Mangaluru: Detective sniffer dog Sudha laid to rest
Mangaluru, Jul 24: A sniffer dog named Sudha, which had assisted police investigations for a decade in the region, passed away due to cancer on Saturday, police sources said.
The canine's funeral ceremony was held with police honours in the presence of city police commissioner N Shashi Kumar and DCP Hariram Shankar.
The detective dog had served Mangaluru city police commissionerate for ten years and had helped solve over 700 cases.
Born on March 15, 2011,the Doberman Pinscher joined the police force as a one-year-old puppy on April 2, 2012.
The dog developed a cancerous tumour a few months ago, and over the last week, her condition had worsened. She had stopped eating two days ago and died Saturday morning.
Sudha was part of a dog squad that was highly effective in investigations conducted by the police force.
The canine had helped crack murder cases as well as other offences that need crime spot inspections, police said.
City police commissioner N Shashi Kumar said there are five sniffer dogs with the city police force, out of which two are in training and one has passed away.
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Organisation urges Centre to set up National Widows' Rights Commission
Mumbai (PTI): A Maharashtra-based voluntary organisation has appealed to the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development to establish an independent National Widows' Rights Commission to address "systemic and lifelong injustices".
Mahatma Phule Samaj Seva Mandal (MPSSM) said widowed women in India face social ostracisation, denial of property and inheritance rights, economic insecurity, psychological trauma, and heightened sexual vulnerability.
These issues are not adequately addressed by existing institutional mechanisms, it said.
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In its representation to the ministry, the organisation stated that despite Constitutional guarantees of equality and dignity under Articles 14, 15 and 21, there is no exclusive statutory body that focuses specifically on the unique and long-term vulnerabilities of widows.
The proposal notes that while women's commissions function at the national and state levels, their broad mandate limits focused attention on widows' issues, leading to gaps in grievance redressal, monitoring and accountability.
Calling widowed women a "structurally vulnerable group" comparable to other constitutionally recognised categories, MPSSM has proposed the creation of National and State Widows' Rights Commissions with the power to inquire into complaints, summon reports from police and administrative authorities, and make time-bound recommendations, including registration of FIRs and legal action where required.
It demanded that the commission be empowered to suggest rehabilitation measures, financial assistance schemes and amendments to existing laws, and submit annual reports to Parliament or state legislatures.
MPSSM president Pramod Zinjade said the establishment of a dedicated Widows' Rights Commission was a "constitutional necessity and moral obligation" to restore dignity, security and human rights of widowed women and to eliminate regressive social practices.
Zinjade said he has also written to the United Nations seeking the establishment of an International Widows' Rights Commission (IWRC).
He has been leading a campaign in rural Maharashtra to eradicate evil customs related to widows. Several villages have passed unanimous resolutions banning such customs.
