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Hindustan Times
2 hours ago
- Hindustan Times
Kerala MLA breaks open 'attached house' to help family take essential belongings
A Kerala legislator on Saturday broke open a house, allegedly attached by a private financial firm, to help a family take essential documents and medicine in Karunagappally in this southern district. The firm attached the two-storied house and locked the building on May 30 when its owners were away. The action was taken as they allegedly failed to repay the amount which they had taken from the bank some years ago. Karunagappally MLA C R Mahesh on Saturday broke its lock open using a hammer and chisel in the presence of its owners and mediapersons. Later, he asked the family members, including women, to get inside the house and take essential articles, including clothes, medicines and necessary documents like certificates and Aadhaar cards. "The family was not even informed by the private financial firm that they were attaching the house. All their essential articles, including ration card and Aadhaar card, were inside the building," Mahesh told reporters here. He said a woman member of the family was suffering from some serious eye-related issues and even her medicine was inside the house. Stating that attaching the house without informing its owners was an act of "cruelty", he said the financial firm management should have done it after ensuring that they were shifted to a safer place. The local authorities also should have been informed about it, Mahesh said. After the family came out after taking their essential articles and medicine, the MLA locked up the house as it was done by the financial institution. The private firm authorities were yet to react on the matter.
The Hindu
3 hours ago
- The Hindu
MLA breaks open house sealed by financial firm, assists family retrieve valuables
A Kerala legislator on Saturday broke open a house, allegedly attached by a private financial firm, to help a family take essential documents and medicine at Karunagappally in Kollam. The firm attached the two-storied house and locked the building on May 30 when its owners were away. The action was taken as they allegedly failed to repay the amount which they had taken from the bank some years ago. Karunagappally MLA C.R. Mahesh on Saturday broke its lock open using a hammer and chisel in the presence of its owners and mediapersons. Later, he asked the family members, including women, to get inside the house and take essential articles, including clothes, medicines and necessary documents like certificates and Aadhaar cards. 'The family was not even informed by the private financial firm that they were attaching the house. All their essential articles, including ration card and Aadhaar card, were inside the building,' Mr. Mahesh told reporters here. He said a woman member of the family was suffering from a serious eye-related ailment and even her medicine was inside the house. Stating that attaching the house without informing its owners was an act of 'cruelty', he said the financial firm management should have done it after ensuring that they were shifted to a safer place. The local authorities also should have been informed about it, Mr. Mahesh said. After the family came out after taking their essential articles and medicine, the MLA locked up the house as it was done by the financial institution. The private firm authorities are yet to react on the matter.
The Hindu
3 hours ago
- The Hindu
Two, including a minor, arrested for murdering contractor in Arsikere
A civil contractor was found murdered at a construction site in front of the KSRTC depot in Arsikere town on Friday night. Vijay Kumar, 46, was allegedly murdered by two people, including a minor, both native of Bihar. Vijay Kumar had taken up the construction of a hotel building at a site belonging to K.V. Srinivasa Reddy, a hotelier in Arsikere. Two of his workers used to stay at the construction site. According to the police, Vijay Kumar received a phone call around 11 p.m. on Friday from the workers. Before reaching there, he had informed the site owner Srinivas Reddy that he was on his way to the site as he learnt that his workers had a scuffle. Srinivas Reddy later got suspicious about the development and checked the CCTV footage of the activities at the site on his cellphone. He saw the workers leaving the place on the bike belonged to the contractor. He rushed to the spot and found the contractor, Vijay Kumar, dead. Srinivas Reddy informed the Arsikere Police, who then visited the spot and registered the case. During the investigation, it was found that Bikram Kumar, 25, and a minor boy allegedly murdered Vijay Kumar and took away gold ornaments he was wearing. They had also cut one of his fingers to take out a ring. They were arrested in Bengaluru. They had reached the city by train and were looking for another train to flee to their native place. One of them is said to be a minor, as per the Aadhaar card.
Time of India
4 hours ago
- Time of India
Heroin worth Rs5cr seized, two held in Ara
1 2 Ara: In a major anti-drug operation, Bihar STF and Bhojpur police seized over 2kg of heroin worth Rs 5 crore in the international black market. The joint raid also led to the arrest of two alleged peddlers. ASP and Ara Sadar SDPO Parichay Kumar said, "Acting on intelligence inputs received Friday evening that heroin was being smuggled from Ghazipur (UP) to Ara, a joint team launched a crackdown." Police first intercepted a car in the Ara Nawada police station area and seized about 1kg of heroin, arresting two men on board. "Acting on the information given by the arrested smugglers, the team raided a house and recovered another 1.107 kg of heroin," said Kumar. In total, 2.107kg of heroin was seized. Police also recovered Rs 1,27,490 in cash, four passbooks, four cheque books, an ATM card, PAN, Aadhaar, driving licence, the car used and two cellphones. The accused have been identified as Ankush Kumar of Anaith Kurmi locality and Indrajeet Kumar of Anaith Paswan locality, both under Ara Nawada police station. "A case under BNS and NDPS Act has been registered. The house owner from where 1 kg heroin was seized has also been made an accused," Kumar added. "The police will also invoke relevant sections of BNS to appeal for property attachment," he added.
