online, the students need to log on to result.bspucpa.com and have to provide their registration number and date of birth. 
Apart from the online portal, the students will get the results via mail or SMS.

“The results of the first year Pre-University Examinations will be announced on May 5. The results will be sent directly to students. Hence, colleges will not be displaying the results,” said S Suresh Kumar, Primary and Secondary Education Minister. 

The pre-university course of PUC is a two-year course including class 11 and class 12 called PUC I and PUC II. It is based on PUC score that candidates can get admission to varsities.

Earlier, the Karnataka PUC 1 result was to be announced on March 27 which was postponed and hence the revised dates are announced now.

The board exam results have been put on halt due to the nation-wide lockdown imposed after the coronavirus pandemic gripped India. As of May 3, the number of people infected by the coronavirus in India had crossed over 40,000.

The HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank had in a meeting asked state and central boards to resume their evaluation process and declare the results to curb any further delay in the academic cycle. The academic cycle has been delayed by over a month due to the coronavirus. Now, the colleges will start by September instead of July.

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June 1,2020

Coimbatore, June 1: A communal conspiracy has been aborted by the police by arrested a miscreant who had placed meat in front of Venugopala Krishnaswamy Temple and Sri Ragavendra Temple in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

The miscreant has been identified as S Hari Ramprakash, 48, of Kavundampalayam in Coimbatore. He is a civil engineering graduate. It is suspected that He is a Sangh Parivar activist and the intention behind his act was to put the blame on Muslims.

Even though officials claimed that Hari appeared to be mentally disturbed, there were no medical records that stated he was mentally disturbed.

Two separate cases were registered against Hari. He was booked under sections 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups) 295 A (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) and 298 (uttering words etc, with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings) of the Indian Penal Code.

City police commissioner Sumit Sharan said, “We collected CCTV footage and found a man, who had parked his motorcycle near the two temples and returned from the temples. Based on the registration number, we traced and arrested Hari.”

Commissioner added that the city has CCTV cameras in many places and it helped police officials crack the case faster. The police said he purchased one kg of pork meat from a shop at Kavundamapalaym last Friday morning and placed it in front of the temples on the same day.

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zaki ahmed
 - 
Monday, 1 Jun 2020

Now why is this story not highlighted in national media so that the whole nation knows about the intent of the BJp , the sangh parivar & the rss & also those communal outfits who support atrocities against minorities 

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May 18,2020

Udupi, May 18: G Jagadeesh, Deputy Commissioner of Udupi today warned that criminal cases would be filed, if people under quarantine roam around, as they put the lives of others in risk, by coming out.

He said: "There are more than 6,000 people under quarantine in hotels, hostels, schools etc in different parts of the district. They include those who returned from other countries and other states.”

“We have allowed them to return to the district. Now I am receiving complaints that many of them are violating quarantine guidelines and venturing out. This is unacceptable.”

“As it is a risk to the whole society, severe action will be taken against the neglect and apathy of the persons under quarantine,” he said.

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