Woman succumbs to honour killing in Mysore

March 14, 2012

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Mysore, March 14: A 27-year-old woman was killed, reportedly by her brother, in the Nazarbad area of the city on Tuesday for marrying outside her caste. Police are looking for the suspect, Mahadeva.

The killing of Shruti comes barely three months after a man hanged his daughter in Mandya for falling in love with a Dalit, raising concern that the shameful practice of honour killings may be showing signs of becoming a trend in the State.

Shruti, an assistant professor of Kannada at the Government PU college in Kuderu, married her college sweetheart Sudeep Kumar of T K Layout in the city, an assistant director of physical education at Tumkur University. They married secretly at the office of sub-registrar (south) here, after Shruti’s family declined to accept a Dalit groom for their Lingayat daughter. Sources said Shruti had insisted on keeping the marriage under wraps and opt for a gala celebration only after getting her family’s consent.

Shruti was sharing an apartment at 2nd Cross, Alanahalli, with her friend Kavita Hegde.

Hegde, who was away in Kerala visiting her family, returned to Mysore at 5 am on Tuesday, to find the door of the house open and Shruti lying dead on her bed.

It was learnt that Nanjamma, Shruti’s grandmother, was staying with her during Hegde’s absence.

Sources said though Kumar’s family welcomed his relationship with Shruti, her relatives were opposed to it. Though Dinesh, Shruti’s elder brother, had thawed over time and reconciled to the marriage, Mahadeva, the second brother was bitterly opposed. While Kumar’s family went to the extent of seeking Shruti’s hand from her family, they failed to assuage Mahadeva.

Since then, he had been allegedly pressurising Shruti to sever all ties with Kumar and marry a boy of their choice.

“Neighbours had heard Shruti screaming at around midnight. However, when they rushed to the house, they heard TV volume in high pitch,” DCP (law and order)?Basavaraj Y Malagathi said.

He suspected that Mahadeva and an accomplice, both inebriated, may have strangled Shruti after raising the volume to muffle the noise of the killing. Police have formed teams to apprehend Mahadeva.

Dinesh, however, claimed that Mahadeva had left home four days back.

Mandya case: Final report submitted

In a similar incident at Mandya that shook the entire state, Maddur police have submitted a final report to the court, framing charges against 11 accused in the case.

Suvarna, an upper caste girl from Abalavadi in Mandya district was allegedly in love with?Govindaraju, a Dalit. She had allegedly committed suicide on December 6 last year.

However, in January, the incident took a dramatic turn when it came to light that she was murdered. Her father Ramakrishna and 10 others, including his brother, had allegedly hanged Suvarna to death at her lover’s house.

The body was allegedly burnt later to conceal the crime. Fearing for his life, Govindaraju went into hiding, while his family continued to live in fear before reporting the incident to the police. Ramakrishna and the other accused have been arrested.

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August 9,2020

Vijayawada, Aug 9: The number of those killed in the fire at a hotel being used as a COVID-19 facility in Vijayawada rose to 10 on Sunday, said Vikrant Patil, Deputy Commissioner of Police.

Meanwhile, the Andhra Pradesh government announced Rs 50 lakh ex-gratia each to the families of those who lost their lives in the incident.

According to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister's Office (CMO), Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy also ordered an in-depth probe into the accident and directed authorities to take steps to ensure better medical services to the victims of the accident.

"The hotel was taken on lease and run by Ramesh Hospitals, a private hospital where COVID-19 patients were being treated. 40 patients and 10 medical staff were at the hotel at the time of the incident. 

Officials were directed to launch immediate rescue measures," said Mekathoti Sucharitha, Andhra Pradesh Home Minister Prime Minister Narendra Modi also condoled the loss of the lives in the fire mishap and spoke to Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy over the phone and enquired about the accident.

The mishap took place in hotel Swarna Palace which was taken on lease and run by a private hospital for COVID patients.

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July 7,2020

Meerut: The licence of a private hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut has been suspended after a video showing its staff member providing fake Covid-19 report had gone viral.

"A video had gone viral in Meerut. We have registered a case in this regard. We have suspended the licence of the nursing home. Today, we have sealed it also. Strict action will be taken against anybody who will do something like this in this time of crisis,” said Anil Dhingra, District Magistrate, Meerut.

In the video, the person can be heard saying that they provide Covid-19 negative report for Rs 2,500, Dhingra stated.

Meerut CMO Rajkumar said, “In the video, a man from the hospital can be heard saying that he can arrange COVID-19 negative report and the person can get operation or other things done. We have identified the man. We have suspended the licence of the hospital and an FIR has been registered.”

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July 22,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 22:An accused in a case registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act jumped into the sea on Wednesday morning when he was taken for evidence collection at Kasaba in Kasargode district, police said.

Accused Mahesh was arrested following a complaint by his neighbour on Tuesday evening.

The police said that they took the accused to the seashore to collect evidence in the case when Mahesh jumped into the sea. Two police officials too jumped in after him to catch hold of him but could not locate Mahesh.

Later, swimmers were deployed to try and locate the missing man.

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