The Wire
5 hours ago
- Politics
- The Wire
Not Even Skeletal Remains, Ashes of N. Keshava Rao and Other Slain Maoists Given to Kin
Hyderabad: Not only did the Chhattisgarh police cremate the bodies of Communist Party of India (Maoist) general secretary Nambala Keshava Rao and some others killed in the May 21 encounter in Abujhmad in the state's Narayanpur district on their own, they also refused permission to the deceased's relatives to even fetch their skeletal remains and ashes. Judicial intervention to help the relatives' cause also went in vain. In Keshava Rao's case, his kin also asked the police to hand over his spectacles that were recovered from the encounter site, but their request was not conceded. Of the 28 Maoists killed in the encounter, the police handed over 20 bodies to their kin but cremated the remaining eight themselves. The eight were Kesava Rao, four people from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and three from Chhattisgarh. Keshava Rao's younger brother Ramprasad told The Wire that the stock reply they got from police was that a law and order problem would emerge if they handed over the bodies or remains. There would be a global congregation of rights activists as Keshava Rao was well known internationally. Then, a demand for the construction of a martyrs memorial would also be made. All this can lead to a law and order situation, he cited the police as saying. It was said that the police acted on instructions from the Chhattisgarh government to check the 'hero worship' of martyrs, as this could radicalise gatherings and lead to the recruitment of cadres. There were also concerns that a crowd may want to organise a rally. Ramprasad said the eight bodies were cremated by the police on the evening of May 26 despite orders by the Andhra Pradesh high court that they be handed over to their relatives. He and the relatives of other slain Maoists, including Sajja Venkata Nageswara Rao – who was an editorial board member of the Awam-e-Jung publication of the Maoist party – had reached Narayanpur on May 22 with three ambulances to take the bodies with them after hearing about the encounter, but were turned away by the police as they could not produce documents to establish their relationship with the deceased. Neither did they have Aadhaar cards, family photos or certification by the sarpanches of their respective villages in support of their claim for the bodies. With no other option, Ramprasad and others returned to Andhra Pradesh to knock on the doors of the judiciary. A vacation bench of the court at Amaravati, comprising Justices N. Harinath and Y. Lakshmana Rao, had disposed of two petitions on behalf of Keshava Rao and Venkata Nageswara Rao on May 24, asking their relatives to approach the Chhattisgarh police and claim the dead bodies in the wake of an assurance given by the advocate general of Chhattisgarh. The bench made the observation after hearing arguments from both sides on the court's territorial jurisdiction. The advocate general of Chhattisgarh, who appeared virtually, initially argued that the court was not competent to entertain the petition of the relatives as 'no cause of action arose within the jurisdiction of this court'. On the other hand, the deputy solicitor general, who also argued online on behalf of the Central Reserve Police Force that was involved in the encounter, said there could be a reason for not handing over the dead bodies as doing so could lead to a law and order situation. Under the guise of performing final rites, there could be a procession that may further escalate the law and order problem, the deputy solicitor general argued. Andhra Pradesh's advocate general, who was also present via videoconference, agreed with his Chhattisgarh counterpart that the high court of the latter state would have to be approached as the dead bodies were not in the custody of any state authorities within this court's remit. However, a senior counsel for the petitioners submitted that Article 226(2) of the constitution enabled his clients to seek relief from Andhra Pradesh even though the incident occurred in Chhattisgarh. He relied on a Supreme Court judgement that said a court can issue appropriate directions when part of a cause of action arose within the limits of the state that it adjudicated. Without going into the issue of the court's territorial jurisdiction, the bench disposed of the petitions, recording the submission of Chhattisgarh's advocate general that the post-mortem examination of the bodies would be completed on the same day (May 24) and 'they would be handed over to their relatives later'. Armed with the court order, Ramprasad and others went back to Narayanpur in Chhattisgarh to claim the bodies. But to their dismay, the police refused to hand over the bodies and instead offered to let them watch the cremation from a distance if they gave an undertaking giving consent to security forces to cremate the bodies. The cremation was to take place at a burial ground for tribal people on May 26. But they refused to sign any papers and returned to proceed with their ceremonies at home. Upon learning about the cremation, Chilaka Chandrasekhar, secretary of the Andhra Pradesh Civil LIberties Committee, filed a contempt petition in the Andhra Pradesh high court on May 27, with notices to Chhattisgarh's chief secretary and its director general of police, as well as to the inspector general of police of the Bastar region, P. Sundarraj, alleging a violation of the court's earlier order. He prayed for action against the senior officials for going back on a promise given to the court to hand over the bodies. But the court dismissed the case on the grounds that it cannot entertain a contempt petition for an incident that occurred in Chhattisgarh. The submissions of the advocates general of Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh could not be attributed as an undertaking by Chhattisgarh officials, it said. An interim application filed in the court asking the Chhattisgarh government to give the skeletal remains and ashes to the kin was also turned down during arguments on May 29. Asked for comment, Sundarraj told The Wire that the bodies were disposed of after following due process and instructions from the executive magistrate. He did not want to elaborate further as the court had taken cognisance of the matter. The relatives of one deceased person from Chhattisgarh expressed unwillingness to carry his mortal remains to their village, apprehending the spread of communicable diseases. Chandrasekhar told The Wire that civil rights activist and research scholar Bela Bhatia mediated efforts by relatives to secure the bodies. It was she who learnt about the recovery of Keshava Rao's spectacles.
