Woman found dead in suitcase near railway track in Bengaluru was strangulated, say Police
Bengaluru, May 22 (PTI): A woman whose body was found stuffed in a suitcase at Chandapura on the outskirts of the city was strangled to death, the police said on Thursday.
The body was discovered near Surya city where the suitcase lay abandoned on the railway tracks in Anekal.
Police suspect that she may have been killed elsewhere and the body was dumped from a moving train.
"The woman was strangulated, and the body was likely pushed from a moving train," said Superintendent of Police (Bengaluru Rural) C K Baba.
"We are investigating the case, and our priority is to identify the deceased."
Six teams have been formed to probe the matter.
According to Baba, preliminary findings suggested no signs of rape or other injury marks.
A case of murder has been registered under sections 103 and 238 of the Bharatiya Nyay Samhita against unknown individuals.
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SC restrains Assam cops from coercive action against journalist Siddharth Varadarajan, others
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Friday restrained Assam Police from taking any coercive action against senior journalist Siddharth Varadarajan and other journalists, including consulting editor, working with web portal "The Wire" in connection with an FIR lodged against them over a news article.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi passed the order after senior advocate Nitya Ramakrishnan, appearing for the journalists, said that Assam police was circumventing the earlier orders passed by the court.
She said Vardarajan and other journalists, including a consulting, editor have been summoned Friday for recording statements in an old FIR lodged in May and there is apprehension that they may be arrested.
The bench, while protecting the journalists, said everyone is expected to follow the law and asked the journalists to join the investigation and file a status report on the next date of hearing.
On August 12, the top court had protected Vardarajan and restrained the Assam police from taking any coercive action against him in connection with an FIR lodged against him over an article on Operation Sindoor.
