Malayalam filmmaker Vinu dies after brief illness in Coimbatore
Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): Popular Malayalam filmmaker Vinu, who helmed a handful of hit movies in collaboration with director Suresh, died in a hospital in Coimbatore following a brief illness, industry sources said on Wednesday.
The 73-year-old filmmaker was admitted to the hospital recently for some abdomen-related ailments, the sources said.
He is survived by his wife and two children.
The Suresh-Vinu pair gave several successful Malayalam movies including "Mangalam Veettil Manaseshwari Gupta", "Kusruthi Kattu" and "Ayushman Bhava" among others.
Their last collaborative effort was the 2008 movie "Kanichukulangarayil CBI".
FEFKA Directors' Union, an organisation of Malayalam filmmakers, condoled his demise.
Vinu was working on a new psychological thriller film, it said in a Facebook post.
Vinu would be cremated in Coimbatore on Thursday, it added.
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Maharashtra: Govt surveyor caught taking Rs 50,000 bribe in Raigad district
Thane (PTI): A surveyor from the government land records office in Maharashtra’s Raigad district has been arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000, an Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) official said on Friday.
Accused Vishal Bhima Rasal (29), posted at Mhasla, had allegedly demanded the money to measure a plot and issue documents concerning the land in Varvatne village, the official said.
ACB’s Deputy Superintendent of Police Sashikant Padave said in a release that they laid a trap after the land owner approached the anti-graft agency.
The accused was arrested on Thursday at a state transport bus stand while accepting the bribe amount, he said. Rasal has been booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
