Davangere : Honour killing claims minor girl
Grandmother, father held
Davangere : Fearing the disrepute to the family, father and grandmother together allegedly killed their daughter at Maravanji village in Channagiri taluk in the district. The incident came to light of late.
The accused were identified as grandmother Dakshayanamma and her son Parameshwarappa.
The elder daughter (minor) of Parameshwarappa and Pushpa couple had eloped with a youth Praveen of the same village belonging to other cast a few months back. Later, her parents lodged a missing complaint at the Channagiri police station. The police traced both of them and brought them to Channagiri and handed over the girl to her parents, while the youth was sent to jail under POSCO Act.
After this, the girl tried to commit suicide by consuming sleeping pills. She was treated at McGann Hospital in Shivamogga and she was alright. Meanwhile, her parents tried to get her married. As Parameshwarappa was suffering from illness, he had gone to Manipal Hospital with his wife Pushpa. At that time, the girl who was with her grandmother, consumed poison due to depression. Suddenly, she informed her son over phone. As Parameshwarappa told his mother to kill his daughter as she brought disrespect to the family, the grandmother strangulated her with a rope and later, it was said that she committed suicide.
However, in the postmortem report, it was confirmed that the girl died because of strangulation. When the family members were interrogated, grandmother admitted that she has strangulated her on the words of her son. Now, the police arrested both mother and son in the case.
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Assam records nearly 18 pc voter turnout in first two hours of assembly polls
Guwahati (PTI): A voter turnout of 17.87 per cent was recorded in the first two hours of the assembly elections in Assam, where the BJP-led NDA is seeking a third consecutive term in power, while the Congress is striving to reclaim a state it lost a decade ago.
Polling began at 7 am for the 126-member assembly, and 17.87 per cent of the state's 2.5 crore voters exercised their franchise till 9 am, officials said.
A total of 722 candidates are in the fray for the elections, which is largely witnessing a direct contest between the BJP-led ruling coalition and the opposition bloc helmed by the Congress.
The river island of Majuli recorded the highest turnout in the first two hours at 20.03 per cent, while Tamulpur in the Bodoland Territorial Region witnessed the lowest at 15.32 per cent.
Voters began queuing outside polling booths since early morning, despite rain in many parts of the state.
Prominent candidates who have cast their votes so far include Leader of the Opposition Debabrata Saikia in Nazira, Assam Jatiya Parishad president Lurinjyoti Gogoi in Khowang, and BJP's Pradyut Bordoloi.
Votes are being cast at 31,490 polling stations across the 35 districts of the state, with polling concluding at 5 pm.
Among the heavyweight candidates whose fates would be decided in this election are Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, state Congress president Gaurav Gogoi, AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal and Raijor Dal leader Akhil Gogoi.
The Congress has fielded the highest number of candidates at 99, followed by the BJP with 90. The AIUDF has 30 candidates, while NDA constituents Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and Bodoland People's Front (BPF) are contesting 26 and 11 seats, respectively.
In the opposition bloc, Raijor Dal is contesting 13 seats, Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) 10, CPI(M) 3 and APHLC 2. Other parties in the fray include AAP (18), UPPL (18), TMC (22), JMM (16), besides 258 Independents.
Algapur-Katlicherra and Karimganj South have the highest number of candidates at 15 each, while nine constituencies -- Rangia, Jagiroad (SC), Hojai, Naduar, Jonai (ST), Doomdooma, Mahmora, Teok and Lakhipur -- have only two candidates each.
