Student Gets Life Sentence for Killing Lover

September 20, 2014

Bangalore, Sep 20: A 28-year-old man was awarded life term for murdering a 31-year-old homemaker, who had allegedly blackmailed him for sex.

prisoner Judge Vishwanath V Angadi of the Principal City Civil and Sessions Court also slapped a fine of `10,000 on Lalan alias Lalan Kumar. Lalan appealed to the court to spare him from a life term as he was still a student and had got married while out on bail.

According to the prosecution, Lalan, an MCA student, lived with his sister and brother-in-law in Bhuvaneshwari Nagar, near Peenya, and the victim, Latha Kumari, was his neighbour.

Latha and her two sons — aged six and eleven — lived in a rented house while her husband was away in Saudi Arabia.

N M Bellakki, principal public prosecutor, submitted to the court that Lalan had confessed that his friendship with Latha had turned intimate and she would often force him to have sex with her.

On the night of December 17, 2010, Latha invited Lalan home. On her advice, he told his sister he was visiting a friend’s house. He went over at 10.30 pm and found her children in the hall. Latha asked them to sleep and switched off the lights.

She then took Lalan to her room where they made love. When her demands for intimacy grew and he refused, she threatened to reveal their relationship to his sister and also file a rape case against him.

Lalan then took a towel and strangled Latha, Bellakki told the court.

Lalan took Latha’s mobile before escaping, destroyed the SIM card and flung the handset into the bushes near Soladevanahalli railway station.

The murder came to light when Latha’s elder son found her room and the main door locked and screamed for help. Neighbours broke open the doors and found Latha’s body on her bed.

Later, Latha’s father registered a complaint with the Peenya police. When he asked his grandson about frequent visitors, the names of Lalan and Nanjunda, another with whom Latha was allegedly involved, came up.

The boy revealed that Lalan had visited them on the fateful day. Panic-stricken, Lalan had stayed with his friends for three days after the incident. But the police caught him on December 21.

Judge Angadi said Lalan should have approached an appropriate authority and sought advice, instead of murdering Latha.

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U for ‘Ugly’, says alphabet book; 2 teachers suspended in Bengal

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June 12,2020

The West Bengal government has suspended two women teachers in East Burdwan district on the charge of teaching pre-primary students from an English alphabet book consisting of a portion derogatory to the people with a dark complexion.

While presenting the alphabets with corresponding words and images, the book says U is for "Ugly". The illustration printed beside the letter is that of a boy with a dark complexion.

"The book is not part of the textbooks referred by the education department. It was introduced by the school itself. We have zero-tolerance for acts which instil prejudices into the minds of students," Education Minister Partha Chatterjee told reporters here on Thursday.

He said the two teachers of a local municipality-run school have been placed under suspension with immediate effect based on a preliminary investigation and stricter action would be taken against them later.

Though the school is now closed because of the lockdown, the matter came to light when the father of a student of the school was teaching him with the help of that book. He informed other parents and the education department was apprised of the issue, sources said.

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Mumbai hotel fire doused after 3 hours: 24 doctors rescued

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May 28,2020

Mumbai, May 28: Twenty four doctors and three others staying in a south Mumbai hotel were rescued after a major fire broke out in the five-storey building, officials said on Thursday.

The BMC has arranged temporary accommodation for emergency and essential service staffers, including doctors and nurses, in various hotels and lodges in the city due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This hotel is one such facility.

The fire broke out at Hotel Fortune near Metro Cinema late Wednesday night and was brought under control after nearly three hours early Thursday, fire brigade officials said.

“The fire spread from the first to the third floor of the hotel, a fire brigade official told PTI. It was a level-2 fire and eight fire engines were rushed to the spot, he added.

The fire was confined to the electric wiring and cables in the electrical duct, false ceiling in the lobby and the common passages on the first, second and third floors of the hotel, he said.

The 24 rescued were resident doctors at a local hospital who were provided temporary accommodation in the hotel, while the three others were guests of the hotel, he said.

The fire broke out at 11 am and wasbrought under control at 1.40 am, the official said. Cooling operation is underway at the hotel, he added.

Five doctors were rescued using fire brigade ladders and breathing apparatus sets, the official said.

The cause of the blaze is not yet known, the fire brigade official said.

On April 21, a major fire broke out in a lodging room of Hotel Ripon near Mumbai Central, which was being used as a quarantine facility by the civic body.

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