Udupi: Former Nagaland governor Padmanabha Acharya passes away
Udupi, Nov 10: Senior BJP leader and former governor of Nagaland Padmanabha Acharya passed away in Mumbai on Friday, party sources said.
Acharya (92), who hailed from Udupi in Karnataka, breathed his last at his house here, the sources said.
The BJP veteran had also worked with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad.
Acharya had served as governor of Nagaland, Tripura, Assam and also handled the responsibilities as the governor of Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh.
In his condolence message, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said Acharya remained committed to the organisation's ideology.
भाजपा नेता पद्मनाभ आचार्य जी के निधन का समाचार सुनकर अत्यंत दुःख हुआ। आचार्य जी जीवनभर विचारधारा और संगठन के प्रति समर्पित रहें। उन्हें जो भी जिम्मेदारी दी गयी उसे पुरी करने में उन्होंने कभी कोई कसर नहीं छोड़ी। पुर्वोत्तर भारत में उनका कार्य हमेशा याद रहेगा। ईश्वर दिवंगत आत्मा को…
— Nitin Gadkari (@nitin_gadkari) November 10, 2023
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Four of family found dead in Maharashtra’s Nanded district in suspected mass suicide
Nanded (PTI): A farmer, his wife and their two sons were found dead in two different locations in Maharashtra’s Nanded district on Thursday morning, in what police suspect to be a mass suicide, an official said.
Around 8 am, the bodies of Ramesh Sonaji Lakhe (51) and his wife Radhabai Lakhe (45) were discovered on a cot in their home at Jawala Murar village in Mudkhed tehsil, he said.
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The bodies of their sons, Umesh (25) and Bajrang (23), were subsequently found on nearby railway lines. It appears they jumped in front of a speeding train, the official said.
Police inspector Dattatray Manthale told reporters, “The parents were found dead inside their home, while the sons took their lives on the railway tracks. We have asked a Forensic Science Laboratory team to collect evidence. The truth will come out only after a thorough technical investigation and autopsy.”
While the nature of their death appears to be part of a suicide pact, police said the exact circumstances remain unclear.
The family belonged to the small-scale farming community, but it is not yet confirmed if financial distress or a domestic crisis triggered the extreme step, the official said.
Neighbours described the Lakhes as a hardworking family who struggled against the odds of small-land farming to sustain themselves.
The Nanded rural police are recording statements of relatives and checking for notes or final messages left by the family.
