Newly married woman strangled to death in Kerala, husband in police custody
Wayanad (Kerala) (PTI): A newly married woman was strangled to death allegedly by her husband near Kottathara in Kerala's northern Wayanad district, police said on Wednesday.
The shocking incident happened on Tuesday night and the accused himself informed the police about the cruelty, Kamabalakkad police said.
The deceased woman, Anisha (34), was married to Mukesh (33), a daily wage labourer here, six months ago, a police officer told PTI.
"The exact reason for the murder is yet to be ascertained. The accused claimed that he had done the crime under the influence of alcohol," he said.
When police rushed to the spot after being informed by Mukesh, the woman was found dead in their house, the officer further said.
The accused was taken into custody soon.
The inquest procedures were progressing and a detailed interrogation would be conducted after that, police added.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
