Couple die as car catches fire in Kerala
Kannur (Ker) (PTI): A couple was charred to death when the car in which they were travelling caught fire near the District Government hospital here on Thursday, police said.
Police said six persons were travelling in the car and four of them who were sitting in the rear seat escaped when the car caught fire.
The co-passengers of the victims have been shifted to a hospital, police added.
They are said to be out of danger.
The incident occurred when the victims aged 35 and 26 and others, hailing from Kuttyattoor in the district, were going to the district hospital, eye witnesses said.
According to locals, the woman who died was pregnant and they tried to rescue the victim-couple by opening the front door of the car but failed.
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Niqab incident: Nitish Kumar perhaps revealing his true colours, says J-K CM
Srinagar (PTI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday criticised his Bihar counterpart over the niqab incident and said that Nitish Kumar might be slowly revealing his true nature.
"Nitish Kumar, who was once considered a secular leader, may be slowly showing his true colours," Abdullah told reporters here on the sidelines of a function.
Abdullah said Kumar removing the face veil of a Muslim woman doctor was wrong and cannot be justified by any means.
"We have seen this kind of incident here several years ago. Have you forgotten how Mehbooba Mufti removed the burqa of a legitimate voter inside a polling station? That act was wrong, and this act (of Kumar) is also wrong.
"If the (Bihar) chief minister did not want to hand over the order to her (Muslim woman), they could have kept her aside. However, to humiliate her like this is totally wrong," the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said.
Kumar stirred a huge controversy after he removed the face veil of a Muslim woman at a function earlier this week.
