Jan Sangh founder’s nameplate defaced in Kolkata
Kolkata: Unknown miscreants vandalised a plaque with Jansangh founder Shyama Prasad Mookerjee's name engraved on it in the Presidency University on Monday.
Mookerjee's name, along with those of other icons, was engraved on the university's bi-centennial commemorative plaque. The educationist-politician was an illustriuous alumni of the Presidency College, the earlier avatar of the university.
On Monday morning, it was found that his name has been inked out.
"Whoever has done it, will not be spared," said Vice Chancellor Anuradha Lohia.
This is the second attack on Mookerjee's memorabilia in the state this month.
Seven members of an extremist left-wing student organisation were arrested for allegedly vandalising and blackening his marble bust in Kolkata's Keoratola crematorium ground on March 7.
The vandalism happened after a statue of Dravidian icon and social reformer E.V.R. Ramasamy, popularly known as Periyar, was razed in Tamil Nadu's Vellore, while two statues of Russian communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin were pulled down in Tripura allegedly by the BJP-RSS activists.
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Kerala: Seven-year-old dies after window frame falls on him
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) (PTI): A seven-year-old boy died after a window frame fell on him at his residence here on Sunday, police said.
The deceased has been identified as Drupath, son of Thanoj Kumar, a resident of Ezhamkulam near Adoor.
According to the FIR, the incident occurred around 9 am when a window frame that had been leaning against a wall toppled.
Police said the boy was climbing on the window rods when the frame suddenly fell on him.
He was first rushed to a nearby hospital and later shifted to a health facility, where he succumbed to his injuries, officials said.
Police have registered a case of unnatural death and launched an investigation.
