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Learning of dear one's suicide, eloped lovers hang to death

DHNS
January 15, 2018

Bengaluru, Jan 15: Two young lovers who eloped from their village to begin a new life in the city were forced to kill themselves as they learnt of a family member's suicide.

Venugopal (26), a tax collector at the gram panchayat, and his girlfriend Divya (22), a BA student, were natives of Huliyurdurga in Tumakuru district. They eloped on Saturday and reached Bengaluru by the evening.

Venugopal called his friend Shashidhar, a marketing executive in a private firm, and asked him to arrange for a night stay somewhere. He took the couple to his sister Mahalakshmi's house in Kaggalipura.

Convincing Mahalakshmi that the duo have come on some personal business and will leave in the morning, Shashidhar organized the stay. While Mahalakshmi and Divya slept in one room, Shashidhar and Venugopal occupied a different room.

Mahalakshmi woke up at 5.30 am on Sunday. Awakening Divya and asking her to get ready and leave, she went up to her terrace to wash clothes. Venugopal had called his father Byrashetty to find out the situation at the village. Byrashetty told him that Divya's mother Shanthamma had committed suicide.

When Venugopal informed Divya about her mother's suicide, the girl was distraught and blamed herself for letting her mother down. The lovers then decided to end their lives. They entered Mahalakshmi's room, locked the door and hung themselves from the ceiling.

Mahalakshmi told that her room was locked when she came down from the terrace. When her urgent knocks went unanswered, she peaked through the window and froze in shock to see the two young lovers hanging.

She called her brother, who was away at work, and informed the Kaggalipura police.

Mahalakshmi also found out that Venugopal had used her phone to call his father and left the phone in the hall. She was unaware that the lovers had eloped and believed Venugopal's story that Divya was his sister-in-law and they were in the city on some personal work.

Kaggalipura police had rushed to the place and held a search. They later sent the bodies for post-mortem.

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Agencies
April 14,2020

New Delhi, Apr 14: A 35-year-old man has been booked by the police for refusing to eat food at a quarantine centre on the ground that it had been cooked by a Dalit.

Reports said Siraj Ahmad, a native of Bhujouli Khurd village under Khadda police station in Kushinagar district, had returned from Delhi on March 29, and was staying at the quarantine centre at the village primary school along with other four people.

On Friday, village head, Lilawati Devi, in absence of the cook, prepared food in the quarantine centre for all the five people but Siraj refused to eat it.

Police, after conducting investigation, registered a FIR against him under the SC/ST Act on Monday.

The village head had lodged a written complaint with the police on Friday and also informed sub-divisional magistrate Desh Deepak Singh and block development officer Ramakant.

SHO Khadda police station, R.K. Yadav said that a case against Siraj was registered under the SC/ST Act.

Meanwhile, on Saturday evening, Vijay Dubey, the local BJP MLA, went to the house of village head and asked her to serve him food cooked by her.

"Untouchability is a social evil that cannot be tolerated at any cost," he said.

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July 5,2020

Bhubaneswar, Jul 5: Odisha Police have arrested five persons including groom for gross negligence and violation of COVID-19 guidelines during his marriage procession in Berhampur.

"A case has been registered for violation of COVID-19 guidelines for organising a marriage procession with more than 50 guests in the premises of a hotel. They disregarded the compulsory use of mask and flouted social distancing norms," DIG Central Zone Satyabrata Bhoi said.

The incident happened on July 2.
"The case has been registered at Gopalpur PS under section 188/269/270 IPC, R/W Sec- 3 Epidemic Disease Act, and 34 IPC. Two vehicles used in the procession have also been seized. the arrested persons will be produced in the court," he added.

The District Collector has sealed the hotel for violating the COVID-19 norms.

Following the incident, the Chief Minister's office tweeted: "Odisha is in a crucial phase in the fight against COVID-19, hence, it is very essential that we all obey guidelines and regulations issued by State Government to contain the spread of COVID-19. Violation of the same would lead to strong action." 

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July 28,2020

Noida, Jul 28: A doctor admitted at a private hospital in Noida has been accused of sexually harassing a patient in his isolation ward, where both were undergoing treatment for COVID-19, the police said.

The 20-year-old woman, in her complaint to the police, alleged that the incident took place on Monday and based on that a case was filed at the local expressway police station, they said.

A senior police official said an investigation is underway and there might be lapses on part of the hospital which allegedly admitted a man and a woman in the same isolation ward, in violation of the norms.

The woman and the doctor had tested positive for coronavirus last week, according to officials.

"The woman was in the isolation ward of the private hospital. There was a man, a medical practitioner, who too was infected with coronavirus and was sharing the ward with her," Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, Noida, Ranvijay Singh said.

He said the woman alleged molestation and upon being informed, the police immediately lodged a case and initiated a probe into the matter.

"There appears to be some irresponsibility on part of the hospital too. We are communication with the medical departments to check whether the patients were being kept in accordance with the guidelines," Mr Singh said.

He said the accused is still in isolation but the police will reach out for his statement following due protocols of COVID-19.

"All necessary action will be taken as per the truth that will emerge after a thorough investigation," Mr Singh said.

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