Mangaluru Police fines woman forest officer for not wearing helmet while on two-wheeler
Action came after a picture of officer went viral on social media
Mangaluru: Taking note of social media posts Mangaluru traffic police fined a forest department official for not wearing a helmet while on two-wheeler in the city on Thursday.
According to reports, the forest officials was pillion riding two-wheeler along with her husband on Balmatta road without helmet.
Locals who noticed the woman officer not wearing helmet on two-wheeler on uniform, clicked pictures and shared it on social media blaming her for violating traffic rules on uniform.
The post was soon noticed by Mangaluru city police who took note of the picture and traced the officer using registration number of the vehicle.
She was later summoned at police station and fined for violating traffic rules.
The lady officer is reportedly posted at Uppinangady.
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UP: Blood-soaked body of elderly man found in Hathras
Hathras (UP) (PTI): The blood-soaked body of an elderly man was found inside his house in Paharpur village here on Tuesday morning, police said.
The deceased, Jagdish Prasad Sharma, 75, who lived alone, had gone to sleep in his house on Monday night, officials said.
On Tuesday morning, his blood-soaked body was lying on a cot, with marks on his head and body indicating blows from a sharp-edged weapon, they said, adding that the police suspect murder.
Police and forensic teams reached the spot upon receiving information and sent the body for a post-mortem, they said.
Additional Superintendent of Police Ramanand Kushwaha said that Sharma, a retired Health Department employee, had been living alone since his wife's death during the COVID-19 pandemic.
He owned around 20-25 bighas of land and was also engaged in money lending, the officer said.
