Bodies of 14 newborns found at vacant plot in South Kolkata, probe begins
New Delhi: Bodies of as many as 14 newborns were recovered at a vacant plot in south Kolkata on Monday, said police. An investigation has been initiated by Kolkata Police.
The bodies were found in various stages of decomposition during a cleaning programme on Sunday. They were wrapped in plastic bags in a vacant land in Haridebpur area.
The grassy land on Raja Rammohan Roy Sarani falls under the Haridebpur Police station area. The bodies were first spotted by labourers who were cleaning the place, a senior officer of Kolkata Police said.
"Some abortion racket operating nearby could be behind it," he said.
Some of the bodies appeared to be in a semi-decomposed state, while a few were fully decomposed, the officer said.
"We have no clue where from they (the bodies) have come. Going by circumstantial evidence, it seems that they were dumped there as the land was lying abandoned," the officer said.
City Mayor Sovan Chatterjee and Commissioner of Police Rajeev Kumar have reached the spot on receiving information.
(With inputs from agencies)
Courtesy: zeenews.india.com
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US VP JD Vance says Lebanon not part of ceasefire, calls it ‘misunderstanding’
Budapest/Washington: US Vice President J D Vance has said that Lebanon was never included in the ceasefire understanding with Iran, describing the confusion as a “legitimate misunderstanding”.
Speaking to reporters before departing from Hungary, Vance said, “I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon and it just didn’t. We never made that promise.”
He stressed that the United States had not included Lebanon in the scope of the ceasefire at any stage.
His remarks come amid continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon, where more than 200 people were reported killed, even as ceasefire talks between Iran and the US move forward.
Vance said Israel had “offered … to check themselves a little bit in Lebanon because they want to make sure that our negotiation is successful”.
He warned that if Iran allows the situation in Lebanon to affect the negotiations, it could derail the talks.
“If Iran wants to let this negotiation fall apart in a conflict where they were getting hammered over Lebanon, which has nothing to do with them and which the United States never once said was part of the ceasefire, that’s ultimately their choice,” he said.
