Mother throws 3 kids to well, then commits suicide

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October 4, 2017

Kalaburgi, Oct 4: A woman allegedly pushed all her three children into a well and later committed suicide by jumping into the same well in a field at Hadi Basavanna, a small hamlet, behind seismology centre near Sharana Sirasagi village, on the outskirts of the city on Sunday afternoon.

The deceased have been identified as Jayashri Godake (35) and her children Pavitra, (12), Sunil (10) and Anil (6). Incidentally, the well is located in the land owned by Jayashri’s father Mahadevappa Jambare.

Farahatabad ASI Sharanagouda Patil said, the incident came to light on Sunday night. “The body of Jayashri was retrieved at around 1:00 am on Monday and has already been shifted to District Hospital in Kalaburagi. However, the bodies of the children were retrieved from the well on Monday morning and afternoon.”

The fire brigade personnel drained the water from the well to retrieve the bodies. The bodies of the children were later shifted to the district hospital in a tractor.

Jayashri, daughter of Mahadevappa and Ratnabai Jambare, residents of Sharana Sirasagi, was married to Basavaraj Godake, a resident of Teerth in Aland taluk around 16 years ago. Jayashri’s children Pavitra and Sunil were studying in a school in Kalaburagi while Anil was studying in a school in the village.

Patil said that Godake, a habitual drinker, used to harass his wife and even beat her. Dejected, she might have taken the extreme step, he added.

Mahadevappa owns around ten acres of land and a house at Hadi Basavanna. The family, which had dug a well in the farm land, was residing in the village for the past few months.

Sources in the family said, Jayashri had been staying in her father’s house in Hadi Basavanna for the past two months.

On Sunday, she along with her children had left the house on the pretext of getting vegetables from the farm. However, she took the extreme step. A case has been registered by Farahatabad police station.

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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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Covid patient who fled hospital commits suicide after being brought back

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June 10,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 10: The man who fled from the Medical College Hospital where he was undergoing treatment for COVID-19 committed suicide on Wednesday morning after being brought back. He used his bed sheet to hang himself from the ceiling.

Hailing from Anad near Nedumangadu, the man, who was undergoing treatment in the isolation room set up at KHRWS pay ward, escaped from the hospital and boarded two KSRTC buses to reach his home.

The Health Department had said the latest tests had returned negative and he was to be discharged on Wednesday. However, City Police Commissioner Balram Kumar Upadhyay had claimed that one more test result of the person was awaited.

The man was blocked by locals upon his arrival at Anad. He was later taken back to the hospital and the police had registered a case against him under the Kerala Public Health Act and Epidemic Diseases Ordinance.

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